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Valentine’s Fundraiser For Mutual Aid Groups: Sharing Love The Brooklyn Way

To give back to folks who have been selflessly helping the most vulnerable in the community, this Valentine's Day, consider ordering from Nuestra Mesa BK, a Brooklyn-based kitchen collective, who along with Plants For The People are hosting a take-ou

Indoor Dining to Restart at 25% Capacity, But Is It Enough to Help the Struggling Industry?

The city plans to resume indoor dining at 25% capacity before Valentine’s Day, and not everyone is enamored with the idea
After Months of Improvising, Youth-Centered Nonprofit Finds New Home in Bed-Stuy

After Months of Improvising, Youth-Centered Nonprofit Finds New Home in Bed-Stuy

The Big Apple Leadership Academy for the Arts had been operating virtually and out of public parks since the start of the pandemic before opening its new space in Bed-Stuy

Cultivating Healthy Lifestyles: Owner of Brooklyn’s Natty Garden Opens Natural Food Store

Glenroy Mahfood has spent over a decade growing and selling plants to folks in Brooklyn and beyond

Plans for Luxury Bushwick Development Are Illegal, Neighbors Find

At a community meeting on a 20-story luxury development in Bushwick Thursday, residents and electeds revealed they've found a way to stall developers

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Bed-Stuy

Overall, crime is down in Bed-Stuy, and in Brooklyn as a whole.
227 Abolitionist Place: The Long Struggle to Landmark the BK House Linked to the Underground Railroad

227 Abolitionist Place: The Long Struggle to Landmark the BK House Linked to the Underground Railroad

Saving the historic house from demolition was also part of a larger struggle against gentrification, and activists are now calling for the site to be turned into a heritage center
Brooklyn Victims Applaud Repeal of 'Dehumanizing' Loitering Law

Brooklyn Victims Applaud Repeal of 'Dehumanizing' Loitering Law

The legislation became known as the 'Walking While Trans' law, because it allowed the NYPD to arrest women arbitrarily based on their appearance and charge them with 'engaging in prostitution'

Brooklyn’s Nostrand Avenue Station Reopens After Over 30 Years

Transit authorities unveiled a shiny new entrance and mezzanine inside the Nostrand Avenue subway stop on the A/C line, following a months-long, $2 million project to restore the long-shuttered Bedford-Stuyvesant entryway.

Brownsville’s Betsy Head Park Open to the Public After $30M Upgrade

The revitalized park includes a new skate park, Parkour fitness course, inclusionary basketball court and remodeled green space