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For months, the COVID-19 pandemic left Brooklyn resident Felix Guzman out of work and unable to keep up with his rent. When he finally secured a job, the pay still wasn't enough to catch up on the arrears that mounted over seven months.

The New York Community Trust has awarded $6.1 million to 42 nonprofits to support work building equitable, thriving and healthy communities

BK Reader takes a look at the career of Brooklyn's very own Jackie Robinson, one of the first Black players in baseball's major league history

Ember Charter Schools founder Rafiq Kalam Id-Din II is bringing innovation to education for kids of color

The first major winter storm of the season made its way up the East Coast on Wednesday, heading for New England after dumping rain, ice and snow from Virginia through New York — and like everything in 2020, it was made more complicated by the c

Bridge Street Development Corporation has persevered to maintain its youth internship program when it was needed most

Fifteen years ago, David Negron was left paralyzed from the waist down by a drive-by shooting intended for someone else.

New coffee drink Bandida took home the top prize in Brooklyn Public Library’s annual PowerUP! competition

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams' Worst Landlord Watchlist shows the highest-violation buildings are in communities of color hardest hit by COVID-19

Dozens of Fort Greene locals sued the city's Landmarks Preservation Committee on Dec. 3 for green-lighting a 23-story condo tower at 130 St. Felix St.