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NYC's Female Frontline Workers to Dance Down Virtual Red Carpet for Social Justice

The Red Carpet for Social Justice is an annual shared celebration of women’s accomplishments, diversity, and collective strength
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All New Yorkers 16+ Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine Starting April 6

New Yorkers aged 30 and above can schedule appointments for vaccination starting March 30
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Associated Supermarket Owner Sued Over Efforts to Save Crown Heights Store

Associated Supermarket Owner Sued Over Efforts to Save Crown Heights Store

Pablo Espinal was given 30 days to vacate Associated Supermarket from its current building after serving the community for 30 years
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The Fall of a Brooklyn Family: Violence, Death and Revenge Puts One Young Man Behind Bars, Three in the Graveyard

The Fall of a Brooklyn Family: Violence, Death and Revenge Puts One Young Man Behind Bars, Three in the Graveyard

One by one, like doomed dominoes dropping on the Brooklyn streets, the sons of the Gravenhise family fell across the last 11 years.
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Where Do Candidates Stand on Climate and the North Brooklyn Pipeline?

Where Do Candidates Stand on Climate and the North Brooklyn Pipeline?

The BK Reader reached out to the top polling candidates running for NYC Mayor and BK Borough President to hear their stances on the pipeline, and their climate policies
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The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Fort Greene/Clinton Hill

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Fort Greene/Clinton Hill

Overall, crime is at the same level as last year in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, and Brooklyn as a whole.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gets Funding to Create Tree Management Plan for 5,000 Trees

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation granted the garden almost $50,000 to go towards tree care
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Bed-Stuy Elementary School Leads the Way on Social Justice

Bed-Stuy Elementary School Leads the Way on Social Justice

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries visited Ronald E. McNair P.S. 5 to see the work the school was doing to empower its students
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Passover, a Celebration of Freedom

Passover, a Celebration of Freedom

The commemoration of the exodus from Egypt is a powerful metaphor that is appreciated not only by Jews, but by people of other faiths as well.
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NYCHA Resident Workers Begin Installing Solar Roofs

NYCHA Resident Workers Begin Installing Solar Roofs

Con Edison has begun installing solar panels across New York City Housing Authority developments with a program that creates jobs for residents and saves them money on energy bills.
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