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The BK Reader Holiday Gift Guide: Featured Local Business– Sincerely Tommy

The BK Reader Holiday Gift Guide: Featured Local Business– Sincerely Tommy

By Richard Burroughs Over the next few days leading up to Christmas, The Brooklyn Reader is encouraging readers to shop local! We have assembled a holiday gift guide with some fantastic suggestions for several unique, one-of-a-kind and often handmade
The Best Christmas Playlist Ever!

The Best Christmas Playlist Ever!

Bah humbug! It's cold and wet outside, and your mother-in-law is coming to visit, and the house is a mess, and you're flat broke again after buying into this "hyper-commercialized holiday" known as "Christmas!" Feeling Christmas Cranky? Well, slow do

After Two Cops are Killed, Sharpton Says Protests Must Go On

Rev Al Sharpton at a press conference with Esaw Garner, Eric Garner's widow The Rev. Al Sharpton said the murder of the two NYPD officers will not stop the protest movement against overaggressive police tactics, reported the Daily News .

Employment Opportunities: Jobs in Brooklyn

Employment Opportunities in Brooklyn UPS Sales Account Executive Company UPS Job Title Sales Account Executive Job Type Full-time, Part-time Hours Not Specified Location Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY 11205 Apply Now Family Dollar NY Assistant Store Manag
The BK Reader Holiday Gift Guide: Featured Local Business– Lady J Jewelry

The BK Reader Holiday Gift Guide: Featured Local Business– Lady J Jewelry

By Richard Burroughs Over the next few days leading up to Christmas, The Brooklyn Reader is encouraging readers to shop local! We have assembled a holiday gift guide with some fantastic suggestions for several unique, one-of-a-kind and often handmade
Should the Protests Now End? BEEP Adams Says, 'Yes,' For Now

Should the Protests Now End? BEEP Adams Says, 'Yes,' For Now

In the wake of the ambush-style assassinations of two NYPD officers Saturday in Bed-Stuy, Borough President Eric Adams, who was a NYPD officer for 22 years, is calling for New Yorkers to discontinue protests until the mood has settled and the officer

Police Union Blames Protesters For Murder Of Two NYPD Officers

Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, addressing the media on Saturday outside the Woodhull Medical on Saturday Photo: NY Times Pat Lynch, the president of t the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, on Sunday at a press c

Flowergarden: A Special Stop on DeKalb for Gifts and Renewal

Harold King in his shop Flowergarden next to some of his beautiful houseplants. The most personal, unusual, quite the prettiest, best smelling shop on DeKalb Avenue is also one of the easiest to miss; but don't pass it by.
UPDATE: Two Cops Shot Dead Execution-Style in Bed-Stuy, Local Residents Unsettled, Nervous About What Will Happen Next

UPDATE: Two Cops Shot Dead Execution-Style in Bed-Stuy, Local Residents Unsettled, Nervous About What Will Happen Next

Two NYPD officers were shot dead Saturday afternoon in the Tompkins Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, before the suspected gunman turned the gun on himself.

The BK Reader Holiday Gift Guide: Featured Local Business– Installation Boutique

By Richard Burroughs Over the next week leading up to Christmas, The Brooklyn Reader is encouraging readers to shop local! We have assembled a holiday gift guide with some fantastic suggestions for several unique, one-of-a-kind and often handmade gif