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Greenlight Hosts Free Virtual Readings for Youth, with Favorite Authors

Greenlight Hosts Free Virtual Readings for Youth, with Favorite Authors

This free and interactive reading event features authors of popular books for early readers, school-age children and young adults
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 37 units at 7 Livonia Ave in Brownsville

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 37 units at 7 Livonia Ave in Brownsville

The architectural firm's cache of high-end buildings normally run in the millions. These units will be affordable.
Jewish, Christian congregations leaderless due to COVID-19 deaths

Jewish, Christian congregations leaderless due to COVID-19 deaths

At least 75 congregations of different faiths and denominations throughout New York City have been left leaderless over the past two months, with several rabbis, priests and ministers dying as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, The New Yor
Why This Brownsville Single Mother is 'Mom' to Many More Than Her Own

Why This Brownsville Single Mother is 'Mom' to Many More Than Her Own

Since age 17, Venus Core has been dedicated to nurturing the youth in her neighborhood, and that hasn’t stopped for COVID-19
Free COVID-19 Antibody Testing is Coming to East New York

Free COVID-19 Antibody Testing is Coming to East New York

In an effort to get 140,000 people tested, free COVID-19 antibody testing starts next week in five neighborhoods including East New York
Brooklyn DA Opens Probe Into Apparent Racial Disparities In Enforcement Of Coronavirus Social Distancing

Brooklyn DA Opens Probe Into Apparent Racial Disparities In Enforcement Of Coronavirus Social Distancing

The NYPD is under the gun Wednesday as the Brooklyn district attorney opened a probe into allegations of excessive force in the arrest of people accused of not social distancing .
Justin Cohen Wants to Tackle Racial Injustice, Defund Jails and Create Jobs in Brooklyn's 56th Assembly District

Justin Cohen Wants to Tackle Racial Injustice, Defund Jails and Create Jobs in Brooklyn's 56th Assembly District

Brooklyn community organizer and education advocate Justin Cohen is preparing to run for the NY State Assembly
See How These Brooklyn Businesses Pivoted in Response to COVID-19

See How These Brooklyn Businesses Pivoted in Response to COVID-19

On the brink of survival, resilient companies reinvent themselves.
Brooklyn College Student Dedicates 200 Hours, Creates Global Musical MasterPeace

Brooklyn College Student Dedicates 200 Hours, Creates Global Musical MasterPeace

Student Harrison Sheckler released a virtual version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic, "You'll Never Walk Alone"
Local Pharmacies Soon Will Offer Coronavirus Testing

Local Pharmacies Soon Will Offer Coronavirus Testing

With pharmacies added as testing sites, the state hopes to increase its testing capacity to 40,000 people a day