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Bed-Stuys Black Lives Matter Mural Becomes Hub for Community Activities

Community leaders have come together to form the Bed-Stuy Mural Collective, which will hold socially responsible activities for Bed-Stuy residents

Jul 30, 2020 10:16 AM Read more >

Alleged Serial Bank Robber Steals Thousands From Chase Bank Near Grand Army Plaza

A 47-year-old man was charged in Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday with robbing a Chase Bank on Flatbush Avenue on Tuesday, July 21, less than a quarter mile from Grand Army Plaza, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Jul 30, 2020 8:24 AM Read more >

Brownsville Organizations Encouraged After Asking Elected Officials for $4.5M

The three organizations asked for $1.5M each to fund their public safety work, an alternative to policing

Jul 29, 2020 6:51 PM Read more >

Social Democrats' Election Successes Strike a Nerve for a Brooklyn Councilmember

A "gentrification movement" with a political agenda is behind the wave of Black progressive victories, says the council majority leader

Jul 29, 2020 3:28 PM Read more >

New Bed-Stuy Based Relief Fund Launched for Folks Hardest Hit by COVID-19

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation has already given out three grants from the fund, including to the family of 1-year-old shooting victim Davell Gardner Jnr.

Jul 29, 2020 2:21 PM Read more >

Pandemic Could Devastate Brooklyn's Women and Minority-Owned Businesses

Shocking numbers report they'll be out of business within six months due to COVID-19

Jul 29, 2020 10:37 AM Read more >

Paramedics and EMTs Under Staggering Stress in Era of Disease and Disruption

Paramedic Steve Kleinberg plans to retire next month after 15 years on the job, even though he hasn't accrued enough time to reach full pension benefits.

Jul 29, 2020 9:37 AM Read more >

East Flatbush to Get New Community Center Funded by Cuts From NYPD Budget

The new Shirley A. Chisholm Community Center will include an indoor pool and a kitchen for cooking classes

Jul 28, 2020 1:56 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Authors Historic Rowing Team Reunites for Documentary Film

In the late 1990s, Arshay Cooper, now of Brooklyn, lived in Chicago, where he starred on America's first all-Black public high school rowing team.

Jul 28, 2020 10:06 AM Read more >

NYC Pulls Prospect Park Thoroughfares From Brooklyn Open Streets Program

With little warning, City Hall announced that two main thoroughfares that border Prospect Park will be removed from the program

Jul 28, 2020 9:40 AM Read more >