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BP Adams and Restoration Announce New, Free Matching Program to Help Residents Build a Financial Savings

The #BrooklynSaves Campaign aims to help 1,000 Brooklynnites build emergency savings and begin to close the Racial Wealth Gap

Feb 5, 2020 5:10 PM Read more >

Restoration Kicks off Free Tax Prep Assistance in Bed-Stuy

Last year, Restoration processed 3,400 returns, equaling $5,580,768 in refunds and $1,983,996 in Earned Income Tax Credit refunds.

Feb 4, 2020 5:03 PM Read more >

Best Wine Bars and Wineries in New York

Here's a list of places that feature excellent wines, good food, friendly service and an intimate atmosphere

Feb 4, 2020 12:22 PM Read more >

Feb 3: Black History Maker, Hattie Carthan

A community activist and environmentalist who was instrumental in improving the quality of life of Bedford-Stuyvesant

Feb 3, 2020 8:02 PM Read more >

Everything You Need to Know About Credit Checks

By doing a credit check, financial institutions would be able to calculate the risk they are taking for lending you money and determine whether you can handle the payment process.

Feb 3, 2020 2:12 PM Read more >

Grenadian-born Brooklyn Filmmaker Explores Queer Caribbean Identity in New Film Second Eulogy: Mind the Gap

Scores turned out to see the screening at the Brooklyn Museums First Saturdays

Feb 3, 2020 1:52 PM Read more >

Mayor Commission Wants to Raise Taxes on Brooklyn Brownstones

Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Photo by Susan De Vries As the city quietly raises townhouse taxes across Brooklyn, a mayoral commission today released a report proposing to raise raise property taxes even more for all types of residences.

Feb 3, 2020 8:38 AM Read more >

Common, Kehinde, Bri Blvck and Others at Bklyn Museum's First Saturday

Futura Noir: A bevy of exciting Black History Month programming kicks off at Brooklyn Museum's First Saturday

Jan 31, 2020 1:22 PM Read more >

Race for Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarkes House Seat Spans Democratic Spectrum

Adem Bunkeddeko came within 2,000 votes of unseating longtime Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke two years ago, on the same day Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ousted powerful Rep. Joe Crowley in Queens and The Bronx.

Jan 31, 2020 10:22 AM Read more >

Wanna Pizza Me? Joe & Sal's Pizzaria (Re-)Opens on Myrtle Ave

After a fire in 2010, the pizza shop opens again with a new name and new attitude

Jan 30, 2020 5:41 PM Read more >