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Crown Heights Writer and Librarian Wins Prestigious National Poetry Award

Crown Heights Writer and Librarian Wins Prestigious National Poetry Award

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson will receive $25,800 for winning a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship
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Development Plans on Site of Historic Crown Heights Building Cause Backlash

Development Plans on Site of Historic Crown Heights Building Cause Backlash

Developers are planning to build apartments in the parking lot of the Hebron Seventh Day Adventist School at 920 Park Place, angering local residents
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NYC Early-Shift Workers Stranded by Subway’s Nightly Closures for COVID Cleanings — Empty Trains Still Run, But They Can’t Ride Them

NYC Early-Shift Workers Stranded by Subway’s Nightly Closures for COVID Cleanings — Empty Trains Still Run, But They Can’t Ride Them

The subway — built to ease travel across the city — lately has made travel hard for people like Pedro Perez, a 48-year-old electrician. Perez commutes from East New York in Brooklyn to Paterson, N.J., early each morning.
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Billie Holiday Theater Spotlights Breonna Taylor in Performance Addressing Racial Injustice

Billie Holiday Theater Spotlights Breonna Taylor in Performance Addressing Racial Injustice

The show 12 Angry Men…and Women: The Weight of the Wait will be performed live in Bed-stuy on Saturday night, and streamed online
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Brooklyn Restaurants Cooking up Plans for Indoor Dining

Brooklyn Restaurants Cooking up Plans for Indoor Dining

Starting September 30, restaurants in New York City can reopen for indoor service at 25 percent capacity.
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Clinton Hill Designer Creates Toy to Help Kids With Online Learning

Clinton Hill Designer Creates Toy to Help Kids With Online Learning

Clixo is an eco-friendly, open-ended toy that fuels creativity and helps children build skills and focus on online learning
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Smorgasburg Returns to Prospect Park This Weekend for a Brief End-of-Summer Run

Smorgasburg Returns to Prospect Park This Weekend for a Brief End-of-Summer Run

Brooklyn's longstanding outdoor food market, Smorgasburg, will make a brief appearance at Prospect Park this month.
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Brooklyn Girls Share Their Dreams

Brooklyn Girls Share Their Dreams

Two Brooklyn high school students share their aspirations and experiences as low-income teens.
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Brooklyn Museum to Host Reopening Celebration This Weekend

Brooklyn Museum to Host Reopening Celebration This Weekend

After six months of shuttered doors, Brooklyn Museum is reopening this Saturday and putting on a show to celebrate
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Teens Talk College: An Uncertain Path Forward

Teens Talk College: An Uncertain Path Forward

A week ago, the Common Application, the main platform students use to apply for college, opened up for the class of 2025.
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