Non-Profit & Community

Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson joined CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez for a visit to Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School to highlight the expansion of CUNY’s dual enrollment "College Now" program to include independent religious schools.

Students, families and staff at P.S. 58 in Carroll Gardens are creating a reading garden to honor Eliana Zakhnini-Messineo, who passed away from cancer in 2024.

With costs climbing and funding cuts growing, Brooklyn Org is urging Brooklynites to directly donate to borough-based organizations.

Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUP competition awarded more than $40K to local entrepreneurs, with Viva Art Studio winning the $20K grand prize.

With distinctive homes set along tree-lined streets, Beverley Square West Historic District and Ditmas Park West Historic District appear much as they did a century ago, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Residents who live in rent-stabilized apartments owned by Pinnacle Realty of New York, which put up 93 buildings up for sale through a bankruptcy auction, said the city needs to guarantee better living conditions.

A $108M restoration has transformed DUMBO with new cobblestones, upgraded sewers, a bike network and the new Pearl Street Plaza.

The nonprofit group provides dozens of programs for students and seniors in Brooklyn.

Residents and local leaders gathered to celebrate the activist's 100th birthday, honoring her decades of community service, civic engagement and leadership that helped transform the neighborhood.

The "Delivering Together" program offers phone charging and bike repair kits for delivery workers across the borough.