Non-Profit & Community

Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, announced that Deacon Danny Rodriguez has been removed from his ministerial duties at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park.

Tredway and ELH Mgmt. unveiled a full renovation of the Greene Clermont Houses in Fort Greene, extending affordability for seniors and modernizing 97 homes for another 40 years.

The grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation will help expand the museum's Culinary Residency & Incubator Support Program, which will support local food entrepreneurs in Flatbush and Central Brooklyn.

Over 100 Brooklyn teens joined Digital Girl, Inc.’s 2025 Hackathon at the Major R. Owens Center in Crown Heights to design community-focused apps, learn coding and receive free laptops through AT&T.

A new scholarship program will give every kindergartener in Red Hook Houses $1,000 for their college savings, building pathways to equity.

Bed-Stuy's Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation started a new School of the Arts season, featuring expanded dance and drum programs for ages 3–18.

The Haiti Cultural Exchange celebrates a major move across from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and kicks off its 2025–26 season with the return of Mizik Ayiti!, a weekly live music residency.

P.S. 197’s new schoolyard was designed to capture 1.7 million gallons of stormwater each year, easing flooding in the neighborhood.

Homecrest Community Services launched a safety and defense initiative in Bensonhurst, equipping Brooklyn's Asian communities with tools for solidarity.

El Puente's annual festival in South Williamsburg centered on preserving cultural identity and pushing back against federal funding cuts, gentrification and political attacks on immigrant and Latine communities.