Non-Profit & Community

Frustrated residents are demanding that a fountain in Brower Park, a popular water play area for Crown Heights children, be fixed before the next heat wave.

A Brooklyn Org survey reveals sharp cost increases, reduced funding and high community need are making nonprofits fear for their financial stability heading into 2026.

Brooklyn Public Library’s "Books Unbanned" initiative hits one million e-book checkouts and 51,000 digital cards nationwide, expanding access to censored books for young readers across all 50 states.

The Landmarks Conservancy awarded funds to the Ninth Tabernacle Bel El in East New York and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Bay Ridge to help with various restoration projects.

Brooklyn Children’s Museum is giving Halloween an anime makeover on Oct. 26, as its annual Halloween event collides with the return of the Kawaii Kreature Festival.

The new Park Slope campus will expand the nonprofit's music therapy and education classes.

Twenty Brooklyn-based organizations were recognized for their impact, each receiving a $5,000 matching grant toward the Brooklyn Gives campaign.

The Harlem Writer's Guild will honor Dr. Brenda Greene, celebrating her lifelong dedication to advancing Black literature and amplifying underrepresented voices through her work at the Center For Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY.

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.