Non-Profit & Community

Brooklyn teens spent their mid-winter break learning about energy conservation and equity, presenting animation, game design and digital art projects to National Grid engineers.

Residents and community leaders gathered at The Bogart House for the Canarsie Honors, celebrating local changemakers and supporting youth initiatives through the Shoot For The Stars Foundation, a nonprofit tied to Pop Smoke.

Homecrest Community Services and the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island received 2026 NYC Community Project Grants to combat hate and strengthen neighborhood ties.

As the borough loses many Black residents, the business group highlighted a group of Black leaders at a celebration at Weeksville Heritage Center in Crown Heights.

Big Reuse debuts its Bushwick Reuse Center, offering secondhand clothing and home goods while deepening local sustainability efforts.

Meyer Levin School for the Performing Arts and partner schools launched a free swim program teaching Brooklyn scholars water safety, leadership and potential aquatics careers.

Brooklyn Org and United Way of New York City launch a multi-year energy equity initiative with National Grid Foundation to address affordability and workforce access in Brooklyn and Queens.

The state is awarding $1 million for Weeksville to preserve Black heritage and expand community programs.

Community Board 1 recommends approval of Monitor Point, a three-tower waterfront development in Greenpoint, with conditions on affordability, transit and parks.

The David Prize, an initiative of The Walentas Family Foundation, awarded $5,000 to five New Yorkers who are making a difference in their communities. One Brooklynite is spreading love in Flatbush through basketball.