Non-Profit & Community

Developers have applied to tear down a rare 1860s wood-frame house in Fort Greene, replacing it with a five-story residential building, Brownstoner reported.

Venezuelan Brooklynites are hoping their native country gets a hard reset after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured and extradited to the Unites States on Jan. 3.

The Legal Aid Society, representing the Union of Pinnacle Tenants, filed formal objections in federal bankruptcy court opposing the proposed sale of more than 90 residential buildings owned by the lead debtor entity for Pinnacle Group, following recent objections filed by city and state lawyers.

The Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. festival on Jan. 18 and 19 will engage children in the power of peaceful protest, imagination and service, in the spirit of the late Civil Rights Movement leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Acclaimed writer and scholar Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts was named the inaugural Curator-in-Residence. Her new exhibition "homework," and public programing will be on view beginning Feb. 12 through March 20.

The New York County Supreme Court found Xi Hui "Steven Wu and his companies liable for fraud after determining that he illegally sold non-existent condominium units at 345 Ovington Ave. and unlawfully collected millions of dollars in down payments and fees from immigrant Chinese families who believed they were buying homes.

Police officers shot and killed a man who had barricaded himself with two others on the eighth floor of New York Presbyterian Methodist Hospital on Thursday evening.

As New York City’s housing market picks up speed in 2026, a new StreetEasy report identified 10 neighborhoods seeing the biggest surge in interest from buyers and renters, including four in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn nonprofits supporting survivors of domestic violence, young men of color, trans performing artists, civil rights protections, and youth civic engagement were awarded the 2026 Brooklyn Org Spark Prize.

Brooklyn community organizations and nonprofits can apply to get city funds through Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso’s Fiscal Year 2027 capital funding program.