Non-Profit & Community

As the city weighs how to repair the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights, the Atlantic Avenue underpass beneath the highway has been transformed into a work of art.

Brooklynite Samirah Horton, 16, helped to launch the Nazarene Library, a reading room stacked with banned titles at the Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Plans to revamp Fort Greene Park are back on track after a judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the $24 million Parks Department project.

Prospect Park Alliance and the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective highlights centuries of indigenous history through a video exhibit on view from July 12 through November 30, 2025, at Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park.

This Sunday, the Smurfs take over the Brooklyn Children’s Museum for a day of art-making, music and interactive exploration.

The Brooklyn Museum has unveiled a diverse lineup of July events designed to engage visitors of all ages and celebrate art across the borough.

Nonprofit BloomAgainBklyn conducts “floral rescues” to give used flowers a second life.

Atelier Artist, a new creative hub in central Brooklyn, is inviting artists to apply for its inaugural summer residency designed to support emerging and underrepresented artists.

A $3 million federal grant meant to support environmental justice efforts in South Williamsburg has been abruptly canceled, halting months of grassroots planning and casting doubt on future community-led climate initiatives for El Puente, the Brooklyn Paper reported.

Brooklyn Public Library marked a major milestone last week celebrating two decades of empowering teens through its innovative tech-focused internship program, Teen Techies.