Non-Profit & Community

Four Brooklyn Restoration Projects Honored By Landmarks Conservancy

Brooklyn is home to four winners of the 2024 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards.

Mar 24, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >

BK Groups Gets $1M And More From Yield Giving Initiative

Yield Giving gave out $640 million to over 350 nonprofits.

Mar 24, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >

Brooklyn Made Store Honors Women Makers and Creators

Two Brooklyn female entrepreneurs, Manya Yeva and Lauren Flack, were honored.

Mar 24, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >

Assemblyman Colton, Councilmember Zhuang Lead Homeless Shelter Protest

Some residents in Gravesend do not want a homeless shelter to be built.

Mar 23, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >

Atlantic Avenue Jail Demolition Rattles Residents

Residents are fed up with the dust, noise and the rumbles as the Brooklyn Detention Center on Atlantic Avenue is torn down to make way for a new 15-story jail complex.

Mar 22, 2024 9:31 AM Read more >

New Yorkers Feel Quality of Life is Worse: Report

A survey from the nonprofit Citizens Budget Commission showed sharp drops in citywide satisfaction ratings.

Mar 20, 2024 7:39 AM Read more >

Bed-Stuy Rallies For Protected Bike Lane on Bedford Avenue

The city keeps delaying the installation of a bike lane on Bedfrod Avenue, between Flatbush and Flushing Avenues.

Mar 18, 2024 1:01 PM Read more >

The Top 10 Things You Should Know About The National Black Writers Conference Happening This Week

The conference will take place from Wednesday, March 20, to Saturday, March 23.

Mar 18, 2024 12:46 PM Read more >

Methodist Hospital Settles $17.3 Million in Fraud Allegations

New York-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital allegedly tied physicians' compensation to service referrals, which violates Medicare and Medicaid rules.

Mar 17, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >

2 BK Firms Chosen for Governor's Island Climate Program

Two Brooklyn-based innovators will test out water-based climate solutions on Governors Island beginning in summer 2024.

Mar 17, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >