Non-Profit & Community

Restaurants along Vanderbilt’s Open Street have seen a 20% increase in sales compared to pre-pandemic numbers.

CB2's agenda was packed with various items, including an approval for a cannabis retailer, a direct address from Council Member Lincoln Restler and two street renamings.

The rebrand highlights the organization’s philanthropic focus on equity and racial justice in Brooklyn.

The groundbreaking is a Doe Fund milestone more than 30 years in the making

Kings Against Violence receives a grant from State Sen. Andrew Gounardes and will go towards anti-violence work in the Gowanus and Wyckoff NYCHA residences.

In Brooklyn, seventh- and eighth-grader will have an opportunity to participate in a four-part afterschool program on financial literacy.

With the support of the Institute for Career Development, the High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus Hall is now helping youth with disabilities transition from school to career.

Melodee Pouponneau, a former student at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, will receive $10,000 for her college education from Halle Bailey.

Building captains — self-appointed volunteer facilitators of tenant organizing — are essential to the growth of the tenant movement in Brooklyn, advocates say.

Some elderly and handicapped residents say the city’s failure to make sure all streets are safe for the elderly and disabled is ageism and ableism.