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Brook-Lens: Lion's Den Officially Opens for Business

On Wednesday, September 30, The Lion's Den, located at 557 Classon Ave. near Fulton St., celebrated its official grand opening to the public. The restaurant has renovated and expanded, since taking over from the former owners of My Arena.

Super Foodtown Celebrates Store's Grand Reopening

Super Foodtown Bed-Stuy Owner Noah Katz (center) holds ribbon-cutting for store's grand reopening with (l to r) Gov.

Bed-Stuy Restoration Chief Colvin Grannum Named a Trustee of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colvin Grannum, president and chief executive officer of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, recently was named a board trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently has elected Colvin W.

BK Reader Exclusive: Kelis on Cooking, Her New Book and Upcoming Book Signing in Bed-Stuy

Kelis Her "milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" because...
Brooklyn hipsters fight school de-segregation: They ‘aren’t racists’ — ‘they just don’t want to be in a ghetto’

Brooklyn hipsters fight school de-segregation: They ‘aren’t racists’ — ‘they just don’t want to be in a ghetto’

More than 100 parents showed up to oppose a proposed rezoning plan that would desegregate two public elementary schools in Brooklyn Heights.

Griots in the Stuy

(l to r): Kwesi Abbensetts and Rasu Jilani, co-collaborators of "Griots in the Stuy.
Project Protest: When Art Starts a Movement in Bed-Stuy

Project Protest: When Art Starts a Movement in Bed-Stuy

Some might remember it as a " Summer of Disconten t:" From Sandra Bland to Freddie Gray ; from Natasha McKenna to Walter Scott ; from tennis star James Blake to 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed -- this past summer's headlines were awash with stories of soci

Spike Lee's 'Crooklyn' Brownstone Gets Reimagined, Renovated, Restored!

Elizabeth Mandarano, owner of 7 Arlington Place, the brownstone that was the setting for the movie, "Crooklyn" There's hardly a single Brooklynite unfamiliar with the 1994 iconic Spike Lee film, "Crooklyn," a story that chronicles a Brooklyn family a

Common Grounds, a Neighborhood Staple in Bed-Stuy, is Closing its Doors, Says Owner

Photo: Facebook The Tompkins Avenue coffee shop Common Grounds-- a beloved staple in the Bed-Stuy community-- will be closing on September 27, 2015, announced its owner Tremaine Wright on Facebook on Thursday.

Locale: New Boutique in Bed-Stuy Lets Micro-Entrepreneurs Tell Their Own Story

Donald Edwards, co-owner of Locale Village Shop & Yoga "Bed-Stuy made me do it," said Donald Edwards, co-owner of Locale Village Shop & Yoga , a boutique gift shop and yoga studio, located at 410 Marcus Garvey Blvd.