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New Flatbush Health Center Comes With Maternal Health Facility Made With Black Moms, Babies in Mind

A new one-stop health center is opening in Flatbush, and it features a Maternal Health Center focused on providing equitable medical care to parents of color

Feb 9, 2022 6:12 PM Read more >

New Caribbean Restaurant Island Shack Opens in Fort Greene

A new Caribbean spot has opened in Fort Greene, just a short walk from the park, BAM and the Barclays Center

Feb 8, 2022 9:00 AM Read more >

Bed-Stuy Laundromat Offers Free Cleaning for Unemployed Folks Heading to Job Interview

The Soap Boax owner Waleed Cope says he wants to help his neighbors put their best foot forward at their next job interview

Feb 4, 2022 3:47 PM Read more >

Affordable Apartments Planned for ENY, But Immigrant-Owned Businesses Could Pay the Price

The development would create 28 new affordable apartments, but displace four businesses, in its current form

Feb 2, 2022 8:03 PM Read more >

'Food Is Our Love Language': How One Family Celebrates Lunar New Year in Brooklyn

First-generation Chinese-American Michelle Lam is passing on some of the traditions her grandmother taught her this Chinese New Year, while adapting other traditions

Jan 31, 2022 6:03 PM Read more >

BK Pols Plead With Gov. Hochul to Deny National Grid New Gas Permits

The New York governor and Department of Environmental Conservation are due to release their decision on National Grid's request for new vaporizers in Brooklyn Feb. 7

Jan 28, 2022 7:06 PM Read more >

BK Pol Cleans Basement of Tenants Allegedly 'Neglected' by Landlord

Tenants of a Bushwick building thought management would improve after a nonprofit took over their building under the TPT Program. Instead, they say nothing has changed and now they fear eviction.

Jan 26, 2022 4:19 PM Read more >

Massive Interactive Art Piece Inspired by Pools of Moonlight Comes to BK

The massive piece by Jen Lewin opening at Industry City mirrors pools of water made by the outgoing tide, lit up by the moonlight.

Jan 24, 2022 7:11 PM Read more >

Will Mayor's New Traffic Plan Make Pedestrians Safer in These 4 BK Crash Zones?

Four Brooklyn neighborhoods had some of the highest crash figures in the city in 2021. Can Mayor Adams' new traffic safety push make it safer for Brooklyn pedestrians?

Jan 21, 2022 10:54 AM Read more >

More Than 53K BK Households Now Face Eviction. Here's What to Know.

New York's eviction moratorium ended Jan. 15, leaving an estimated 53,000 Brooklyn households vulnerable to being ejected from their homes

Jan 18, 2022 6:12 PM Read more >