Builder Plans African Art Museum for Bed-Stuy
Vira Jones owns a construction and design firm. The three rooms of the future Bedford-Stuyvesant Museum of African Art were filled with ancient and modern …[read more]
Brooklyn
A Sure Thing: Dilan Returned to State Senate
By BRENNEN JOHNSON As State Sen. Martin Malave Dilan walked along Elderts Lane in Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills section, local people raised their right fists in …[read more]
Uber expands Brooklyn service for 2016
By MARK SULEYMANOV Brooklyn commuters can use Uber’s uberPOOL service to get around the borough for less than $8 per ride for the rest of …[read more]
L train shutdown to hit Canarsie hard
Richard Anderson reports on how the planned shutdown of the L train for lengthy repair work will hit residents of Canarsie, where the line starts. Coverage …[read more]
High school SING! competition grows
By SOPHIE DWECK On the outside, Brooklyn’s James Madison High School looked empty and quiet—after all it was a Saturday night. Who would be going …[read more]
Preserving `CaribBeing’ culture in Flatbush
By AMBER ALEXANDER Flatbush Avenue is home to a cool cultural space dedicated to preserving and showcasing Caribbean heritage. The CaribBeing House, as it’s cleverly …[read more]
Feds, Apple battle in Brooklyn court
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA The legal battle between national security interests and personal privacy escalated last Monday after the Justice Department appealed a Brooklyn federal court …[read more]
`Taste NY’ Bar on Tap for Barclays Center
By UMMEY KARIM Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Barclays Center announced Thursday that a Taste NY bar will be set up at the arena to …[read more]
For riders, transfers are key to new streetcar line
By REZA MALEK Mayor Bill de Blasio has given New Yorkers a bit more information regarding his proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar but has still not said …[read more]
A sense of style in Midwood
By BEVERLY ORTEGA As I walked down Avenue J in Midwood toward the Tznius Princess shop, the women around me were dressed a lot differently …[read more]