60 Years of Black is Beautiful
By ENRICO DENARD As part of the Brooklyn Resists series, wherein Black Brooklynites tell stories about combatting systemic racial injustice, some of the original models …[read more]
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America Needs You, Wants You To Succeed
By GABRIEL SALAS Starting college can be a difficult and intimidating experience for many freshmen. The America Needs You (ANY) organization, with a virtual event …[read more]
Woman Charged with Killing 64-Year-Old Pedestrian near Brooklyn College
By TYRELL INGRAM Brooklyn, New York- A 57-year-old driver has been charged with the killing of a 64-year-old female pedestrian on February 1, at the …[read more]
Rising Rents Lead More to Bed-Stuy Soup Kitchen
By ALAIN GAILLARD The soup kitchen starts serving food at 10:30 every morning. A few soup kitchen guests begin gathering outside the main entrance of …[read more]
Ditmas Park Teacher Cleared of Sex Abuse
Editor’s note: This story first appeared at Bklyner.com in collaboration with Brooklyn News Service. By LISA FLAUGH A former teacher at a Ditmas Park elementary …[read more]
As Seen on Bklyner: Bail Revoked in Shooting
By PAUL FRANGIPANE A Brooklyn judge revoked the bail Thursday of a suspect arrested in a shooting last July on Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay …[read more]
Family Awaits Justice in Brooklyn Courtroom
By LISA FLAUGH Filling almost two rows of seats in the courtroom, the family of young stabbing victims Prince Joshua (P.J.) Avitto, 6 and Mikayla …[read more]
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]
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]