By Vicki Mata How quickly do you adapt to a new place of work, study, or residence? How quickly do you master new responsibilities at a new job, remember where […]
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Two ‘Colored Girls’ From Brooklyn Discuss the Relevance, Revival of Ntozake Shange’s Production on Broadway
Playwright and poet Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf currently is on Broadway for the first time since […]
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Brooklyn Reacts to City’s Task Force Removing Homeless Encampments From Under BQE
Ten homeless encampments underneath the BQE in Brooklyn have been removed at the direction of New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the first phase of an initiative designed to […]
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Brooklyn, Here’s Where to Get Your Taxes Done for Free
Tax day is just two weeks away, but if you haven’t got around to filing your papers just yet, don’t stress — a number of free services in Brooklyn are […]
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BK Nets, NY Liberty, Local Hospital Join Forces to Open Food Pantry in Brownsville’s P.S. 12
A new food pantry has opened on Brownsville’s Howard Avenue to tackle food insecurity in the neighborhood. The pantry will run out of P.S. 12 and M.S. 484 — both […]
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Bklyn Landlords Speak Out, Say They Have Crippling Debt and Are at Risk of Losing Their Property, Behind The Eviction Moratorium
Clarence Hamer says he is on the verge of losing the Brownsville home he’d hoped to pass down to his children, after an eviction proceeding he started before the pandemic […]
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Feb 21: Brooklyn Black History Maker, MC Lyte
Rapper MC Lyte was born Lana Moorer on October 11, 1971 in Queens and raised in the East Flatbush. She began rapping when she was 12, learning from her brothers […]
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Feb 18: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes, born Trevor George Smith Jr. in East Flatbush on May 20, 1972, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor and record executive. Rhymes, whose parents both hailed […]
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Man Who Stole and Crashed School Bus in BK, Injuring Drivers, Has Been Indicted: District Attorney
A man who stole a school bus in East Flatbush, fled from police, rammed into multiple vehicles and a building and injured other drivers has been indicted by the Brooklyn […]
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Martin Luther King, Jr: 7 Surprising Facts
Today, Monday, January 17, we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There’s a lot we know about this iconic civil rights leader. But here are […]
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Upcoming Film Mixes Actors and Real Residents in a Love Letter to Bed-Stuy
Director Sekiya Dorsett remembers the moment she decided to turn a ‘sweet script’ she was working on into very different story, with Bed-Stuy at its center. It was the first […]
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Brooklyn Neighborhood at the Center of Redistricting Battle
A bipartisan committee tasked with establishing one new set of electoral maps for New York State has failed to do so, instead presenting two sets of opposing maps — one […]
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Biden to Expand Access to at-Home COVID Kits: 4 Essential Reads on the Critical Role of Rapid Tests
By: Matt Williams, The Conversation President Joe Biden has outlined plans to massively ramp up COVID-19 testing in an effort to curb – or at least slow – the spread […]
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‘Guardian Angel’ for Cypress Hills Families Never Forgot His Roots
For the last thirty Thanksgivings, Pete Valentine has filled his car with as many turkeys and bags of groceries as he can and driven back towards his home neighborhood of […]
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Kitchen Fantasy: Tips In Achieving A Kitchen Similar To Cooking Shows
Have you ever imagined that one day you would be given a chance to cook one of your dishes in a cooking show? Have you ever wondered what it’s like […]
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Kitchen Fantasy: Tips In Achieving A Kitchen Similar To Cooking Shows
Have you ever imagined that one day you would be given a chance to cook one of your dishes in a cooking show? Have you ever wondered what it’s like […]
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Op-Ed: The New Major Owens Community Center Is the Solution to Ending the Gun Violence Epidemic in Our Community
By: Councilmember Laurie Cumbo, Brooklyn’s 35th District On September 26th, 2021, I took a call from Gabriel Sandoval of The City who was doing what we call in politics a non-objective […]
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BK-Based Latinx Film Festival Increases Onscreen Presence, Showcases Stories for Good
A documentary focused on the struggles and triumphs of a Mexican restaurant in Bed-Stuy, a film centered on twelve-year-old Marisol becoming her mother’s translator and a feature on an offbeat […]
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AREN’T DIAMONDS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR BEST FRIEND?
By Michael Milton, “The Art of Seeing” In 1984, my boyfriend Jim moved from California to share my apartment–a tall-ceilinged space housed in a late 19th century wreck-of-a-hotel on Manhattan’s […]
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The Free Store: Coming Soon to Bushwick
The free store, a concept dreamt up by Bushwick Mutual Aid, is stocked with free clothes, baby supplies, furniture, household appliances and other donated goods. A free store – yes, […]