Fort Greene Park Jazz Festival Returns To Brooklyn Next Week

The festival offers a free afternoon of live jazz to the Fort Greene community.

New York Transit Museum To Mark 50 Years With Disco Dance Party

Vinyl Nights Presents Return to ’76 will take place Saturday, Sept. 26.

Dominican Night Returns To Prospect Park Bandshell This Weekend

The event celebrates Brooklyn’s large Dominican community and the influence of Dominican culture on the borough’s music and arts scene.

Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson Block Party Returns This Month

The event will celebrate the King of Pop’s birthday with an afternoon of music, dancing and community.

Give Your Child a Head Start: Enroll at KIPP NYC for Fall 2025

Free K–12 public schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan preparing students for success in college, career, and beyond.

New York Blood Center Declares Blood Emergency as Donations Plummet

NYBC has seen a nearly 30% drop in donations in recent weeks which has resulted in 6.5k fewer donations & crippled the region’s blood supply

New Luxury Apartment Building Rises In Brooklyn

The 11,300-square-foot structure at 258 Saint James Place in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill neighborhood will be six stories tall.

Cortelyou Celebrates its 40th Year Milestone

NYC Minority and Women Owned (MWBE) Private School Celebrates 40 Years of Service to the Brooklyn Community

Penta Hosts First-Ever Limb Disassembly Day with Brooklyn Organization

Global Non-Profit Educates and Inspires the Next Generation of Orthotic and Prosthetic Providers

Planning Towards A Smooth Transition

Eight steps for a business transition

Open Street Closed, Meat Outfits: Fort Greene Week In Review

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Meat Outfits, Smores Game: Picnic Event Held At Fort Greene Park

The Competitive Winter Picnicking games, which were covered by Brooklyn Magazine, are as much a competition as a piece of performance art.

Governors Island Reopening July 15; Ferry Service By Reservation Only

Originally delayed due to COVID-19, Governors Island will reopen for the season on Wednesday, July 15.

Brooklyn Community Board 2 Meetings Coming Up On June 15, 17, 18

Community Board 2 will hold its monthly parks, land use and transportation committee meetings next week.

Brooklyn Community Board 2: How To Report Police Misconduct

Community Board 2 received the following message from the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).

Update For Fort Greene Park Summer Youth Workshop Participants

“Before we start offering our youth writing workshops online, we'd like more information on how much is needed, and where the need is most."

Fort Greene Gears Up For Tree Lighting, Holiday Event Line-Up

From the tree lighting in Fort Greene Park, to the Navy Yard's holiday market, here are the seasonal events coming up in the next few weeks.

SEE: Long-Awaited Fort Greene Library, Culture Center On Its Way

Check out renderings of the 50,000-square-foot cultural center at 300 Ashland Pl., where construction started this week.

Brooklyn 'As Told' By Its Seniors: New Book Tells Story Of Change

From restaurants long gone, to dancing at the Navy Yard, a new book asks Brooklyn's older residents, "what no longer/still feels like home?"

Oprah Winfrey's Brooklyn Show To Include Michelle Obama Interview

The mega-star's wellness tour next year will include a stop at the Barclays Center with the former first lady as a special guest.

Infant Injuries Caused By BK Docs Who Ignored Pregnant Mom: Suit

Brooklyn Hospital Center doctors ignored a woman's pleas for help as her placenta separated and deprived her baby of oxygen, a lawsuit says.

SEE: Brooklyn Academy Of Music Opens First Visual Arts Gallery

A Los Angeles-based artist unveiled his first BK exhibit this week at the opening of BAM's first gallery, part of a $25 million expansion.

Homeless Served Rotten Chicken At BK Shelter To File $2M Lawsuits

Four Fort Greene shelter residents that ended up in the hospital after the city served expired chicken salad will sue, attorneys said.

Missed Connection At Mile 8 Has NYC Marathon Fan On Craigslist

Do you know a marathon runner named Javier? This Fort Greene fan "would walk 26.2 miles" to find him.

'Walt Whitman Way Day' To Celebrate Poet's Street Naming In BK

Whitman enthusiasts will gather at the corner of Ryerson Street and Dekalb Avenue on Saturday to officially name the street for the BK poet.

Rotten Chicken Sickens Homeless As Shelter Staff Laugh: Report

Six Fort Greene shelter residents ended up vomiting after the city served expired chicken salad with a double label, The Daily News reports.

'Lynching' Halloween Cut-Outs Are Hate Crime: Brooklyn Activists

A Bed-Stuy nonprofit head resigned after Halloween decorations in her Clinton Hill home spurred outrage and threats of a boycott.

New 24-Story Building Includes Brooklyn Music School Expansion

A new residential tower planned for BAM's historic district will expand the neighboring Brooklyn Music School 20,000 square feet.

'Lynching' Halloween Cut-Outs Near Brooklyn School Spur Outrage

A Clinton Hill resident and Bed-Stuy gallery owner made brown paper cut-outs of children hanging by ropes, spurring outrage online.

Wegmans First NYC Store Opens In Brooklyn: What You Need To Know

The popular supermarket will open at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this weekend after years of buzz about bringing an outpost to New York City.

Jimmy Kimmel Is Coming Back To Brooklyn For Week Of Shows At BAM

Bernie Sanders, Bruce Springstein and other East Coast celebs will stop by the late-night talk show as it records from BAM next week.

Photos: Brooklyn Academy Of Music Opens $25M Expansion

The venue officially unveiled a years-long project that connected three of its spaces and opened its first visual arts gallery on Tuesday.

Open House NY In Fort Greene: Park Monuments, Breweries And More

New Yorkers can get a peak inside 279 of the city's most interesting buildings during Open House NY. Here's where to stop by in Fort Greene.

G Train Operator Who Saved Woman From Tracks Named Brooklyn Hero

Eric Boyo was named a hero by the borough president for stopping his G train before hitting a woman who had jumped onto the tracks.

Under-Recognized Artists Get $10K Each With New Brooklyn Grant

Meet the 10 painters, sculptors, photographers and even crocheters that BRIC gave $100,000 to this year with a new program.

Field Trips, Tours And More: Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Line-Up

From Thanksgiving baking classes, to a look inside the Yard's historic buildings, here's what's going on at the Navy Yard this season.

Clinton Hill Block Will Be Named For Late Local Jazz Legend

A ceremony this weekend will co-name the block near Grand and Lafayette avenue after Randy Weston, a local jazz musician who died last year.

NYC Pizza Run Returns To Fort Greene: What You Need To Know

Runners will race their way through Fort Greene Park, eating two slices of pizza along the way. Here's how to get a slice of the fun.

NYC Mourns Woman Slain In Murder-Suicide, Raises $18K For Her Son

Students, parents and friends shared memories of the school safety officer, who was shot in Fort Greene while her son was in the next room.

BK Student Wins National Award For Epileptic Safe-Space Invention

Brooklynite and Pratt grad Uma Smith's invention, inspired by her own history with seizures, was chosen from submissions across the country.

BAM Readies For Opening With Stories Of Theater's 100-Year Life

From a 1904 Wizard of Oz production, to a nine-hour play when it was still abandoned ground, these photos reveal BAM Harvey's long past.

Robots To Help Build Robots At New Brooklyn Navy Yard Factory

A historic building is home to the city's first "smart factory," where humans work alongside artificial intelligence to build AI machines.

Thousands Of NYCHA Residents Without Hot Water In Fort Greene

An outage for 4,100 Ingersoll Houses tenants is the latest in a string of service problems that has activists worried for winter.