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As a young African -American who grew up in Central Brooklyn, it is easy to feel the American Dream fading away. I recently read an article in The New York Times by Jennifer Collins titled “Detroit Pushes Back With Young Muscles” that made me question the fate of young black America and what opportunities...
Besides celebrating our country’s independence during the July 4th weekend, the date also marks the 40th year of the International African Arts Festival. The event is a four-day festival slated to start at 10 am Friday, July 1st at Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene. More than 75,000 people are expected to attend this...
Imagine in 2006, you purchase a newly constructed home on Dean Street and Rochester Ave. Directly across the street is a staircase manufacturer that you barely know is there because the company keeps normal business hours and never utilizes the Dean Street entrance, instead using the one on Pacific Street. The manufacturer leaves. Then...
“ONE BOROUGH, ONE CITY, ONE DREAM” was the theme for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Brooklyn Branch, Fifth Annual Freedom Fund Reception Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 11 at the Brooklyn Public Library in the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. “The...
77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Wine robbery An unknown thief robbed a wine bar and restaurant on May 4, police said. Police believe the crook entered the Abigail Wine Bar and Restaurant, 807 Classon Avenue, some time after 3 am through the side window and exited the same way. The owner...
One of Bed-Stuy’s crown jewels, Restoration Plaza on Fulton Street, is getting ready to show itself off again after a five-year, $10 million renovation. “We hope to have the plaza open for outdoor seating around June 1,” said Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Chief Operating Officer Dyrnest Sinckler. “At that time, the steps and windows in...
–Victims of Gun Violence Urge Mayor Bloomberg to Condemn Retailer for Reversing Decision to Stop Selling Rifles, Shotguns– So Wal-Mart, the #1 seller of firearms in the United States, would like to give its struggling sales a shot in the arm by setting up shop in East New York. But victims of gun violence...
A new slant on a federal program will soon offer a two-day opportunity for Brooklyn residents to purge the record of any outstanding petty summonses and summons warrants. Project Safe Surrender (PSS) is a pilot community program that will come to the Antioch Baptist Church, 828 Greene Avenue, from 9 am to 5 pm,...
Build Atlantic yards in Bedford-Stuyvesant If developer Forest City Ratner (FCR) wants to prefabricate all planned 16 high-rise buildings in his $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project tat’s fine with me as long as most of the factory work stays in Brooklyn. And a good place to start looking for a site to build modules...
Last weekend, November 19-21, the first annual conference to forge food, farming and policy solutions for the Black Community convened at Brooklyn College in New York City, convening farmers, gardeners, activists, students and community leaders from across the nation and around the world. The 3-day conference, attended by more than 500 people, was hosted...
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