By Fern GillespieWhen Jamal Clayton Robinson was appointed Executive Director of community development nonprofit IMPACCT Brooklyn, it was due to the impact that he...
The calendar for 2026 has finally flipped over to March, which not only means warmer weather heading towards Brooklyn (we hope), but baseball is upon us.
With the regular season set to kick off close to the end of the month, there are many...
By Eddie CastroThe second half of the Brooklyn Nets' season has kicked off, and it is a forgone conclusion that Brooklyn will not make the playoffs this season. In a year where there were few expectations as far as the postseason goes, the priority...
Cade Cunningham at The 2026 NBA All-Star Game held at the Intuit Dome on February 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)
By Simone ValentineOne restaurant owner is using social media to get community support for her Jamaican restaurant. Angela Lawrence was in the medical field...
Inside NYCs MWBE Process
By Simone ValentineNYC Small Business Services reports there are over 180,000 small businesses currently in operation in New York City. Yet...
The documentary Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, directed by Yemi Bamiro (white sneakers) and produced by Joan Boateng (orange blouse) of Misfit Entertainment, with Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhote, and Andrew Calof made its North American debut, last Thursday, Nov. 13 during the DOC NYC 2025 Festival for Documentaries presented at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. Executive producers include (in photo, at right) Brathwaite's son, Kwame S. Brathwaite and daughter in-law Robynn Brathwaite, who are featured in the film with Sikolo Brathwaite (Kwame's wife, unpictured) other family members
By Enoch Naklen
Pojanee “P.J.” Fleury, remembered across creative, entrepreneurial, and community circles for her generosity, invention, and collaborative spirit, died on Thanksgiving Day in a house fire in Orange, New Jersey, along with her sister, Frantzia Fleury. Authorities said the two sisters lost their...
Op-Ed by: Dr. Derrick Cheung, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at OBH
Colon cancer stands as the 4th most diagnosed cancer and...
Fern GillespiePromoting Sickle Cell Awareness Month every September is personal for Kenesha Traynham-Cooper, the well-known Brooklyn community advocate and business entrepreneur.Sickle Cell awareness is part of her family mission. In 2015, she founded The Sharon and Stephen Traynham Creative Arts Fund for Sickle Cell...
By: Amanda BarrettSince settling in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, Denise Owens has spent the last 33 years receiving care through One Brooklyn...
With roots established 10 years before the birth of America, historic Bridge AWME Street Church located at 277 Stuyvesant Avenue in Brooklyn, celebrated 260 years of dedicated service to the Downtown and Central Brooklyn communities, last Sunday, February 22, 2026.
The theme, this year, revolved...
