Brooklyn City Councilmember Chi Ossé is considering a primary challenge to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. Ossé, a Democrat who represents Bedford-Stuyvesant and parts of Crown Heights, confirmed Monday that he ...

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In do-or-die Bedford-Stuy back in the 1980s, nobody cared, necessarily, if you were a bright Black kid with all the potential ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, first officially observed nationally in 1986, was acknowledged throughout Kings County this past ...

Nearly 58 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral, parishioners in Brooklyn gathered to reflect on his enduring ...

Thomas H. Watkins built a daily Black newspaper in New York City when few believed it could survive and even fewer wanted it ...

Brooklyn’s faith and civic communities are mourning the loss of Rev. Clinton Miller, a longtime pastor, justice advocate and spiritual anchor whose leadership shaped generations of worshippers at ...

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A mosque in Brooklyn is getting into the housing game with the help of a New York-based developer. Kalel Companies and the Masjid Abdul Muhsi Khalifah mosque are pursuing a mixed-use redevelopment of ...

A mosque in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood may get a new building with some affordable senior housing on top of it. The development team’s proposal calls for a 93,837-square-foot building ...

A Bedford-Stuyvesant mosque is partnering with a developer to turn its more than 100-year-old building into a mixed-use project with affordable housing for seniors and new space for the religious ...