Brooklyn News

This week I talked with Somer Bingham, the punk-edged musician whom we got to know last season on Showtime's hit reality TV series The Real L Word .

Brooklyn Prospect Charter School plans to open its first International Baccalaureate elementary school this September in Downtown Brooklyn , the Brooklyn Eagle reports.

Black and Hispanic men are more likely to be stopped in the Bronx and Brooklyn than other boroughs, according to an analysis of police street stop data released Wednesday by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

The truck carrying 96 gallons of lemonade rolled to a sloshing stop on North 7th Street in Brooklyn, the block that dead ends at the East River.

Eric Rozendaal, right, a farmer from Starksboro, Vt., sells maple lemonade from his stand at Smorgasburg, a food market on the East River in Brooklyn, NY.

Atlantic Yards/Barclays Center developer Forest City Ratner has become the 800-pound gorilla of local philanthropy, offering not just relatively deep pockets but also an event space for certain groups.

When the Southern Brooklyn community wants to raise awareness for a good cause, they know how to do it - even in stormy weather.

Prospect Park was going to be a madhouse of activity on Saturday. In addition to "The Great Googa Mooga" food and music festival, the starting line for the Brooklyn Half-Marathon was in the park.

A gospel singer from Brooklyn is claiming her voice was ruined after she bit into a piece of glass while eating a chicken sandwich at McDonalds, and is suing the fast food chain.

Catt Linehan Chaput with mom Mary and state Rep. Gailanne Cariddi. The past City Council candidate plans a career in public service.

The Sheepshead Bay / Plumb Beach Civic Association held its annual Memorial Day and Armed Forces Day Parade on Saturday, drawing scores of neighbors to watch antique automobiles, local veterans and school kids honor the men and women of the nation's armed forces.

The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as " A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" is being awarded the nation's highest prize for popular music in a concert Tuesday.

R&B superstar USHER will be the toast of the music industry next month when he is presented with the Golden Note Award at the 26th Annual Rhythm & Soul Awards in Los Angeles.

From the BAM Cultural District to Williamsburg, Brooklyn is undergoing a hotel boom.

Over the last two decades, few artists have amassed such a quietly considered or influential cult following as Daniel Johnston.

US authorities are suing a fish processor based in Brooklyn, New York, for manufacturing ready-to-eat fish products under insanitary conditions, with inadequate safety procedures.

The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the home stadium of the Brooklyn Nets, is a much-discussed venue for a variety of reasons: Bruce Ratner and Jay-Z , for two.

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Friday, June 7, 2013, 7:00 p.m., featuring music from Bob Kerr and readings from Edmund Berrigan, Jessica Fiorini, Joanna Fuhrman, and the in from Pittsburgh, Lauren Russell.

A pedestrian and a cyclist are dead after a series of crashes in Brooklyn and the Bronx in which motorists also injured five other people.