Author: Jesse Newman (Jesse Newman)

In the neighborhood where Vernon Cherry started his career, townhouses bear his name and honor his sacrifice

Norma Cayetano walked slowly, balancing a steaming plate of food in each of her large, walnut-colored hands. One dish held a soft mound of rice and beans and a juicy slab of oxtail meat; the other was piled high with sweet plantains, macaroni and cheese and potato salad. Cayetano set the plates down on a...

Greg Jackson sat in the bleachers of the Brownsville Recreation Center on a Saturday in July, bouncing a grandson on one knee and squinting his eyes at the basketball game in progress before him. One by one, players rushed past, darting through the soft columns of afternoon light that flooded the Brooklyn gym, bathing the...

Thousands of the Afro-Caribbean people have made their home in Brooklyn, celebrating their heritage at a local church.

An innovative youth court, focused on responsibility more than punishment, deals with Brownsville's rising caseload