On a sunny but brisk Easter Sunday afternoon in the heart of Clinton Hill, Reverend Clinton Miller, pastor of the Brown Memorial Baptist church, preached a powerful message. “Every day we get up should symbolize a new chance, even if we messed up yesterday,” he said. “We believe in forgiveness, we believe in redemption,...
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May 4, 2012September 30, 2019Death in Brooklyn, Politics, Sports
Brownsville Fondly Remembers ‘Jocko’ Jackson
Greg “Jocko” Jackson, who died of an apparent heart attack earlier this week, was a towering figure in Brownsville and not just because of his stature.
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April 24, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime, Politics
Eric Adams on the ‘Abuse’ of Stop-and-Frisk
Is the New York Police Department misusing its stop-and-frisk-policy? New York State Senator Eric L. Adams, a retired police captain who was elected to the state senate in 2006, thinks so.
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April 5, 2012September 30, 2019Arts & Culture, Video
Dreams of the Big Screen [VIDEO]
After eight years of pursuing his passion and working for the MTA, Brooklyn-bred filmmaker Wilkie Cornelius, Jr. has finally realized his dream of making a movie. He premiered his first film Single Hills at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and hopes to turn it into his Hollywood debut.
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April 5, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime
Sex Abuse: How to Spot the Signs
With seven recent cases of sexual abuse in our city’s schools, parents are on high alert. Ama Dwimoh is a former prosecutor for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and the creator of a bureau that exclusively handled the sexual, physical abuse and murders of children under the age of eleven. Dwimoh talked to The Brooklyn...
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March 27, 2012September 30, 2019Audio, Audio Slideshow, Brooklyn Life, Multimedia, Religion, Slideshow, Video
Seasoned Cook Has Seen It All
Beatrice Mobley, believed to be one of the oldest surviving workers of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, sits at her dining room table in the Vinegar Hill area of Brooklyn, surrounded by mementos from various stages of her life. She picks up of her 66-year-old Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital I.D. badge with its sepia-colored distressed...
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March 27, 2012September 30, 2019Live Wire
Person In Police Custody In Connection With Fatal Subway Brawl
Police have not released the name of the suspect they have in custody in connection with the fight last week that killed Joshua Basin, 20. Basin and another man got into a fight on the L train stop at Bedford Avenue. Both men fell on the tracks but Basin was struck and killed by a...
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February 20, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Multimedia, Video
[VIDEO] A Heart in Danger, at 24
Heart disease is Brooklyn’s leading cause of death according to a report by Downstate Medical Center. Stephanie Chan, 30, has been living with heart disease for the past six years.
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February 10, 2012September 30, 2019Live Wire
Oprah Visits Hasidic Brooklyn
The Queen of Media, Oprah Winfrey, interviews various people from the tight-knit Hasidic communities of Borough Park and Crown Heights. Read more at the Huffington Post
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February 8, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Multimedia, Video
Jobless Get Free Hairstyles [Video]
With her salon located in an area with approximately 15.3 percent unemployment, Deivin Jemmott helps unemployed women with free hair styling to make them feel more confident about how they look.