Author: Rebecca Ellis (Rebecca Ellis)

Little Sun People Too, a publicly funded pre-K early education and day care center, is nestled between two storefronts in an industrial block that breaks up the brownstone landscape of residential Bedford-Stuyvesant. The center, which accepts children three and up, is easy to spot, thanks to its bright mural, depicting a sun and festive children,...

Nearly 100 students protested scheduled tuition hikes at City University of New York’s Brooklyn College on May 2 outside of President Karen Gould’s office on the second floor of Boylan Hall, according to student activists. CUNY security officers arrested two of the protesters, and brought them to the 70th precinct. The students, riding on the...

The mausoleum style gates adorned with golden Egyptian hieroglyphic figures, the Brooklyn Public Library beckon visitors to come inside. The first thing newcomers see is a recently installed security desk—and just beyond on the way the information desk,  multi-colored flyers announcing biweekly writers circle meetings, arts forums, a Kafka in Context book discussion series, classical...

Gbenga Akinnagbe plays Chris Partlow, one of the drug henchman in HBO's series the Wire. But in real Brooklyn life, he is worried that the innocent are getting stopped by the police and inspires his fans in his protest actions against Stop and Frisk.

Organizations like FIDO pet lost-and-found and adoption service in Prospect Heights recommend microchipping. Although not a tracking device, microchipping helps someone more easily find the owner in case the pet gets lost. All your registration data, the owner’s address, is stored on the miniscule device which is inserted into the animal’s shoulder tissue.  Prices for...