Through bureaucracy, sky-high rents or just neglect, these and many more famous buildings in our city are sitting empty. All ...

The veteran screen and stage actress, who has decamped to London, paid $1.4 million for the historic Prospect Lefferts ...

After decamping to London, actress Martha Plimpton sold her historic home in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood for ...

Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York City. He was sworn in around midnight Thursday. He is the city’s first Muslim ...

February is Black History Month. If you are looking to celebrate, honor or learn more about a community that’s been part of New York City’s history for centuries, here are some events to mark the ...

PROSPECT PARK — THE EENDA-LUNAAPEEWAHKIING Indigenous Culture Fair is coming to Prospect Park’s Picnic House this Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., reports BK Reader. The fair, developed by ...

PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- This November 30 will mark what would have been Shirley Chisholm's 100th birthday. Ahead of her birthday, people are remembering and discovering the trailblazing ...

As the first ReImagine Lefferts artist in residence, Adama Delphine Fawundu created a large-scale, site-specific installation titled Ancestral Whispers. Photo by Obed Obwoge “This site-specific ...

African American history is everywhere in New York, but can also feel oddly muted unless you know where to look. While the glories of the Harlem Renaissance are widely known, other aspects of the city ...

As millions of sports fan anticipate the July 26 start of the Paris Olympic games, attention has been on the iconic Olympic torch that’s being relayed through France and its far-flung territories — ...

As the first ReImagine Lefferts artist-in-residence, Brooklyn artist Adama Delphine Fawundu honors the 25 individuals enslaved at the historical house in her installation "Ancestral Whispers" (2024). ...

In 1790, it was recorded that the borough of Brooklyn had the highest number of enslaved people north of the Mason-Dixon line. Sites across what is known today as New York City facilitated the ...