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After a successful inaugural season, the BEAT Festival returns this September to celebrate Brooklyn’s emerging artists in theater, dance, and voice. … Full Article

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Acclaimed playwright Horton Foote’s knowing comedy about family, money, power and greed is having its Brooklyn premiere at the Heights Players this September.  Considered a “must for discriminating theatergoers” by The New York Times, “Dividing the Estate” will delight with it … Full Article

“When you call 311 and they can’t assist you, you need someone to turn to who can help you,” state Sen. Daniel Squadron said, as he talked about his reasons for running for public advocate. … Full Article

 The city's West Indian Day Parade rolled through the streets on Monday with politics in the air and a child's death on marchers' minds. … Full Article

Owners of suspected fake Mister Softee ice cream trucks are being asked to explain themselves in Brooklyn Federal Court.  … Full Article

An arrest has been made in a Brooklyn residential fire that injured 12 people, five of them critically. The fire occurred Thursday morning in a three-story brownstone on Chauncey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. … Full Article

In the latest in a series of legal filings, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and six Brooklyn civic groups filed a motion in court on Friday to give the local community a say in determining the next owner of Long Island College Hospital (LICH). … Full Article

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, the former president of the city’s Board of Education, unveiled a plan that he said would improve public schools and give parents more of a voice in shaping the city’s educational policy. … Full Article

Give us a school to call our own. … Full Article