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Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day 2025

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Hundreds lend a hand across borough for Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

A civil rights lawyer by trade, Keegan Stephan started the community fridge to help out his neighbors

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Bed-Stuy man fights food insecurity with free front yard community fridge

By Adam Daly

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Red Hook

Red Hook school rallies to support migrant families amid housing crisis

By Lauren Rapp

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Mets owners award more than $116M to LaGuardia Community College to establish Cohen Career Collective on LIC campus

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Bishop Brennan of Brooklyn joins Catholic Charities for turkey giveaway

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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How Brooklynites came together during an unforgiving pandemic year

By Ben Verde

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Cobble Hill teachers connect struggling restaurants with hungry hospital workers

By Aidan Graham

Park Slope

Park Slope diner plasters windows with messages of support for healthcare heroes

By Ben Verde

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Grateful locals leave kind messages outside Borough Park hospital

By Rose Adams

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Kensington

Kensington restaurant delivering free lunches to those in need

By Ben Verde

More from Around New York

The Kingsboro Temple of Seventh-day Adventist placed two small flyers on the gates outside the temple and its office on 7th Street in Park Slope announcing that the Watoto Children’s Choir will perform at the temple on May 3.

Brooklyn church to host Ugandan children’s choir linked to ‘kill the gays’ bill

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Jamell N.A. Henderson runs for City Council District 41

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New York Family

New York Family Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2025

NYC housing in Trump era

NYC sues Trump’s Housing and Urban Development Department over ‘unlawful’ housing grant demands