As part of the spurt of hotels going up around Brooklyn, Hotel 718, to open on Duffied Street in downtown Brooklyn, is commissioning work from

Mayor Mike Bloomberg made reforming city public schools the cornerstone of his first election campaign. But according to a New York Times poll, parents are

This is pretty nice: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/

A video.

The bottom line, says this writer, is yes, go out with your kids, but train them on restaurant etiquette, make sure they abide, and encourage

Folks, if you haven’t checked out Brooklyn Based, you really outta. It’s chock full of all kinds of arts, music and cultural happenings, and  you

Sewage overflows cause dirty water.

At a panel discussion organized by the Museum of the American Gangster, historians discussed the friendship and battles between Italian and Jewish mobsters in Brooklyn.

Check out this lengthy look at Gowanus real estate.

The New York Daily News has this really funny story about a Dutch tourist who was pulled over while bicycling across the Brooklyn Bridge. The

The Brooklyn Paper police blotter reports a woman chained her electric, $1,400 scooter to a fence at President between Hicks and Henry. When she turned,

Local tattoo artist, taxidermy collector and co-owner of Black Gold Records on Court.

The New York Daily News has a story on Sunday, July 24 about large banks that allow foreclosed properties they own to rack up city

The city Department of Education announced it would end a program that awarded bonuses to teachers based on class performance, after a study showed the

David Brooks of the New York Times writes an interesting opinion piece on charter schools and Diane Ravitch, a national education leader/speaker/author.

A lifelong Cobble Hill resident and book author, on his way home from a wedding in Kansas, was kicked off a plane while laid over

Some interesting camps can be found here at Camp Page.  

This helped me when my daughter was a baby. Savvy Source has tons of info on Brooklyn day cares and preschools.