Exclusive | Inside Brooklyn’s ‘unique’ jazz haven where Duke Ellington meets viral fame and all ages sit and enjoy the music: ‘It’s so special’

Exclusive | Inside Brooklyn’s ‘unique’ jazz haven where Duke Ellington meets viral fame and all ages sit and enjoy the music: ‘It’s so special’

Step inside this Bed-Stuy brownstone and you’ll swear you’ve been whisked back to a jazz venue in 1940s Brooklyn. Housed in a 19th-century home with floral drapes, moody lamps and live music, this intimate Victorian parlor revives the borough’s storied musical roots — no time machine required. Welcome to BrownstoneJAZZ, the romantic, toe-tapping hot spot … Read more

Meet the Brooklyn crossing guard who loves to dance on the job

Meet the Brooklyn crossing guard who loves to dance on the job

The crosswalk is her dance floor. Esther “Star” Bishop’s bread and butter is safely escorting kids across a Bedford-Stuyvesant intersection – while simultaneously shaking her hips and twirling to whatever beat she has blasting through her earbuds. “The dancing, it’s just inside of me, and I’m telling you, I can’t even get it out,” the … Read more