When Brooklyn was incorporated as a city in 1834, building a new city hall was high on the list of priorities.

A historic landmark in the Queen West neighbourhood, the building that houses the Great Hall was built in 1889 as the west end’s first YMCA. After changing hands multiple times, the building has ...

Photo by Adam Reich Over 100 works by Black artists from the couple’s collection will travel to the Great Hall at the Brooklyn Museum for “Giants: Art From the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz ...