We're glad you asked. This year, voting is taking place on two different platforms: YouTube and SoundCloud. To cast your vote for your favorite TV show, film, or short that aired on Brooklyn Free Speech TV, see the appropriate Q/A below. To cast your vote for your favorite podcast that aired on Brooklyn Free Speech Radio, see the appropriate Q/A below.

IMPORTANT NOTE

1. You MUST have a YouTube or SoundCloud account in order to vote. Signing up for a YouTube or SoundCloud account is very easy and will only take five minutes. Have a question? Please contact Alease Annan at 718.683.5653 / alease@BRICartsmedia.org.

Simply go to the Brooklyn Free Speech YouTube page (YouTube.com/BFreeBK). In the B Free Awards 2019: People's Choice, VOTE TODAY! playlist, you’ll see the videos that have been submitted for this year’s awards show. Watch one, or all of the videos and once you find a fave click the “thumbs up/like button” and that’s it!

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. You MUST have a YouTube account in order to vote. Signing up for a YouTube account is very easy and will only take five minutes. Happy voting!

Simply go to the Brooklyn Free Speech SoundCloud page (https://soundcloud.com/bfreebk/sets/b-free-awards-2019-peoples-choice). In the B FREE AWARDS People's Choice (B Spoke), VOTE TODAY! playlist, you’ll see the videos that have been submitted for this year’s awards show. Watch one, or all of the videos and once you find a fave click the “heart/like button” and that’s it!

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. This link listed above will only work for desktop users. If you click this link on mobile, YOU WON'T be able to vote / like any of the podcasts in the B FREE AWARDS People's Choice playlist. 
2. In order to vote on mobile YOU MUST download the SoundCloud app through Google Play or iTunes .
3. You MUST have a SoundCloud account in order to vote. Signing up for a SoundCloud account is very easy and will only take five minutes. Happy voting!

No, there is no limit. Vote for as many videos and podcasts as you'd like!

Voting is ONLY counted by the number of likes that a video or podcast gets.

YES! Whoever gets the most likes for their video on YouTube will win People's Choice for Brooklyn Free Speech TV and whoever gets the most likes for their podcast on SoundCloud will win People's Choice for Brooklyn Free Speech Radio.

Voting for B Free Awards People’s Choice opened on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 7PM

Voting closes B Free Awards Day, Saturday, April 6, 2019, 7:30PM

Please contact Alease Annan at 718.683.5653 / BFreeAwards@BRICartsmedia.org.

Brooklyn Free Speech is proud to present the B FREE AWARDS, an awards show that celebrates excellence in programming on its three Brooklyn Free Speech channels. 

The 6th Annual B FREE AWARDS will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at BRIC House and celebrate the free speech crusaders who every week air over 650 hours of television programming on Brooklyn Free Speech Television. We’re rolling out the red carpet for the dedicated producers who share their programs with the community. 

Have a question about the B FREE AWARDS? Email us at BFreeAwards@BRICartsmedia.org.

B FREE AWARDS 2018  |  B FREE AWARDS 2017  |  B FREE AWARDS 2016  |  B FREE AWARDS 2015  |  B FREE AWARDS 2014

The 6th Annual B FREE AWARDS will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at BRIC House.

Films, TV shows, shorts, or podcasts submitted for air on Brooklyn Free Speech from January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 are eligible to be submitted for the 2019 B FREE AWARDS.

The submission period for the 2019 B FREE AWARDS was from Wednesday, January 3, 2018 - Thursday, February 7, 2019.

We're so happy that you're interested in submitting your content. Submissions opened on Thursday, January 3, 2019 and closed on Thursday, February 7, 2019. As a reminder, your film, TV show, short, or podcast MUST have aired on either Brooklyn Free Speech Television or Brooklyn Free Speech Radio in order to be eligible for the 2019 B Free Awards.

Learn more here: BRICartsmedia.org/BFreeAwards.

Please contact the B Free Awards team at 718.683.5654 / BFreeAwards@BRICartsmedia.org.

Please contact the B Free Awards team at 718.683.5654 / BFreeAwards@BRICartsmedia.org.

Please contact Alease Annan at 718.683.5653 / BFreeAwards@BRICartsmedia.org.

Keep in the know about all things #BFreeAwards by following / liking us.  

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B FREE AWARDS TEAM
718.683.5654
BFreeAwards@BRICartsmedia.org

GENERAL BROOKLYN FREE SPEECH INQUIRIES
BFreeBK@BRICartsmedia.org

BRIC
647 Fulton Street
(The Media Center, Second Floor)
Brooklyn, New York 11217-1113

ACCESSIBLE SUBWAY STATIONS
B Q R to DeKalb Avenue
B D N Q R to Atlantic Avenue—Barclays Center
Looking for the full list of MTA accessible subway stations in Brooklyn? Here it is! 

Travel Alert: Please confirm bus and subway service on the MTA website as there are frequent weeknight and weekend service interruptions.

SUBWAY
2 3 4 5 to Nevins Street (closest station!)

BUS
B25, B26, B38, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67
All of the above buses stop within three blocks of The BRIC Media Center. 

LONG ISLAND RAILROAD
The Long Island Railroad stops at Atlantic Terminal, approximately 2 ½ blocks away from the BRIC Media Center.

Tell the driver you're going to 57 Rockwell Place (Between Fulton Street & DeKalb Avenue). It'll be much easier for them to find our building and you'll be dropped off right in front of the door.

From downtown Manhattan or the FDR Drive
Take the Brooklyn Bridge. Turn left on Tillary Street. Turn right on Flatbush Avenue. Turn left on Fulton Street and drive one block. The BRIC Media Center which is housed in BRIC House will be on the left; parking is on the right.

From Manhattan's West Side
Take the West Side Highway to Canal Street. Exit left onto Canal Street. Canal Street feeds straight into the Manhattan Bridge. Across the bridge, continue straight onto Flatbush Avenue. Turn left on Fulton Street and drive one block. The BRIC Media Center which is housed in BRIC House will be on the left; parking is on the right.

From the BQE (East or West)
Exit at Tillary Street. At the second light, turn left onto Flatbush Avenue. Turn left on Fulton Street and drive one block. The BRIC Media Center which is housed in BRIC House will be on the left; parking is on the right.

Street Parking
While there are metered and alternate side of the street parking spaces in close proximity to BRIC House, we advise that you take public transportation. If you are planning to drive, we strongly advise that you read all parking signs very carefully. 

For your convenience,  here is a link to the New York City Department of Transportation's website for more information about alternate side parking rules and suspensions.

Parking Garages
For your convenience, check out this site for a list of the parking garages in the Downtown Brooklyn area. 

For your convenience, BRIC provides free, sidewalk bicycle parking directly in front of BRIC House. 
Please make sure to bring your own lock and please also be sure to lock your bike securely. 

Looking for the New York City Bike Map? Here it is! 

Community Media is any form of media that is created and controlled by a community, either a geographic community or a community of identity or interest. Community Media is separate from commercial media, state run media, or public broadcasting.

Community Media (Public Access Television) was developed by Congress in the early 1970s to ensure that local communities would have access to the burgeoning cable networks so they could provide local programming within the global system. Brooklyn residents can apply for free channel time on Brooklyn Free Speech and cablecast shows of their own making to a mass audience— as long as they are non-commercial in nature. In addition, local viewers will be provided with programming created mainly for local residents. In many locales, Public Access Television stations also provide television production training and equipment. 

Cities generally have three kinds of access channels: public access, education, and government or PEG (Public, Education, and Government). Brooklyn Free Speech's four channels are Public Access programming.

Great question! BRIC used to stand for Brooklyn Information & Culture. Then we changed our name to BRIC Arts | Media Bklyn. And now our name is just BRIC. So, what does B-R-I-C stand for? Well, it can mean anything you want it to. We anticipated that we would get this very question when we changed our name to BRIC in 2013 so we had a campaign called #WhatDoesBRICMeanToYou. 

It could stand for:

• Brooklyn: Real Inspiring Creative
• Breaking Rules Inciting Creativity
• Bagels Rugelach Icing Cupcakes
• Batman Robin Ice-cream Catwoman

We encourage you to have fun with it. So B Free Awards FAQs reader, what does B-R-I-C mean to you? We know how creative you are, so email us at BFreeBK@BRICartsmedia.org, and let us know what you come up with.

BRIC was designated the Community Access Organization for the Borough of Brooklyn in 1988. A development plan for creation of a full-scale, community-based media outlet for the entire borough was devised. The result is the BRIC community media program known today as Brooklyn Free Speech 

Brooklyn Free Speech includes:

• The New York Emmy-WINNING Brooklyn Free Speech which empowers you to air your thoughts, dreams, hopes, and aspirations through the dynamic medium of television. The community television network displays programs that reflect the borough's diversity of thought and culture;
• Brooklyn Free Speech Radio, the borough's first community podcast network with content produced and edited by New York City's most diverse audio makers;
• A public media education program which gives you television, film, and podcast production skills through free and low-cost, high-quality courses so that you can create your own show on the New York Emmy-WINNING Brooklyn Free Speech, and;
• The BRIC Media Center which gives Brooklynites the tools and know-how to professionally create and cablecast their own television programs on Brooklyn Free Speech Television.

Yes, you're absolutely right! Our network channels were called BCAT but we changed our name from BCAT TV Network to Brooklyn Free Speech in 2013.

Why did you change your name?
While we love the name BCAT—and it still holds a special place in our hearts—we wanted a name that effectively communicated our expanding community media channels as a network that spotlights the work of talented artists and media makers across the borough.

Read more about our history here!

THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE MEDIA DREAMERS BECOME MEDIA MAKERS!

Comprised of six channels (five TV channels and one podcast network), Brooklyn Free Speech features programming produced and 
curated by YOU. Tune in to watch Brooklyn Free Speech on Verizon Fios in all five boroughs 
and exclusively in Brooklyn on Optimum, Spectrum, and RCN. Listen to Brooklyn Free Speech Radio on SoundCloud and iTunes.

Watch the diverse and exciting programming Brooklyn Free Speech has to offer.

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