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Set in Red Hook, Brooklyn native Ivy Pochoda’s new novel “Visitation Street” (Ecco/Dennis Lehane Books) paints an intricate portrait of the neighborhood as its community grapples … Full Article

(This is a condensed reprint of a message sent to the Brooklyn Law School community by Dean Nick Allard.) … Full Article

Awhile back, this newspaper reported on the “Brooklyn Tech Triangle” initiative to develop the area between Downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and DUMBO to make it the largest cluster of high-tech activity outside Manhattan. … Full Article

In once rundown urban districts across the country, craft breweries have helped to transform the neighborhoods around them. This Associated Press report looks at six such businesses, including Brooklyn Brewery. … Full Article

Two days after she was spurned by the Detectives Endowment Association (DEA) for her votes in favor of two bills cracking down on the New York Police Department’s controversial stop and frisk policy, Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez (D-Sunset Park-Red Hook) bounced back, winning the endorsement o … Full Article

Josephine Musarella, owner of the Made 4 Me boutique in Cobble Hill, was eating dinner on Sunday, June 23, when she choked on a bite of food. “I was suffocating, I passed out,” she told the Brooklyn Eagle on Wednesday. … Full Article

The crowds came to Fulton Mall last Wednesday to celebrate the arrival of one of the world's biggest fashion chains, but the festivities were about something even bigger – the revitalization of a historic shopping street that was once America's fourth largest shopping center. … Full Article

Calling the comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the senate “a significant step forward for millions of Americans,” US Rep. Yvette Clarke said she's prepared to draft a similar bill in the house. … Full Article

A Greenpoint program that helps troubled young people lost its lease and was threatened with closure when Assemblyman Joseph Lentol (D-Greenpoint-Williamsburg) stepped in on its behalf and secured a new space within the same building. … Full Article

We see it glowing on our night walks through Brooklyn Heights. The lights are on, but nobody's home at 112 Montague St., where Starbucks said sayonara 13 months ago and there's nary a new tenant in sight. … Full Article