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Crown Heights

A total of six schools in Brooklyn, two high schools, three middle schools and one elementary schools, are among the 17 schools targeted by the city for closure at th … Full Article

Bedford-Stuyvesant is the unlucky New York City neighborhood where the most residents have picked up the phone and called 311 to report rats, according to a nifty interactive rat ma … Full Article

Hundreds of elderly and disabled New Yorkers who were hurriedly evacuated from seaside nursing homes and assisted living residences after Superstorm Sandy are still in a grim limbo two months later, sleeping on cots in temporary quarters without such comforts as privat … Full Article

This weekend, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office is hosting Project Safe Surrender,  an undertaking that allows Brooklynites an opportunity to resolve their outstanding summons warrants.  … Full Article

On Saturday, Dec. … Full Article

Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G. was killed by a single bullet that pierced several vital organs in a 1997 drive-by shooting, a long-sealed autopsy report released Friday shows. … Full Article

Interfaith Medical Center has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but it still seeks $20 million in New York state “debtor-in-possession” funds to keep it up and running during the reorganization – to keep it out of the ICU, as it were. … Full Article

After several days of speculation, the troubled Interfaith Medical Center has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection\. … Full Article

A $28 million federal Department of Transportation grant will fund nearly 10 miles of Select Bus Service lanes, newly paved streets, bus bulb-outs and other improvements throughout Brooklyn, from Williamsburg to Sheepshead Bay. … Full Article

Learn about affordable home options at one of the following workshops offered by the Bridge Street Development Corporation in Bedford-Stuyvesant. … Full Article