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Baby alert! For the second time in two months in southwest Brooklyn, there was an incident involving a toddler who crawled out a second story window and nearly fell off a store awning. … Full Article

Bay Ridge residents who ride the R train to work were greeted at their local subway station by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Councilman Vincent Gentile on Friday morning, but the two lawmakers weren’t there just to engage in friendly handshakes with straphangers. … Full Article

It's a whole new world. Free-standing, single family homes. Tree-drenched streets. Chirping birds. And porches. Oh, how I adore a home with a front porch. I'm talking about Brooklyn's Ditmas Park. … Full Article

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted Wednesday to restore service on the B37 bus line, according to Brooklyn elected officials, who had pushed for the restoration. … Full Article

The turmoil surrounding efforts by the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center to close Long Island College Hospital (LICH) has led to speculation in southwest Brooklyn that SUNY will next take its budget ax to the medical facility it operates in Bay Ridge. … Full Article

Brooklynite David Wellington has quickly become a rising star in the horror/sci-fi community with his “Monster Island” trilogy.  In “Chimera” (William Morrow Hardcover), Wellington’s break-out action thriller, he combines heart-stopping scientific horrors with non-stop action in a race to stop a  … Full Article

Every member of the state legislature is going to receive a letter from Mike Long next week, but the New York State Conservative Party chairman isn’t writing to find out how their summer vacations are going. … Full Article

Does New York City need a Star Wars-like missile defense system? A defense appropriations bill in the House contains $70.2 million for an East Coast missile defense system, according to US Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who said he thinks it’s a waste of money. … Full Article

Indicted on six counts of murder, three of which are for murder in the first degree, a Brooklyn criminal defendant told the court on Monday that he wished to represent himself in his pending trial.  … Full Article

The B37 bus has made it to the finals! Restoration of the B37 bus was one of the items which made it to a final list of proposed transit service restorations by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. … Full Article