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Rally at LICH against plan to bring for-profit hospitals to Brooklyn

Cobble Hill

A controversial budget proposal designed to bring an experimental for-profit hospital to Brooklyn was killed in March, but now … Full Article

Community Board Six rejects DOT plan to redesign 4th Avenue

Park Slope

Citing concerns over the impact proposed changes would have on their neighborhood, members of Community Board Six rejected a Department of Transportation (DOT) plan to redesign Fourth Avenue in Park Slope. … Full Article

Brooklyn’s college kids are pulling all-nighters with Adderall, Schumer says

Downtown

Thousands of college students in Brooklyn got through their final exams last month by cramming all night and using stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin to stay awake, according to US Senator Charles Schumer, who is raising the alarm over the misuse of the drugs. … Full Article

OPINION: Who says Brooklynites don't care?

Greenwood Heights

I didn’t see it coming. Not a bus barreling through a red light, but our car breaking down after a Saturday night on the town. … Full Article

Brooklyn-based theatre group to perform Elmer Rice’s ‘Street Scene’ in Park Slope

Park Slope

Brave New World Repertory Theatre is a performing arts company dedicated to all things Brooklyn. … Full Article

BAMcinématek presents Big Screen Epics

Downtown

From Wednesday, July 3 through Thursday, July 25, BAMcinématek will present Big Screen Epics, a series of classic Hollywood epics screening in week-long runs on the brand-new Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater, Brooklyn’s newest movie palace. … Full Article

Boerum Hill/Gowanus catch phrase: Go slo mo! It’s the law!

Gowanus

A rectangular grid of streets in Boerum Hill and Gowanus has been designated Brooklyn’s first Neighborhood Slow Zone by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT). If all goes as planned, signage and street markings will soon be added to the already installed speed bumps and painted s … Full Article

New novel traces Texas history

Fort Greene

Philipp Meyer, author of the critically acclaimed “American Rust” and one of The New Yorker’s “20 under 40,” has recently published his second novel, “The So … Full Article

Leader’s illness puts brakes on Brooklyn Bike Patrol

Sunset Park

The Brooklyn Bike Patrol, which has been active in Sunset Park, Park Slope and nearby areas since September 2011, is now on hiatus because Jay “Rocket” Ruiz, the former bicycle messenger and Army veteran who founded the escort service for women, has been hospitalized with a heart attack. … Full Article