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Brownsville Health Center Hosts 'Teddy Bear Clinic' to Help Children Understand Health Care

Brownsville Health Center Hosts 'Teddy Bear Clinic' to Help Children Understand Health Care

For young children, going to the doctor is often something they dread: Fears of needles and long waiting times doesn't exactly go over well with children.
Prospect Heights Jewish Center Reports two Public Menorah's Vandalized over Chanukkah

Prospect Heights Jewish Center Reports two Public Menorah's Vandalized over Chanukkah

One of the vandalized Menorahs. Photo: Chabad of Prospect Heights The Chabbad Jewish Center of Prospect Heights suspect a hate crime was committed over Channukah after two public menorahs were vandalized.
Photos: Santa Arrives in Brownsville, Bearing Toys (And Pizza)!

Photos: Santa Arrives in Brownsville, Bearing Toys (And Pizza)!

Quick! There's a run on toys in Brooklyn!! ...

Holiday Shopping on Myrtle Avenue: Leisure Life

Charnier Corey, the owner Calling all last-minute shoppers, procrastinators and downright busy people of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill! If you haven't finished your holiday shopping, don't despair, BK Reader is here...

Airbnb Vs. NYC: The Battle Continues at Hearing on Home Sharing

Office of Special Enforcement officials speaking at the airbnb hearing The battle between Airbnb and the state of New York continues.

Local Nurses Are Helping to Make the Act of Parenting Conscious and Informed

(l to r): Hillary Fairbanks, Maggie Petrosky and Magalie Joseph, of the Nurse-Family Partnership It's no longer rocket science: Studies show that the support you receive as a child has a strong correlation with the type of opportunities you have late

12 Days of Christmas Shopping (Day 12): Meat Market

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Brooklyn Reconnect: Creating Opportunities, One Croissant at a Time

Reconnect Cafe, at 139 Tompkins Avenue- everything here is made from scratch! Thirty-three percent of Bedford-Stuyvesant's residents live below the poverty line.

12 Days of Christmas Shopping (Day 11): Tykes In The Heights

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Holiday Shopping on Myrtle Avenue: Barking Brown

The reindeer hat By this time, the Myrtle Avenue Holiday Gift Guide should be well circulated among those who live in the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill area.