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It's a religious obligation for Jews: affixing a mezuzah on their door post. It's a sign those inside live a Jewish life. "These are the mezuzah, which are from Israel, written by scribes.

On his 25 minute walk to work through Edgemere — the low-slung beachfront neighborhood of old clapboard houses and public housing east of the newly fashionable Rockaway Beach — Richie Jackson says he might only pass a couple of delis or f

Andrew Bennett, founder of the Good Company Bike Club, has one guiding rule for the group: "As long as you have good energy, you're welcome to ride," he says.

Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Sarah Pitts was killed Monday while cycling when she was hit by a charter bus on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg — an event that brought to mind what many believe to be a failure on the part of Mayor Bill de Bl

Cops took 160 guns off New York City streets last week — a record number the department hasn't seen in a quarter century, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said Tuesday.

The property owner who currently holds the title for New York City's worst landlord is facing a tenant uprising at one of his distressed properties in Crown Heights. Neighbors at 1616 President St.

For decades, Central Brooklyn has thrummed with energy and pounding music in the pre-dawn hours of Labor Day.

An MTA survey last month of mask-wearing in the transit system found that 96% of bus riders were sporting facial coverings — some of them incorrectly.

Five people, including a 6-year-old boy, were shot early Monday at an unofficial celebration of J'Ouvert, a daybreak event in Brooklyn that typically marks the start of Carnival in Caribbean cultures, but was canceled this year because of the coronav

At court and in professional conferences, she has often found herself one of the few transgender women working on litigation or pressing for national change. She recently became the first transgender person on a Brooklyn community board.