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Humo opens on Myrtle Avenue. City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo and Assemblyman Joe Lentol with four of Humo's six owners for a ribbon cutting. A new restaurant celebrated its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday in Fort Greene.

Mayor Bill de Blasio prepares the city for the Universal Pre-K expansion Photo: nyc.org Mayor Bill de Blasio this week released his plans to extend pre-kindergarten to every 4-year-old in New York City.

(l to r) 77th Precinct, 71st Precinct 71 st Precinct (covering Crown Heights south of Eastern Parkway) Crime is down 7 percent in the 71 st Precinct for the week of January 13 - January 19, according to CompStat, the NYPD's crime accountability and s

Marketa Lazarova Photo: BAM.org Beginning Friday, February 28 through Thursday, March 6, BAMcinématek, located at 30 Lafayette Avenue, presents a week-long run of Frantisek Vlacil's new wave masterpiece Marketa Lazarova in a new 35mm print.

There's a clichéd epitaph that began 70 years ago around the birth of abstract art and is still echoed today: "I can do that... a five year old can do that!" Dick Griffin, "Brooklyn," Acrylic on Canvas.

President Barack Obama delivers his fifth State of the Union Address, 1/28/14 Immigration reform, gun reform and ending the war in Afgahnistan are legislative priorities, said President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo.

Evans & Nye Realty sold this (l) Magnus Dahlander home at 242 Decatur Street for $1.

Protest at Interfaith Medical Center It appears Interfaith's fate has been re-written. Again. If you recall, ten days ago, Interfaith advocates were outraged when the state threatened to withhold from the hospital the $3.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at during a news conference Monday. Photo: AP For months now, elected officials, community leaders and hospital advocates in Brooklyn have called on Gov.