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On Wednesday, Police Commissioner William Bratton, along with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the latest statistics on crime in New York City, leading with good news for January 2016: "This month of January is absolutely astounding what the NYPD a

Nine years ago, I found myself pregnant and single when my boyfriend had a change of heart. If I was asked one question about my new status, I was asked one thousand.

Father and son duo Bed and Bikash Karel celebrate the ribbon-cutting and grand opening of their new restaurant, Spice & Grill, located at 441 Myrtle Avenue Photo: myrtleavenue.

Members of the Brooklyn Movement Center perform at Between The Door and the Street Photo: brooklynquarterly.

All new moms at the city's public hospitals and a major Brooklyn hospital will be screened for maternal depression, First Lady Chirlane McCray said Tuesday.

(l to r): Gabriela Ammann, Healthy Start Brooklyn; Dr. Torian Easterling, Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene; Brandi Howard, Healthy Start Brooklyn; Dr. Michele Follen, Brookdale Hospital; Dr. Leo Fradkin, Brookdale Hospital; Dr.

Today, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.

Photo: AP The researchers analyzed data from 28 studies, and their findings suggest that the lives of 823,000 children worldwide under the age of five could be saved annually, and about 20,000 breast cancer deaths could be prevented, if universal bre

On Sunday, if you happen to be walking past 324 Malcolm X Blvd. in Bed-Stuy at around 2:00 in the afternoon, then you were lucky enough to catch the lovely sounds of Vivaldi wafting down the street.

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