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81st Precinct Crime is down 30 percent for the week of June 23 — June 29, 2014, in the 81st Precinct, covering the eastern half of Bedford-Stuyvesant. According to CompStat , there were 31 total reported incidents in the 81st Pct.

Have you ever seen a cow in real life? Apparently not everyone. The other day I had a conversation with a Bed-Stuy resident and we were talking about farm life.

The New York Civil Liberties Union came out against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to create municipal ID cards for undocumented city residents, claiming it would jeopardize carldholder privacy and leave them vulnerable to deportation, rep

The Most Reverend Katherine Jefferts Schori speaks at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in celebration of its 115th anniversary. Photo: Lyndonne Payne In celebration of its 115th Anniversary, the St.

NYPD The warm weather seems to have incited a string of burglaries around the 88th Precinct of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, with four incidents taking place in the last week alone, reported the Brooklyn Paper.

Established in 2005, The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival (BHF) is New York City's largest Hip-Hop cultural event that showcases the positive aspects of Hip-Hop culture by highlighting Hip-Hop's legacy as an agent of artistic progression, community building

City Councilmember Robert Cornegy speaks at a rally to save Interfaith Hospital The state health department just announced more than $100 million in federal funding that will go to three struggling Brooklyn hospitals that are also deemed "safety-net

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced Tuesday that, under most circumstances, his office will no longer prosecute first-time offenders arrested for low- level misdemeanor marijuana possession, Brooklyn News Corp reports.

This is the best studio apartment, located at 10 Fort Greene Place —one of the best locations of Fort Greene-- across the street from Fort Greene Park, within 2-3 blocks of 15 subway lines & LIRR.

Crown Heights Photo: Wikimedia Crown Heights, without question, is in the midsts of a rapid transformation, as both condo prices and land prices have about doubled in the last two years," writes the New York Times .