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The online blog Brokelyn recently published a followup to a Daily News story that made quite an interesting observation: Some real estate developers believe they'll have a better chance at "selling Bed-Stuy" retail properties by whitewashing its resi

Gorgeous, large and sunny renovated studio that feels like a one bedroom, located at 185 Hall Street . Beautiful hardwood floors are throughout the apartment. The unit also boasts a large separate kitchen and significant closet and storage space.

Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman announces his retirement Photo: newyorknatives.com Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman announced yesterday at the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees that he will retire in mid-2015.

Rikers Island Photo: NY1 After the Department of Justice last month issued a scathing review of adolescent jails on Rikers Island , finding guards were found to exert "rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force" and an overuse of solitary confine

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton in the audience as Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his 100 Day Speech at Cooper Union on Thursday, April 10 Photo: Diana Robinson for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio Chokeholds are against NYPD policy, but Mayor Bill

Andrew Cuomo and Jesse Hamilton The results are in for most of the candidates running in 2014 midterm elections.

A new initiative new initiative blending art, technology, and interpretation at Cleveland Museum of Art's Gallery One Photo: artmuseumteaching.

Brooklyn native and Bed-Stuy resident Karen Bernod is planting seeds. As a singer, songwriter and community activist, Bernod knows that what you put out in the universe today, will become tomorrow's harvest.

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The race is one for one of the city's premier pedestrian sprints: It's the Bed-Stuy 33rd Annual 10K Community Run & Walk, sponsored by Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.