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Happy Holidays from The Brooklyn Reader Happy Holidays! As we approach the end of the year and prepare to start a new chapter in 2014, The Brooklyn Reader would like to extend a warm "thank you" to all of you for logging on and tuning in.

Police searching for two suspects in a robbery at Halsey Street and Ralph Avenue Photo: Google Maps Police are looking for two suspects, following reports of a Tuesday morning robbery on Halsey Street in Bed-Stuy.

Interfaith Hospital Interfaith Medical Center received another stay of execution this morning as Brooklyn's chief bankruptcy judge Carla E Craig granted the beleaguered Brooklyn institution a 30-day extension.

There may be only one thing worse than having to last-minute shop during Christmas, and that is... wrapping the gifts! This task becomes particularly daunting if you're a terrible gift-wrapper, which most of us are.

A man was shot in the leg at around 3:00am Monday in the vicinity of 1119 Prospect Place near Albany Avenue, reported 77th Pct. police. The shooter, a black male, reportedly fled in an unknown direction.

SBS B44 The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives on Thursday gave out their annual awards for the worst , the slowest and least reliable bus services across the five boroughs.

New York City's mass transit system is the great equalizer.

NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and family at a protest for the closing of Long Island College Hospital Photo: wikimedia A whopping 66 percent-- two-thirds-- of registered voters say they believe New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will make the

Alternate Side of the Street parking is suspended on Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas holiday. There will be no garbage or recycling collection on Wednesday, December 25.

The Reader shares an up-close and personal conversation with artist, painter and sculptor Daniel "Danny" Simmons, Jr.