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Gentrification in Brooklyn Photo: globalfusionproductions.com Rapid gentrification in Central Brooklyn is changing the ethnographic makeup of juries and subsequent outcome of cases in the borough, reported the New York Post .

NYC Traffic From June 5 - 9, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,033 New York City voters and found that a total of 86 percent of New York City voters say traffic congestion in the city is a "very serious" or "somewhat serious" problem.

TOMORROW! On Tuesday, June 17, from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, La Caye Restaurant , located at 35 Lafayette Ave in Fort Greene will open its doors for the public to enjoy a special tasting of its menu, for free! The Tasting is part of Haiti Cultural Exchange '

937 Bergen Street It's an abandoned architectural beauty, and we knew it was only a matter of time-- days, in fact-- that the brick building off of Franklin Avenue between Dean and Bergen in Crown Heights would be purchased, renovated and converted.

Summer's here, and BOMB Magazine is throwing a free "pool party" to celebrate its new issue with m argaritas, s unburns and a ccelerated romances! Issue #128 is BOMB's most stately issue, yet, featuring conversations between Juan Uslé and Shirley Kan

Alternate Side Parking regulations, including metered parking are in effect the entire week this week. Temperatures are predicted to remain in the low- to mid-80s all week this week with a 40 percent chance of rain showers on Wednesday.

Horace Moore, founder of Chionesu Bakari, and a young participant at the annual Rites of Passage and Awards Gala On this day, Father's Day, tens of thousands of young black boys in Central Brooklyn have no idea what it truly means to have a father in

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a Saturday afternoon fire in a parking garage on Kosciuszko Street.

Israeli soldiers are searching the West Bank for three teenagers, one of them a U.S. citizen, reported missing on Friday from nearby settlements, reported the Associated Press.

The 18th Annual Brooklyn Pride Fest will culminate this Saturday, June 14, with an all-day festival in Park Slope, followed by the Twilight Pride Parade where tens of thousands are expected.