By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA The legal battle between national security interests and personal privacy escalated last Monday after the Justice Department appealed a Brooklyn federal court ruling that prosecutors do not…
`Taste NY’ Bar on Tap for Barclays Center
By UMMEY KARIM Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Barclays Center announced Thursday that a Taste NY bar will be set up at the arena to sell beer, wine and spirits…
For riders, transfers are key to new streetcar line
By REZA MALEK Mayor Bill de Blasio has given New Yorkers a bit more information regarding his proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar but has still not said whether there would be free…
A sense of style in Midwood
By BEVERLY ORTEGA As I walked down Avenue J in Midwood toward the Tznius Princess shop, the women around me were dressed a lot differently than I was. Their skirts…
Nannies are Brooklyn’s bridge between cultures
By AMBER ALEXANDER Samantha Lee, a nanny from Dominica, remembers a time when one of her former employers overstepped her boundaries by trying to drop children off at her home…
Mall Brings Change to Flatbush `Junction’
By DEJA SMITH In her youth, Gianna Mancini used to enjoy sledding in the municipal parking lot at the Junction in Brooklyn’s Flatbush section. It was mostly empty then, and…
Heat’s on for Adams over Brooklyn development
Slideshow: Eric Adams is president of a borough that's changing quickly. (Jherelle Benn) By JHERELLE BENN The president of Brooklyn began the morning in a pair of swim trunks. Eric…
In East New York church, a talk about the `nones’
By KECIAH BAILEY On a cold and windy Friday night in Brooklyn, about 140 18-to 35-year-olds piled into Christian Cultural Center’s young adult lecture hall to hear their pastor speak.…
A fixture of local culture moves on
By JHERELLE BENN Laverne Washington browses carefully through the aisles of a variety store located on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. He gazes at natural potions, tonics, incense, afro-centric clothing…
Canarsie clergy combat crime
By KECIAH BAILEY Following a brutal rape in Canarsie and several other reported rape attempts, the 69th Precinct Clergy Council announced stepped up efforts to combat crime and establish a…