Accident Scene Described in Manslaughter Trial
By SHANNYCE LASHLEY & SARAH ALLAM A Brooklyn detective testifying on Tuesday about the hit-and-run incident that killed a young couple and their unborn child …[read more]
Child’s Lunch Box the Only Trace
By MICHAEL HEUSNER & ALVARO BLANCO On the morning of Friday, May 25th, 1979 Karen Jensons was walking her five-year-old daughter to the school bus …[read more]
Mechanobiology tugs at hopes for new cures
Kiran Sury interviews scientists exploring the emerging field of mechanobiology, which could lead to cures for a broad range of diseases. (Kiran Sury) By KIRAN …[read more]
Students: Rocky start for CUNY computer system
By MICHAEL HEUSNER When Brooklyn College senior Jessica Voinov noticed she had an outstanding balance on her tuition for some reason, she wanted to find …[read more]
Sidebar: What is `affordable’ housing?
Twenty percent of the apartments in the luxury high-rise tower going up at 626 Flatbush Ave. will be deemed affordable. But the measure used to …[read more]
Brooklyn BP challenged over real estate ties
By MARCO POGGIO It had rained unceasingly for a few hours, but that did not prevent more than 400 residents from showing up in …[read more]
Art and a touch of madness in Bushwick
By KATHERINE LLOYD The rumbling of the elevated J train echoes along Brooklyn’s Broadway in the neighborhood where Bedford-Stuyvesant meets Bushwick. A few blocks over …[read more]
Subway trash: an odyssey
By MOSHE BERMAN Tatiana Spencer was in high school when she was waiting with her friends for the E train at the 71st-Continental Avenue subway …[read more]
On Flatbush Avenue, stores close as rents rise
By ALVARO BLANCO In the back of a struggling eyeglasses store on Flatbush Avenue, Edgar Henry made call after call as he tried to keep …[read more]
When you have to go home again
By CHRISTOPHER TUCCILLO It’s 8 p.m. on a Sunday night, and the neighborhood of Middle Village in Queens is fairly quiet. Sitting in his bedroom …[read more]