Story of the corner store, as seen in City Limits
This report by Brooklyn News Service writer Kiran Sury appeared on the City Limits Brooklyn Bureau Web site. On the corner of Flatbush Avenue and …[read more]
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Bed-Stuy, Do or Buy
By ROBERT GARCIA Mshari Whaley remembers what it was like. “I use to collect the crack bottles on the street, because I liked the colors …[read more]
Learning to live with the Barclays Center
By JERMECIA EDWARDS A few days after a Department of Environmental Protection inspector came to measure the noise level at Wayne Bailey’s loft on Dean …[read more]
Sandy still taking toll on Red Hook businesses
By DAVID BELTRAN Sitting on a black leather chair with her cat lying stretched across the floor by the fireplace, Triciann Botta waits for customers …[read more]
In Bensonhurst, Chinese and Italians again live side by side
By JAMILLE SUTTON Tim Law, a Hong Kong native and long-time resident of Bensonhurst, counsels Chinese immigrants who move to the once predominantly Italian-American Brooklyn …[read more]
For business, it’s survival of the fittest after Barclays Center opens
By KRYSTYNA CHICHURA It’s 10 o’clock in the morning and the local businesses in the Atlantic Yards area are just starting to open the doors …[read more]
Jurors See Video of Dogfight That Led to Brooklyn Murder Trial
By GILBERTE SAINT-PRIEUX and NAKIA COPELAND Jurors witnessed footage in a Brooklyn courtroom recently of the dogfight that, prosecutors charge, led ex-con Daniel Pagan to …[read more]
Storm-Ravaged Coney Island Hospital Getting Back on Its Feet
By STEPHANIE BERZON What used to be polished and tiled is now a nearly black slab of concrete. Wires coil around and dangle from an …[read more]
Possible Serial Killer Has Merchants on Edge
By CONOR FEBOS Storekeepers along Flatbush Avenue were on edge Tuesday as authorities continued searching for a possible serial killer who is suspected of gunning …[read more]
Felder wins in `super-Jewish’ Brooklyn district
By YVONNE JURIS Former City Council member Simcha Felder handily defeated Sen. Dave Storobin on Tuesday in a campaign to represent Brooklyn’s new “super Jewish” …[read more]