Years ago retailers used a “calling tree.” If a suspicious person came into a store, an employee would call to alert other stores in the neighborhood. Today, the Internet is taking this idea to another [...]
Sunday, December 11, 2011
In Crown Heights’ M.S. 394, it was time for math in Jean Graham’s 5th grade class. On her green chalkboard, she wrote in white chalk: “Today we will continue to practice using data to [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
An early morning fire in a Crown Heights apartment building left one dead and two injured, the Daily News reported. The deceased, who has not been identified yet, was in his fifties and drank heavily, [...]
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Violence erupts randomly on the streets of Crown Heights. What has remained consistent is the need for children to get out and play. The violence has been a subject of recent community board and precinct [...]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
A major health provider in the Crown Heights and the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods is experiencing an increase in uninsured patients using the emergency room as their main source of healthcare, a trend stemming from the sluggish economy.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Israel has ordered the extradition of a Brooklyn man back to the U.S. for his part in a racially-fueled 2008 assault, says the Washington Post. Yitzchak Shuchat is suspected of attacking Andrew Charles, who is [...]
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Weekday mornings Osmond Thorne takes commuters and children to school, but he is not driving a bus or subway train. He is behind the wheel of a 15-person commuter van. The vans are a cheap [...]
Thursday, October 27, 2011
As part of her new television series premiering in January, media mogul Oprah Winfrey made stops in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Heights and Borough Park to immerse herself in the daily life of the Hasidic Jewish [...]
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Residents of Crown Heights walked together on Thursday evening in a peace march to end gun violence, but also to call attention to increased safety in the neighborhood in recent years.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Residents of Crown Heights walked together on Thursday evening in a peace march to end gun violence, but also to call attention to increased safety in the neighborhood in recent years. Approximately 70 marchers congregated [...]
Friday, March 30, 2012
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