Park Slope Boasts Booming Real Estate Market
Park Slope houses evoke the urban landscape of 1950s Brooklyn, but boast a modern-day price tag.
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Parents and Teachers Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on Merits of Language Mixing
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
“Maria quiere coffee after class, pero I have to study.” These ten simple words meaning “Maria wants coffee after class, but I have to study” sound harmless, but are highly contentious when uttered by a [...]
Diminished Street Cleaning Services Leave Seventh Avenue Trashed
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Park Slope’s primary commercial district has transformed from an immaculate strip of small businesses to a garbage-ridden spectacle.
Bed-Stuy Real Estate Showing Signs of Strength, Weakness
Saturday, November 12, 2011
A high sales volume and rising prices have made the neighborhood a stronghold in northern Brooklyn’s real estate market, while foreclosure rates well above New York City and Brooklyn averages continue to limit progress.
Democrats in Bay Ridge Divided Over Local Political Issues
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Two Democratic organizations in Bay Ridge adopt opposing strategies to gain power in the upcoming 2012 elections. While the Brooklyn Democrats prioritize redistricting, the Bay Ridge Democrats adopt a more non-partisan and community-based approach to local politics.
Evidence Links Suspect to the Rape of a 12-Year-Old
Thursday, November 10, 2011
A criminologist presented DNA evidence today in the trial of Adam Wright, linking him to the rape of a 12-year-old girl in 2002. The DNA sample provided by Wright, 43, was collected in 2005 in [...]
Historic Navy Yard Facility to Provide Job Opportunities
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Brooklyn’s historic Navy Yard will open to the public tomorrow for the first time in 200 years and boast a $25 million hybrid visitor and employment center. The facility — an already thriving job engine [...]
Brooklyn Woman Builds Livable Tree House
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Bedford-Stuyvesant resident Alexandra Meyn is living out everyone’s childhood dream of living in a tree house, The New York Times reports. Unable to find a job upon graduating from the Pratt Institute in May, the 33-year-old decided [...]
Football Coach Joe Paterno: No Longer Brooklyn’s Golden Boy
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Legendary Brooklyn-raised football coach Joseph Paterno was fired by Penn State University in the aftermath of a sexual abuse scandal involving his former assistant, Jerry Sandusky. The Twitterverse is divided in its support for "JoePa." (Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press)
Witness for Attempted Murder Case was Allegedly Drunk at Crime Scene
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The defense in a second-degree attempted murder case being tried in the Kings County Supreme Court argued that the prosecution’s main witness was intoxicated when she allegedly saw the defendant shoot her boyfriend. The defense [...]
The Brooklyn Lens Webcast
Thursday, November 24, 2011
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