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News

101-year-old woman dies from injuries after being hit by unlicensed driver in Crown Heights

By Barbara Russo-Lennon & Kirstyn Brendlen

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News

Daughters of civil rights icons call for action and remembrance at Medgar Evers College

By Regina Martinez

Firefighters work to remove windows from a second floor during a fire at 1585 Carroll St. in Brooklyn on April 4, 2025.

AMNY

FDNY marshals investigating pair of Brooklyn fires

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Sports

Carmelo Anthony surprises youth basketball practice ahead of McDonald’s All American Games in Brooklyn

By Cooper Albers

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Sleeping man slashed on board Crown Heights train: NYPD

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Politics

‘The Chisholm Effect’: Brooklyn celebrates Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s legacy at Children’s Museum

By Lauren Rapp

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Development

Lidl grocery store, apartments rise in Crown Heights

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Buildings

AMNY

FDNY investigating deadly fire that broke out in Brooklyn apartment building

News

Firefighters rescue 11 from burning Crown Heights brownstone, one first responder hit by truck

By Lloyd Mitchell

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Health

First six Brooklyn organizations chosen for BP Reynoso’s Community Baby Shower Fund

By Lauren Rapp

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News

143 affordable apartments up for grabs in Crown Heights as Loden housing lottery launches

By Anna Bradley-Smith

FILE - Police at a Brooklyn crime scene

AMNY

Teenage boy in Brooklyn stabbed multiple times during park brawl: cops

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Development

Affordable housing lottery opens for Atlantic Avenue development

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Crime scene in Queens

AMNY

Brooklyn shooting leaves man seriously wounded; two suspects sought

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Development

Affordable housing and sunlight preserved in landmark Spice Factory development deal near Brooklyn Botanic Garden

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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AMNY

Crown Heights blaze leaves two people injured: FDNY

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Bronx man charged with attempted murder over stabbing of MTA conductor in Crown Heights

By Adam Daly

News

Crown Heights blaze injures two residents amid surge of fires in 12-hour span

By Lloyd Mitchell

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Books

Nonbinarian Bookstore: New haven for queer literature to open in Crown Heights

By Briana Brady

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Housing

Weeksville Place affordable housing lottery opens in Crown Heights, with rents starting at $454

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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