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Brooklyn Public Library launches Digital Discovery Day to boost tech skills at Bed-Stuy branch

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Arts & Entertainment

Walk this way: Bed-Stuy street tour digs into local history and architecture

By Susan De Vries

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Environment

Flower Bed-Stuy celebrates 15 years of neighborhood beautification and civic pride

By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen

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News

After four-year closure and renovations, the Bedford Library is open again

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Politics

Chi Ossé and park advocates call for more funding of New York City’s green spaces

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Arts & Entertainment

The art of confinement: Rikers Island detainees’ work goes on display in Bed-Stuy

By Adam Daly

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77-year-old woman killed in Bed-Stuy house fire

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Anyone who turns in operable guns and assault rifles will receive a $500 bank card.

Want to get rid of a gun? Brooklyn DA offering up to $500 at Bed-Stuy buyback

By Adam Daly

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AMNY

Man stabbed dead near Brooklyn grocery store; suspect still wanted

A civil rights lawyer by trade, Keegan Stephan started the community fridge to help out his neighbors

News

Bed-Stuy man fights food insecurity with free front yard community fridge

By Adam Daly

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News

Tesla Cybertruck vandalized with hate symbols in Bed-Stuy, cops say

By Emily Davenport

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News

New affordable housing opens for seniors, homeless patients at Woodhull Hospital site

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Politics

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

By Lauren Rapp

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Killer of Bed-Stuy activist Ryan Carson sentenced to 20 years to life in prison

By Adam Daly

Police investigate Brooklyn scene where man was shot dead

AMNY

Brooklyn man shot dead at public housing complex, suspect on run: cops

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Religion

Four sexual abuse lawsuits filed against Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

By Lauren Rapp

Brooklyn man arrested on manslaughter charges for delivering punch that killed victim

AMNY

Brooklyn man hit with manslaughter charges for deadly punch that put man in fatal coma

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Health

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

By Lauren Rapp

News

Flames rip through Bed-Stuy construction site, displacing neighbors

By Lloyd Mitchell

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News

A walk to remember: MLK Day health ‘crawls’ to celebrate food, culture and community

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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