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News

Historic school in Crown Heights to be converted into homeless shelter

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Kids & Education

Brooklyn Children’s Museum to host annual Celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Politics

Step into history on a walking tour of Crown Heights, home to trailblazer Shirley Chisholm

By Susan De Vries & Brooklyn Paper

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Food & Drink

Local wine connoisseurs prepare to open Whoopsie Daisy wine bar in Crown Heights

By Isabel Song Beer

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Politics

Brooklyn residents brave elements to rally against evictions in Crown Heights

By Oscar Fock

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AMNY

Man in Brooklyn shot dead at apartment building: cops

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13-year-old boy fatally shot in Crown Heights: NYPD

By Aidan Graham & Brooklyn Paper staff

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Manhunt underway for gunman who allegedly killed Brooklyn bodega worker over a cigar

By Dean Moses & Lloyd Mitchell

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Suspects in Crown Heights robbery remain at large: NYPD

By Adam Daly

Brooklyn Children's Museum to host festival for Black History Month

Things to Do

Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts ‘Black Future Festival’ during midwinter recess

By Isabel Song Beer

Two gun-wielding robbers stole thousands from a Crown Heights store.

Gun-toting duo sought for alleged robbery of Crown Heights store

By Jada Camille

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Crown Heights ‘eco-yogi’ townhouse offered via affordable housing lottery is only $678K

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Subway

‘No more’: Pols push for state budget funding to address subway bottleneck in Crown Heights

By Adam Daly

Police at the scene of the fatal shooting in Brooklyn.

AMNY

21-year-old fatally shot in Brooklyn; suspect still at large

"No justice, no peace": Crown Heights tenants are fighting to take control of their building after years of no repairs by slumlord and city agencies.

Landlords in the Crosshairs

Crown Heights tenants rally for control of their building after years of no repairs

By Jada Camille

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Cops arrest 20-year-old suspect for fatal shooting outside Crown Heights bodega

By Adam Daly

Brooklyn District Attorney to vacate wrongful manslaughter conviction of Steven Ruffin.

‘I lost 14 years of my life’: Brooklyn DA moves to vacate 1996 manslaughter conviction based on mistaken identity

By Isabel Song Beer

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Religion

Tunnel below Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters destabilized 3 buildings, leading to vacate orders and emergency repairs: DOB

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Religion

Several arrested at Chabad Lubavitch HQ as crews try to fill secret tunnel beside synagogue

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Man sentenced to 55 years in prison after killing Crown Heights mother of four: DA

By Adam Daly

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