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City’s School Librarians on Borrowed Time

By Alex Alper “The Skin I’m In” is a popular young adult fiction book with Middle Schoolers at the Urban Assembly School for Urban Environment in Brooklyn, New York. But when they want to read it, they must borrow it from a classmate, or a teacher’s classroom shelf. The Middle School has no library, nor...

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Trying to Turn Ex-Commuters into Consumers

By Richard Nieva Brooklyn College’s first-ever student dormitory has brought a new influx of students to what was historically a commuter campus, and with half the school year almost over, local businesses continue trying to figure out ways to engage this new population. Merchants in the area have been experimenting with different ways to encourage...

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Under Water: Brooklyn Residents Battle JP Morgan to Keep Their Homes

By Stephen Witt Hundreds of Brooklyn residents are facing eviction for unpaid water bills. The city is acting aggressively to recover the delinquent debts, and has transferred servicing contracts to a collection agency run by JPMorgan Chase. Now affected residents are facing thousands of dollars of additional fees and interest charges and the prospect of...

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Sleep Disorders: Another Deadly Threat to Returning Veterans

By Alysia Santo Last week, Joseph Jones, 43, nearly killed himself while driving home from his job as a welder for the Army. He fell asleep while barreling down route 9A from Camp Smith in upstate New York back to his home in Astoria, Queens, a 52-mile journey. “I literally hit the concrete barrier but...

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Historic Warehouse Turns to Culture

By Alysia Santo The Tobacco Warehouse is known for its roofless architecture and its location on the west side of Water Street in downtown Brooklyn, with views of both the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge from inside. This Wednesday, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBPC) board of directors voted to allow St. Ann’s Warehouse,...

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Brooklyn Man Allegedly Tried to Coerce Son of Sex Offender

Simon Taub of Brooklyn was charged today with attempted grand larceny after allegedly telling the adult son of a convicted sex offender, Meyer Lebovits, that if he was not paid over $100,000 he would accuse him of sexually assaulting his son, according to the Brooklyn District Attorneys Office. Lebovits told the DA’s office about the...

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Bed Bug Cases Increase in Public Schools

Cases of bed bugs in public schools have tripled this fall compared to last and according to the DOE, Brooklyn and Queens public schools make up the majority of those cases. At P.S. 197 in Midwood teachers said they had to throw away pounds and pounds of teaching materials after the extermination, NY1 reports.

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Flu Shots Given Away This Afternoon In Brooklyn

Free flu shots were administered at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall today on a first come first serve basis. More than 200 walk-ins showed up for the injections, which were given away courtesy of Borough President Marty Markowitz and Long Island College Hospital, reports the Brooklyn Eagle.

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Trader Joes Tells Customers To Watch Their Stuff

The Brooklyn location of Trader Joe’s recently put up a sign warning customers to keep their eyes on their belongings. The store has had a string of robberies involving customers walking away from their shopping carts and leaving their wallets and purses unattended.