Author: Alyson Martin (Alyson Martin)

The Brooklyn Eagle is reporting that the Veterans Administration hospital in the borough will open a state-of-the-art sleep center for on Sept. 27. Veterans may then seek treatment for a variety of sleep-related ailments, including problems associated with traumatic brain injury, sleep apnea and narcolepsy, among other disorders.

On the heels on Coney Island’s most successful year in decades (attracting more than 400,000 visitors), Luna Park has announced it will stay open through Halloween, according to the Daily News. Details are not yet certain, but a Halloween parade is planned so far.

East New York teen Brianna Hendrickson, 13, has won $50,000 through the LG U.S. National Texting Championship, the Daily News is reporting. Hendrickson sends about 6,000 texts per month and bested her competition by shooting out verses of “Old MacDonald” faster than anyone else. She’ll now move on to the next round, which could help...

Well, sort of. Former President Bill Clinton was at the Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday to take part in a benefit for the Clinton Foundation’s Millennium Network, which targets the foundation’s younger supporters, the Huffington Post is reporting.

NBC is reporting that all Consolidated Edison customers left without power after last Thursday’s tornadoes have had their utility restored. A total of 45,000 lost power.

Nechama Rothberger, 19, has been charged with reckless driving after hitting Tian-Sheng Lin, 53, while text messaging and driving Sunday on East 17th street and Avenue P in Midwood, NY1 is reporting. She was also given a violation for using the cell phone while operating a vehicle. Lin, who was riding a scooter at the...

When the city tried to control the rat population with opossums, Brooklyn residents got a bit of a bigger problem. The opposums didn’t want the rats–and have instead multiplied and now feed on the borough’s garbage, according to the New York Post.

Click here for another perspective of Thursday’s tornadoes.

Consolidated Edison has said that the majority of Brooklyn residents affected by last week’s reported tornadoes now have power, according to the Daily News. About 2,800 utility customers in Queens remain without power. Winds reached 125 mph and about 1,500 trees throughout the city were destroyed, the Daily News said.

Take a look here for a New York Times interactive feature that shows just where most of Thursday’s storm damage occurred.