A $12,000 dollar reward is being offered in connection with the shooting of five people at a Bedford-Stuyvesant over the weekend.

Published by WNBC on July 8, 2008.

White was killed when gunfire erupted during the cookout, which left four others wounded in Bedford-Stuyvesant Sunday.

Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.

A 5-year-old was critically injured in a Brooklyn fire he set Monday as revenge for being punished by his grandmother, police and fire sources said. Jay (Tito) Morales suffered third-degree burns to 70% of his body after he used a lighter to ignite the curtains in Nancy Herrera's Bushwick home, fire sources said. Herrera, 63, suffered minor injuries.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

The preschooler, Jay Morales, was angry about being punished, and told a neighborhood child, "I'm going to burn down the house and kill my grandmother today," the sources said. The boy went to the Bushwick home of his grandmother, Nancy Herrera on Sunday morning.

Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.

The Fire Department of New York says the blaze at the three-story building on Knickerbocker Avenue in the Bushwick section broke out about 3 p.m. Monday.

Published by WNBC on July 8, 2008.

A Bedford-Stuyvesant man who weighed more than 700 pounds and puffy "Sopranos" actor Joe Gannascoli will strut their stuff Tuesday as the latest beneficiaries of Borough President Marty Markowitz's Lighten Up, Brooklyn campaign.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

Three people, including a 5-year-old boy, were hurt in an apartment fire in Brooklyn Monday. The flames broke out just after 3 p.m. in a multi-unit building on Knickerbocker Avenue in the Bushwick section.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 8, 2008.

A courtyard cookout ended in chaos and bloodshed early Sunday morning, with a young woman killed and four people wounded in a Bedford Stuyvesant shootout, the police said.

Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

The cookout, a gathering of friends in their teens and 20s behind an apartment building at 969 Gates Avenue, had been planned for several days, their families said.

Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

The Daily News reported last week that an Administration for Children's Services worker appeared at Lisa Wilson's Brooklyn home in May to peer in her refrigerator and check her daughter Nailah, 14, for bruises because of the teen's supposed absences from Frederick Douglass Academy IV, even though she was enrolled in Catholic school.

Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.

The barrage of bullets tore through the crowd outside 969 Gates Ave. in Bedford Stuyvesant. White was the only person killed, but four others were wounded.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 7, 2008.

According to police officials, the shooting involved an unknown number of attackers. It occurred at about 1 a.m. yesterday in a courtyard outside 969 Gates Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where a large crowd was gathered for a barbecue party inside a tent.

Published by New York Sun on July 7, 2008.

Zeanie White, 21, who attended York College, was among about 200 revelers enjoying food, drinks and music in the back of 969 Gates Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant at about 1:05 a.m. when a group of thugs crashed the party and unleashed a barrage of gunfire, police and witnesses said.

Published by New York Post on July 7, 2008.

The barrage of bullets tore through the crowd outside 969 Gates Ave. in Bedford Stuyvesant. White was the only person killed, but four others were wounded.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 7, 2008.

Zeanie White, 21, who attended York College, was among about 200 revelers enjoying food, drinks and music in the back of 969 Gates Ave.

Published by New York Post on July 7, 2008.

You open the menu and it's a palimpsest - traces of the old menu visible behind the new one. Bouillabaisse instead of a burger. French onion soup and steak frites instead of corned beef tongue and mixed market lettuces. The street is MacDougal, the restaurant is Hundred Acres, and the ghost is Provence.

Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.

Some residents of Bed-Stuy are ready to zip off in one of several cars available from the “wheels when you want them” company. [Bed-Stuy Blog]

Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

Timothy Wright, his wife, and grandson were headed home to Roosevelt, Long Island, from a church conference in Detroit.Wright, known as the godfather of gospel, is pastor of Grace Tabernacle Christian Center in Bedford Stuyvesant.

Published by WNBC on July 7, 2008.

Police say the five people were shot at about 1 a.m. Sunday in back of a home on Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

Police say the five people were shot at about 1 a.m. Sunday in back of a home on Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

A barrage of bullets tore through the crowd, killing one and sending terrified guests diving to the ground for cover outside 969 Gates Ave. in Bedford Stuyvesant - just half a block from the 81st precinct house.

Published by New York Daily News on July 6, 2008.

Police said the five people were shot at about 1 a.m. Sunday in back of a home on Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Published by WNBC on July 6, 2008.

Police say the five people were shot at about 1 a.m. Sunday in back of a home on Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Published by amNY.com on July 6, 2008.

...in an interview. As she walked past a group of teenagers at the corner of Willoughby Avenue and Walworth Street, she said someone hit her on the back of the head, and she fell to...

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on July 5, 2008.

In recent months, an old crime has started to reappear near where Ms. Evans lives, on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood by surprise.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

In recent months, an old crime has started to reappear near where Ms. Evans lives, on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood by surprise.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

As she walked past a group of teenagers at the corner of Willoughby Avenue and Walworth Street, she said someone hit her on the back of the head, and she fell to the ground.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

Little Severine McQueeney’s mom, Margo Gibson, was harassed by Parks workers after taking this cute picture of her daughter at Underwood Playground in Clinton Hill.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

Neighborhoods with the greatest number of cases included Borough Park, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Greenpoint and East New York.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

Kyle was beaten to death June 6 in Cheatham and Martin's Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, apartment. Both were arraigned on manslaughter charges this week in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Prosecutors say they didn't call for help until five hours after the boy's death.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

Dante Pettiway was allegedly part of a gang that made off with 120 laptops from St. John the Baptist school in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was busted Monday.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.

Neighborhoods with the greatest number of cases included Borough Park, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Greenpoint and East New York.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

Rare View, in the Shelburne Murray Hill Hotel, 303 Lexington Ave., 16th floor, (212) 481-1999. Entrance on 38th St. For a $30 cover, sip cocktails in this popular rooftop bar and enjoy the regular bar menu.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

Cheatham and Martin, 23, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in  the June 6 beating death in their Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

The Administration for Children's Services probe came after Frederick Douglass Academy IV incorrectly listed 14-year-old Nailah Wilson as a student, looked for her at the wrong address and never called her phone number, the Bedford-Stuyvesant school's principal conceded.

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

Tyson's name emerged during an investigation of the Cash Money Brothers, a crew of thugs led by brothers Damion "World" Hardy and Myron "Wise" Hardy. The gang, which lifted its name from the film "New Jack City," had turned a Bedford-Stuyvesant housing project into a violent drug market, prosecutors said.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 30, 2008.

"They should pay," said Carmen Mercer, 35, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, standing outside a midtown DMV office. "Everybody else has to pay. It comes with the responsibility of having a car."

Published by amNY.com on June 25, 2008.

The L.A. Times takes a lengthy look at gentrification in Bed-Stuy in a piece that focuses on how (or whether) the opening of the Mynt, the luxury rental on Nostrand and Myrtle, is changing the area.

Published by Brownstoner on June 24, 2008.

According to published reports, Green is accused of using her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment as a sex pad for clients who paid $250 per half-hour for intercourse, and $100 per half-hour of oral sex.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 23, 2008.

Joe Long is the owner of Birdell’s, the venerable independent record store in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on June 21, 2008.

Women dressed to the nines cried with amazement and pride at lavishly set tables in Steiner Studios in Brooklyn Navy Yard. When Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz made opening remarks about Restoration’s recent successes, including a $25 million renovation to restore and to modernize Restoration Plaza on Fulton Street, the dining room stirred with self-congratulatory remarks.

Published by The New York Observer on June 20, 2008.

That’s for sure. Teen Spirit has been pretty scarce around here lately. He goes off to “Eric’s house” on weekend nights, when he’s not at band practice, at a show somewhere in Bushwick, Williamsburg or Fort Greene, or hanging out with friends in Brooklyn Heights.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 20, 2008.

The Macon branch of the Brooklyn Public Library reopened on Thursday after a two-year renovation.

Published by New York Times on June 20, 2008.

Gladys Bright, who lives in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, could be joining that group soon. Ms. Bright, 50, said she was laid off in late May from her custodial job at a post office in Lower Manhattan, where she was classified as a “casual worker” and had been laid off from time to time.

Published by New York Times on June 20, 2008.

The abbreviated life of 3-year-old Kyle Smith was filled with what-if’s that neighbors, relatives, child-welfare advocates and city officials have retraced over and over since his death on June 6.

Published by New York Times on June 19, 2008.

Kowalski spoke after officiating at the funeral of the little boy who died June 6 after allegedly being beaten by his guardians, Nymeen Cheatham, 31, and Lemar Martin, 25, in their Bedford-Stuyvesant home.

Published by New York Post on June 19, 2008.

The library, a two-story, neoclassical building at 361 Lewis Avenue with original fireplaces, oak paneling, alcoves and wooden benches, opened on July 15, 1907, in a ceremony that drew about 2,000 visitors, according to the library’s records. The Macon branch has provided nearly continuous service over the past century to Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Published by New York Times on June 19, 2008.

His battered body was found June 6 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment where he had been living since August, when his mother, Eugenia Holmes, 24, moved to South Carolina to try to kick a drug habit.

Published by New York Daily News on June 19, 2008.

City officials say students at Brooklyn's P.S. 25 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood are being tested for the bacterial infection as a precautionary measure.

Published by SI Live on June 18, 2008.

Health department spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti said Wednesday that the children at P.S. 25 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood are being offered free transportation to a medical clinic. They are being seen by a doctor, given a TB blood test, a chest X-ray and, if needed, medication.

Published by New York Daily News on June 18, 2008.