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.

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Published by Brownstoner on July 8, 2008.

Pamela Harmon, ex-head of the Health Department Call Center, was socked with a $7,500 fine. She admitted business dealings between her agency and the Crown Heights Service Center, where she is a top board member.

Published by New York Daily News 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.

House of the Day: 1171 Dean Street

Published by Brownstoner on July 8, 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.

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.

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 amNY.com 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.

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.

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.

The 88th Precinct, which covers Clinton Hill, has recorded a 26 percent increase in robberies so far this year, from 99 in 2007 to 125, for the period ending on June 29. Robberies are defined as the forcible taking of property from a person.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

The charges against the boyfriend, Anthony Merritt, 24, of Brooklyn, are expected to be upgraded, according to a law enforcement source. Merritt is already jailed without bail on assault and child endangerment charges. He was baby-sitting Elea-cha at the Brownsville home of his girlfriend, Nadieh Lawrence, whom he has dated on and off for 10 years.

Published by New York Daily News on July 4, 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.

Ten or 11 months ago, I was stopped at a light in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn near a bunch of hole-in-the-wall-looking auto garages when I did a double-take at the vehicle that passed me by: a candy-apple red pedicab.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

We’ve mainly used butter in the past six months. Some [recipes] do use [trans fat], but the amount is below the standards. That’s always been our policy. Trista Brown , 28, Prospect Heights

Published by Brooklyn Paper 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.

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.

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.

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.

Three girls and a boy, all 14, tossed the rocks at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva bus filled with young children on President Street near Utica Avenue on May 12 at about 3 p.m., police said.

Published by New York Post on June 28, 2008.

Three women cornered and robbed another woman as she was walked down Classon Avenue on June 17. The victim, 21, had just left a deli on the corner of St. Johns Place at around 8:15 pm when she was approached by three teenager girls. The suspects hit the victim in the face and grabbed her phone before running away.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

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Published by Brownstoner on June 27, 2008.

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Published by Brownstoner on June 27, 2008.

"It's outrageous," Steinhauer's father, Richard, said at their Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, home Wednesday.

Published by New York Daily News on June 26, 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.

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.

Last week, Prospect Heights eatery Abigail added brunch to its menu of high-end comfort food. Featuring dishes like baked eggs with asparagus, roasted tomatoes and Bellwether cheese and chocolate-almond brioche bread pudding, the eatery gives locals and folks visiting the nearby Brooklyn Museum an excuse to linger in the neighborhood just a bit longer.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 20, 2008.

A trucker and a cyclist got into an altercation on Dean Street on June 12. The 25-year-old biker said he had stopped at a light at the corner of Classon Avenue at approximately 3 pm when the trucker backed into him.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 20, 2008.

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Published by Brownstoner on June 20, 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.

After two teachers were sickened and he was hit with an assault charge, the senior is worried his whole future is collapsing like a half-baked souffle. "I'm pretty scared," Burton told the Daily News Thursday outside his home in Brownsville.

Published by New York Daily News 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.

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.

It's been nearly two weeks since the boy's battered body was discovered inside his Godmother's apartment in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 18, 2008.

"I work in a studio. It can't work. The dog could jump on machines, it could pee on wires, or chew on stuff. It's not controllable like a child," said Deimetrus Homs, 24, a studio engineer in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Published by amNY.com on June 18, 2008.

Almost half of the new renters in the first quarter of this year were between 21 to 25 years old, and 93 percent were under 35. The typical renter in neighborhoods like Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace and Boerum Heights is usually attached, works freelance in entertainment or the arts, makes around $50,000 a year, and needs no guarantor to be approved for an apartment.

Published by The New York Observer on June 18, 2008.

Almost half of the new renters in the first quarter of this year were between 21 to 25 years old, and 93 percent were under 35. The typical renter in neighborhoods like Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace and Boerum Heights is usually attached, works freelance in entertainment or the arts, makes around $50,000 a year, and needs no guarantor to be approved for an apartment.

Published by The New York Observer on June 18, 2008.

The boy's guardians, Nymeen Cheatham, 30, and her boyfriend, Lemar Martin, 25, admitted beating Kyle in their Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, apartment June 6, cops said. Brooklyn prosecutors hit Cheatham and Martin with manslaughter, assault and endangerment charges. The two face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

Published by New York Daily News on June 17, 2008.

Nymeen Cheatham, 30, and her boyfriend, Lemar Martin, 25, admitted to beating Kyle in their Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, apartment June 6, but stopped short of confessing to his killing, cops said.

Published by New York Daily News on June 16, 2008.

Development Watch: 542 St. Marks Avenue

Published by Brownstoner on June 16, 2008.

Investigators say Kyle Smith was beaten to death inside their apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 16, 2008.

Cheatham's and Martin's apartment on Patchen Avenue is in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant section, the same neighborhood where 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown was killed in January 2006.

Published by WNBC on June 16, 2008.