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Crown Heights, New York is located in Dutchess County. Zip codes in Crown Heights, NY include The median home price in Crown Heights is $499,000 which is roughly $276/per square foot. More Crown Heights information.

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Wednesday May 15 | Paper Magazine

Maison Premiere's New Chef Lisa Giffen on Williamsburg Fine Dining and Frog Legs

Before venturing to New York, where she was "exposed to food that gave me the push to get a job in a kitchen," Lisa Giffen lived in LA, working for Sharpie.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The New York Observer

Closing in on Brownsville: Brooklyn Gentrification Nears the Final Frontier

"So many of the civic successes heralded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg," Ginia Bellafonte wrote in The New York Times back in 2012 , "might have happened in Lithuania for all the effect they have had on the lives of people in Brownsville," which Ms.

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Mon May 13, 2013

City Limits

Brooklyn Community Services: Chief Operating Officer

Description Position Summary Brooklyn Community Services seeks a mission-driven Chief Operating Officer who will be an integral member of the Executive Staff team at BCS.

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Sun May 12, 2013

New York Daily News

Wrongfully convicted ex-con Anthony Faison hopes his book inspires others

' height='424' itemprop='associatedMedia' alt='Food; ' width='635' src='http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1341470.1368310260!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/settlement.jpg' /> Wrongfully imprisoned ex-cons Anthony Faison and Charles Shepherd met the press in lawyer Ron Kuby's Manhattan office after a settlement in ... (more)

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Sat May 11, 2013

New York Post

Gangs? ZIP on past

Last week, The Post revealed that some postal workers were scared to deliver to gang-infested Brownsville.

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Fri May 10, 2013

TheDailyBeast.com

Is Suri Cruise Launching a Fashion Line?; Keith Richards' Saint Laurent Tour Wardrobe Up For Sale

Suri Cruise to Launch Fashion Line?: The Sun reports that Suri Cruise, daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, has signed a multi-million dollar deal to launch her own fashion line.

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WABC 7

Suspect in 2012 Brooklyn rape arrested

The man wanted in connection with a 2012 rape and robbery in Brooklyn was arresetd one day after the NYPD released a picture of him.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The New York Times

Diner's Journal Blog: A Cheese Shop in a Slim Crown Heights Space

The new cheese shop in Crown Heights may be called Wedge, but Sliver would be more like it.

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DNAinfo.com

Two Men Stabbed in Crown Heights

The victims were stabbed at 852 Saint Johns Pl., near Nostrand and New York avenues, about 5 a.m., police and fire officials said.

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Wed May 08, 2013

NBC New York

Brooklyn Woman, 27, Missing Since Saturday

Police are searching for a 27-year-old Brooklyn woman who was last seen leaving her parents' home Saturday night and failed to show up to her job the next day.

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DNAInfo.com

State Sen. Eric Adams, Retired Cop, Targeted by Federal Investigation

Rising Brooklyn politician Eric Adams, a retired NYPD captain, was among the targets of a federal criminal probe , court records revealed Wednesday.

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Tue May 07, 2013

DNAinfo.com

Feds Must Reveal 8 New York Pols Currently Under Investigation, Judge Rules

The names of eight New York politicos currently in the crosshairs of federal investigators must be unsealed for the public Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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Mon May 06, 2013

The Brooklyn Paper

Park Slope: It's a mikvah mitzvah

Mazel tov: Rabbi Shimon Hecht welcomed the grand opening of Park Slope's Jewish ritual bath - a three-story facility on 15th Street where observant Jews ritually bathe in purification pools.

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Sat May 04, 2013

New York Post

Blast from the past

The former congressman is on a political-comeback tour and appears days away from announcing his entry into the Democratic race for mayor.

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Wed May 01, 2013

The Journal News

Dwindling property values in Ramapo

Why get approval to build when it is unnecessary? Whatever the Orthodox community wants, they get.

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DNAInfo.com

Rihanna's Hairstylist Opens New Salon in Fort Greene

"I want the salon to be versatile. I want to see a white girl getting a blowout, and a black girl getting a weave," she told The Cut .

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Brooklyn Edition of 'I'm Tawkin' Here: Storytelling...

Marking the launch of the Five Boro Story Project, producer Bridget Bartolini, author/performer Michele Carlo, and filmmaker Heather Quinlan have come together to present "I'm Tawkin' Here: Storytelling with a New Yawk Accent," a citywide celebration of New York storytellers and musicians.

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New York Post

Bullets fly in Brooklyn police shootout

A gunman opened fire on cops last night, leading to an exchange of gunfire and a pursuit through the streets of Brooklyn, a police source said.

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Mon Apr 29, 2013

New York Post

City gun deaths plummet

Deaths by gunfire in the city are down dramatically, far lower than the national rate, according to a new study - and Mayor Bloomberg credited his policing strategies for the downturn.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

India Talkies

Now, Anthony Mackie to open Cuban bistro - Indiatalkies.com

New York, April 29: Actor Anthony Mackie is expanding his restaurant business by opening a Cuban restaurant here.

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