Our Town

In Booming Brooklyn, Who’s Getting Left Behind?

The borough outpaces the city in creating new jobs, but statistics show the persistence of Central Brooklyn's misery

By Graison Dangor

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Inside Dumbo House, Brooklyn’s New Castle of Cool

The members-only club might have the most enviable view in the city–for a chosen few

By Kara Cutruzzula

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Where Police and At-risk Youth Find Common Ground

The nonprofit NYC Together pairs officers with local students of color, altering perspectives and changing lives

By Michael Stahl

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A Waterfront Gem: the Making of Brooklyn’s Domino Park

How a new green space in Williamsburg embraces its gritty industrial past with playful ingenuity

By Stephen Koepp

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What These Consultants Did on Their Volunteer Day

The city's public housing is falling apart, but a crew in Brooklyn did their part to spruce up a corner of it

By Stephen Koepp

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Brooklyn Law School Dean Makes a Sudden Departure

Allard served during a tumultuous time in legal education, making bold moves in an effort to steady the school's finances

By Michael Stahl

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How Bodega Owners Found Strength in Numbers

Responding to the travel ban, the Brooklyn-based Yemeni American Merchants Association rises up to protest and educate

By Arden Phillips

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At a Library Gala, Janet Yellen Calls for ‘Community Capital’

The Brooklyn Public Library honors the former Fed chair, a borough native, at a time when the institution's ambition is soaring

By Stephen Koepp

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Why Brooklyn Has a Big Stake in the Gun-sales Debate

Despite having almost no legal firearms business, the borough's traffic in guns is deeply affected by other states–and Washington

By Michael Stahl

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It Was Invented Here: a Brief History of Business in Brooklyn

The story ranges from steamboats to crowdsourcing–and a lot of cool stuff in between. Here's a timeline to take you back

By Arden Phillips