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Heralded Crown Heights Free Portrait Project Heads South | Top Stories

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The artist painted portraits and collected oral histories of 200 Crown Heights residents in 2015.
The artist painted portraits and collected oral histories of 200 Crown Heights residents in 2015. (Rusty Zimmerman)

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Acclaimed Crown Heights Free Portrait Project Moves South

The project aims to give south Brooklyn access to oil-painted portraits, "historically a fancy thing for fancy people, " said the artist.

Bed-Stuy's COVID-19 Rates: Where Things Stand

Positivity rates are rising higher than the citywide average in most Bed-Stuy neighborhoods, as officials recommend boosters and masks.

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Park Slope's Methodist Names New Chief Of Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Sandhya K. Balaram will head an expansion of cardiovascular care at New York Presbyterian Methodist Hospital, the hospital said.

Woman Strangled Inside Her Prospect Lefferts Building: Police

The man followed a woman into her apartment building and attacked her from behind, police said.

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