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New Fulton Street 'Affordable' Housing Requires $70K Salary
The six apartments, found near the Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy border, just hit the affordable housing lottery.

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The six apartments, found near the Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy border, just hit the affordable housing lottery.

Though less of a surge than other neighborhoods, there has been a 32 percent spike in rat sightings in Bed-Stuy this year, data shows.
The longtime bar, whose building is being torn down, will move to a new location in the spring, according to owners.
The man was found shot in the chest in a residence on Halsey Street, according to police.
A woman and a man walking a block off Atlantic Avenue were stabbed by another man, who is still on the loose, according to police.
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The number of rat sightings reported to 311 in the neighborhoods' two community boards was nearly double what it was in 2020, data shows.
Seventh Avenue and Third Street became "Joseph Ferris Way" this week for the former assembly member, who died from COVID-19 last year.
The money will fund a renovation of the 120-year-old Brooklyn building and add new after-school program and gallery space, officials said.
The group robbed or tried to rob four people in one day earlier this month, including two in Brooklyn, according to police.
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