Pre-K is a luxury, not required by the state. So in city schools were there’s a bulge of kids in kindergarten and older grades, what

The city’s homeless shelter population hit an all-time high of 40,000 this past fall, according to The New York Times, and Bloomberg looked to impose

Still more coming down the pipe as the nation hopes to curb obesity by targeting vending machines at schools, though many school leaders say selling

Check out ArtCat blog for schedules of Dumbo art shows, as well as gallery shows across the city. This week The Architecture of Space in

Wow, for a mortgage payment of $92,000/month, this lovely 9-bedroom, 4-bath townhome on 1st Place can be yours. The listing is on Trulia, and we

Very interesting story in Beta Beat about the rapid growth of some digital firms in Dumbo, who are scrambling to find qualified workers for their

Rents have skyrocketed in Brooklyn in the past decade, as we all know, and now reports are coming out showing that per-square-foot prices in some

Read this fascinating story.

More condos for Brooklyn. Where WILL all the kids go? http://newyork.citybizlist.com/18/2012/2/13/The-Hub—Striking-New-Rental-Tower-To-Rise-Across-From-Bam.aspx

Here’s a great photo slide show in the Times of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show by photographer Fred R. Conrad: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/02/13/sports/SPTSCONRAD0213.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1

Beyonce and Jay Z come around these parts from time to time, in part to visit Beyonce’s sister. Read all about sis in The Chicago

Well there’s good news and bad news according to some new studies. The gap in educational achievement has ballooned between the rich and the poor,

http://gothamist.com/2012/02/04/photos_tour_brooklyns_house_of_dete.php#photo-1

Southpaw is closing, yes it’s true. The place has been the site of many a great, good and even a few classic/historic shows, but the

I went and checked out the new condos at 100 Luquer back in the fall. They were expensive — $750,000 for a small two-bedroom with

For years the city of New York’s DOE has been splitting up big high schools into smaller schools, often housed together in one big building.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Councilman Brad Lander find $500,000 to fund doggie drinking fountains for DiMattina Doggie Park at Hicks and Hamilton

Neighborhood preservationists are fighting to preserve Cobble Hill Cinema and its building in Brookyn Heights, though the owner is planning to demolish the building and

Dumbo’s been referred to in various places as the new digital Silicon Valley, for all its hot digital firms. This week AdAge writes about the

More housing on it’s way, with a Manhattan developer buying a building on Pacific between Smith and Beorum Place and planning a seven-story rental building.