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Bedford–Stuyvesant (/ ˌ b ɛ d f ər d ˈ s t aɪ v ə s ən t / BED-fərd STY-və-sənt), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, [3] is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bedford–Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg), Classon Avenue to the west (bordering ...
The Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (or BSRC, referred to locally in short as Restoration) is a community development corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, and the first ever to be established in the United States.
The Marcy Houses, or The Marcy Projects, is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and located in Bedford–Stuyvesant and is bordered by Flushing, Marcy, Nostrand and Myrtle avenues. [1] [2] [3] The complex was named after William L. Marcy (1786–1857), a lawyer, soldier, and statesman. [4]
But her daughter’s home address is listed in records at Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School in Bedford-Stuyvesant as Thomas S. Boyland Street, an apartment building a few blocks from PS 327.
Shortly before midnight on September 11, 2001, Henryk Siwiak (1955–2001), a Polish immigrant, was fatally shot on a street in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, [1] where he had mistakenly gone in order to start a new job. He was able to make it to the door of a nearby house before he collapsed.
The historical cultural center of the borough has long been Bedford-Stuyvesant; African Americans became a majority in Bedford-Stuyvesant in the 1930s following the construction of the A line subway between Harlem and Bedford. Bedford-Stuyvesant was the first large African American community to be established in Brooklyn back then. [19]
The brute accused of killing a 44-year-old dad with a random knockout punch as he rode his bike in Brooklyn more than seven years ago was ... 2017 Bedford-Stuyvesant attack that ultimately took ...
NYPD 81st Precinct Officer Orsini stands outside PS 81, the polling place of Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams, in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.