It’s known as one of New York’s poorest neighborhoods ... What fewer people know is that Brownsville has a vibrant Jewish history: When Manhattan’s Lower East Side became too crowded ...

In its comeback journey, Brownsville’s vivid history is a potential asset ... In his memoir of New York, A Walker in the City, the writer Alfred Kazin recalled the pressure of his upbringing ...

A state-funded nonprofit organization dedicated to caring for Brooklynites with HIV/AIDS owns a piece of NYPD history — and ... Family Services Network of New York bought the old 65th Precinct ...