What Made The Headlines This Week

Has crime gone up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and if so, what are we as residents doing about it? And speaking of crime, who says that policing has shifting in the neighborhood with the changing demographics? Fill in this blank: The library, where you can feed your healthy addiction for (    )? What is the new iPhone app, “You the Man” supposed to do for residents? President Barack Obama finally shows his long-form birth certificate this weeks, and what do you think was the neighborhood’s response?

If you can’t answer all five of these questions, then you should check out our “Week In Review,” where we give you a chance to rewind on the five biggest stories that made headlines this week.

1.     There’s a perception that crime has gone up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, but is this perception a reality? This week, Bed-Stuy Patch ran a 3-part series “Crime in The Stuy” that examined the actual stats, causes and solutions for crime in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Click , and to see all three installments.

2.     This week, our Gentrification columnist posed a tough question about policing: Does it change when the demographics of a neighborhood changes? In other words, has there been greater police presence as the neighborhood has become more white? Sylvia Harvey doesn’t attempt to answer this question, but she enlists a veteran police officer who, on the promise of anonymity, does. Click to read his interview on the subject.

3.     “Aaahhhh, the library, where you can feed your healthy addiction for… Porn! Yes, porn. A fight that broke out last weekend between two patrons of Brooklyn Public Library because of one’s predilection for porn on the computer has sparked the questions, “Is it okay to view porn at the library?” The short answer is “yes.” Click to read why?

4.     Click and read all about how you can be “the man,” even if you’re a woman.

5.     President Barack Obama finally showed his long-form birth certificate this past Wednesday? But should he have done it a long time ago? Bed-Stuy residents weigh in .