Issue 39

November 20, 2014

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NYPD Blues

In East New York, crime runs high. So does distrust of the police. Can de Blasio’s reforms and the promise of “community policing” help keep the peace?
By Christopher Looft

Also in this issue

A Beach, a Babushka, and Borscht

Taking in the quiet beauty of Brighton Beach. Photos by Kat Slootsky

Q&A: Tim Thomas of The Q at Parkside

A local blogger finds himself immersed in neighborhood controversies, spurred to area uplift, and jolted by gentrification. Interview by Norman Oder