Top Stories

— Battle over Brooklyn hospitals shifts focus onto Interfaith Medical Center as closure timetable nears

— Southern Brooklyn ferry service extended through 2014

Downtown Brooklyn — Street closures and bus re-routes for MTV VMA weekend

Brooklyn Heights — Judge issues surprise ruling to SUNY Downstate: return LICH to previous owner or find a new manager

— City pols hope to reduce waste with plastic bag charge

— Families, firefighters, and friends gather to support Wounded Warrior Project

— City appeals stop-and-frisk ruling

Greenpoint — Arrest made in sexual assault/robbery spree in Greenpoint and Williamsburg

— Illegal clothing bins are an eyesore, allege Brooklynites

— Common Core test stumps students

— 93 Lounge closed for good

Greenpoint — Suspect apprehended in home invasions and rapes in Williamsburg and Greenpoint