She came to the Brooklyn court owing $1,700 - five months' rent.

In the Brooklyn court alone, roughly 1,000 people are sworn in every week.

So far, the Brooklyn court has approved payments of $150.6 million to 1,934 people who filed claims in the case.

The process seems so routine that newspapers and others are raising questions about whether there is a widespread problem in the Brooklyn courts.

A jury in Brooklyn federal court is to begin considering whether to impose the death penalty next week.

Over all, he said, 33 percent of the city's inmates come out of Brooklyn courts.

Judge Keating had not previously sat on the Brooklyn court.

Lawyers seeking an edge in the unfamiliar world of Brooklyn courts hired him as their guide.

He started playing at age 5 on Brooklyn public courts.

He remains at large after failing to appear in a Brooklyn court on an unrelated charge last week.