1.   Both neighborhoods had a strong spiritual sense, a different musical culture, unique foods, and unappreciated patois.

2.   Each neighborhood has its own unique character.

3.   Already, many minority parents have made clear they fear that any return to neighborhood schools will lead to wealthier neighborhoods having the best schools.

4.   And while impoverished neighborhoods have a famously hard time attracting and keeping teachers, other areas get far more teacher applicants than they need.

5.   Before the automobile, every neighborhood had a stable.

6.   Borough President Claire Shulman did not question the cut-off but did want to know why these particular neighborhoods had the plug pulled.

7.   Both neighborhoods have few department stores, restaurants or residents, so when office workers go home in the early evening, the streets quickly become deserted.

8.   Adjoining Catholic and Protestant blocks are demarcated by flags, painted curbstones and militaristic murals, and some neighborhoods have brick walls through them to keep people apart.

9.   Allstate said it chose Bedford-Stuyvesant because the neighborhood has a lot of privately owned housing.

10.   But even this neighborhood has many middle- and working-class residents apprehensively watching the debate over rent regulations, as if bracing for a long-awaited storm.