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Borough Park in Brooklyn is a neighborhood that prides itself on being a small town in the heart of the big city. But that sense was shattered this summer after the brutal death of a young boy. As Levi Aron, the man accused of killing 9-year-old Leiby Kletzky, heads back to court next week, Borough Park is still trying to find its new normal.

Following the abduction and killing of an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy last week, Borough Park City Councilmember David Greenfield has proposed legislation to create so-called safe havens for kids to seek refuge.

The disappearance of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky who was found dead this week unleashed a vast volunteer search effort by the ultra-Orthodox community in Borough Park, Brooklyn — an effort spearheaded by the Borough Park Shomrim, a highly organized citizens watch brigade that works as an NYPD auxiliary.

Thousands of Hasidic Jews flocked to Borough Park Wednesday night for the funeral of Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old boy who was found dead and dismembered on Wednesday morning.

Thousands of people crammed into a Borough Park, Brooklyn, synagogue and the adjacent blocks Wednesday night to mourn the death of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, who was found murdered and dismembered early Wednesday morning.

The ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn, is reeling from the news that 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, whose disappearance Monday sparked a massive, two-day search, was found murdered and dismembered on Wednesday morning.

An eight-year-old boy who disappeared in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park, Brooklyn two days ago was found dead and severed into pieces Wednesday morning. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said a suspect has made statements implicating himself in the murder and told investigators he killed Leiby Kletzky after noticing that the search for the child was intensifying.