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Sabrina Gates, the deputy director of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, is trying to oust City Council Member Lincoln Restler from his post in District 33.

Richardson Hitchins is the IBF Super Featherweight world champion, but the 27-year-old boxer had to first fight poverty and the streets of Brooklyn before facing professional opponents.

After the City Council approved the Atlantic Avenue rezoning in late May, many welcomed the new housing and infrastructure — but in hindsight, some community board members say they feel the process was rushed, as a deeply affordable housing component was left out of the final plan.

"...if there's ever a need to go beyond the manpower that we have, there's other ways you do it before you have to come with the look of a military operation,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during his regular weekly press briefing on Tuesday.

Hundreds of school staff, students and alumni were in celebratory mode as Gravesend's P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini marked its 100th anniversary on Friday.

Brooklyn author Alex R. Johnson’s debut novel "Brooklyn Motto" is a detective thriller noir filled with nostalgia for 90s New York.

P.S. 6, a Flatbush elementary school, will gain a new annex that will serve students with autism and other disabilities this fall.

Antonio Reynoso accused officials from the city Economic Development Corporation of using scare tactics to get the Broolyn Marine Taskforce to agree to their plans at a contentious town hall on Wednesday.

Brooklyn Org and the Center for an Urban Future on Tuesday hosted a policy symposium where leaders from across the borough pitched ideas on how to make the borough more equitable.

Brooklyn leaders and officials on Tuesday blasted the state for not holding Pacific Park’s developer accountable for missing its affordable housing deadline and hinted at a lawsuit to enforce $1.75 million in monthly penalties.