In Other Brooklyn News

Inspections increased 129% and criminal summonses rose 171% since a taskforce began in November.

New York City Parks took to Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn to remove some sunken sailboats. Most of the derelict sailboats have been sunken for many years. Abandoned boats are among the biggest problems in the city's waterways.

Stomach illness is rising in New York City.

Faro, a Bushwick mainstay for fresh pasta and seasonal produce, is closing after eight years of serving the neighborhood from its Jefferson Street location.

A Brooklyn lawmaker wants to put an end to winter evictions in New York. 

Brooklyn detectives are looking for a group of individuals behind a random shooting earlier this week that left a driver injured.

A longtime Park Slope toy store and kids' hair salon is cutting out its brick-and-mortar business. LuLu Cuts & Toys on Fifth Avenue closed this week in what owner Brigitte Prat called a "bittersweet" decision.

A sick 4-foot long alligator that was caught on Sunday in Brooklyn was found to have ingested a 4-inch wide bathtub stopper, according to The Bronx Zoo.

An autopsy shows the man died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Large plumes billowed from a 4-alarm fire at a commercial building in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The fire started in a one-story lumber storage building at 335 Hewes Street around 10:51 a.m. and spread to a 3-story commercial building, officials said.