In Other Brooklyn News

Elected officials on the New York City Council are seeking to blunt the proliferation of last-mile logistics warehouses run by Amazon and other large companies, arguing the rapid package deliveries they facilitate have caused an epidemic of truck tra

Anyone who tries to tell you the alligator found in Prospect Park over the weekend is the only odd creature loose in Brooklyn's backyard is selling you a real crock.

A Brooklyn dad is devoted to giving back to his community. Inspired by his own life experiences, 49-year-old Dorian Muller drives around in a rented U-Haul truck providing food and clothes to those in need.

It was one week ago Monday when a man with alleged mental health issues used a rented U-Haul truck to terrorize neighborhoods in Brooklyn , killing one person and injuring eight others.

Firefighters worked to get a massive brush fire under control in Brooklyn. The fire broke out just before 3 p.m. Monday, spreading across a few hundred feet of shoreline near Gerritsen Ave and Gotham Ave. in Gerritsen Beach.

A 15-year-old boy was killed while subway surfing in Brooklyn. Citizen App video showed emergency crews at the scene around 6:45 p.m. Monday.

Can't make it to The Big Easy for Mardi Gras? Then throw some beads the Big Apple's way. Admittedly, New Orleans can't be beat for Mardi Gras debauchery, food, drinks and music.

Overall, the average rent increased by 22.35 percent last year, from $2,779 in 2021 to $3,400 in 2022.

Meghan Lalor, a rep for the Parks Department, said the reptile was likely an unwanted pet whose owner decided to release it in public waters.

When he moved in 2014 from an apartment in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights to a house he could afford in nearby Crown Heights, Naftali Hanau, a 37-year-old Orthodox Jewish businessman, suddenly found that, even in a secular and tolerant place like