In Other Brooklyn News

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

A traffic light at a busy Park Slope intersection has some pedestrians feeling dangerously out-of-step.

The Panel for Educational Policy has voted to approve a $43 million contract to lock the front entrances of New York City school doors, as well as install cameras and buzzers.

Two NYPD officers were injured when their unmarked car crashed into another vehicle while responding to a call in Brooklyn. 

Brooklyn Uber driver Fritz Sam was recognized Wednesday night at the Ziegfeld Ballroom as the Red Cross’ 2023 Good Samaritan Hero at its “Heroes Among Us” gala.

The man was shot on Albany Avenue about 6:40 Wednesday night, police said.

A man who was shoved onto subway tracks in Brooklyn by a total stranger shared his terrifying story.

An 88-year-old Brooklyn homeowner who says he is a victim of deed theft will have to wait a little longer to find out whether the eviction case against him will be dismissed or proceed to trial.

An unhinged 68-year-old man has been arrested for walking down a Brooklyn street with an assault rifle threatening to shoot everyone in sight, police and witnesses said Wednesday.