In Other Brooklyn News

'Lots of product seized,' says the sheriff’s office about their latest haul. Since early spring, a small armada of trucks have populated the corner of Wyckoff Avenue as it passes by Starr Street, before employing into busy Flushing Avenue.

A cop at one of the city’s most notorious homeless shelters has been suspended after getting caught on video slugging a Venezuelan asylum seeker, officials said. Meiver Martinez, 21, was in the Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter around 6 a.m.

A 29-year-old man was fatally shot as he sat in a car on a Brooklyn street Wednesday night, according to police. The victim was sitting in a Nissan Altima on Belmont Ave. near Shepherd Ave.

The New York City Sheriff’s office performed an operation in Brooklyn that saw the removal of “ghost cars” — illegal vehicles with expired paper license plates [...] Click here to view original web page at www.amny.com

“We need to show them: We’re back,” said the head of the principals’ union as children return to school Thursday with Covid restrictions largely ended.

A 15-year-old boy was killed Wednesday when a masked gunman opened fire on him in a Brooklyn park, according to police. The teen had just been dismissed from Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools at 1:30 p.m.

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso wants to see the popular Vanderbilt Avenue open street turned into a permanent pedestrian plaza — setting an example for the rest of the borough and the city.

Electric scooters may be to blame for a high-rise fire in Brooklyn that sent two people to the hospital. It started just after noon Saturday on the 12th floor of a 13-story building in Crown Heights.

A video of a New York Police Department officer grinding with a dancer has surfaced online. The clip shows the dancer wearing scanty clothing as the crowd cheers her during [...] Click here to view original web page at meaww.com

For Ashley Stoner, nothing compares to picking that perfect grape tomato. “They’re really tiny and the most flavorful,” Stoner said. “They’re like little bites that you can just pop in your mouth.” Stoner’s love of gardening started very young.