In Other Brooklyn News

After more than a decade of wrangling that likely precipitated the downfall of at least one powerful Brooklyn politician, the city is finally moving ahead with building low-income housing in five buildings across three city-owned [...

A secret society founded to help enslaved people escape the antebellum south is shedding a century's worth of secrecy in hopes of saving its home in Bedford Stuyvesant, the group president told Patch. Click here to view original web page at patch.com

City lawyers want an NYPD sergeant’s nickname barred from testimony in an upcoming Brooklyn Federal Court trial accusing five cops of wrongful arrest. Sgt.

Don't live on the "right" side of Union or Fifth Street? According to a new ranking released of schools across the country, you might be better off.

A man was shot in the foot near Bed-Stuy's Marcy Houses Monday night, police say. The shooter squeezed off a shot from a black Jeep near [...] Click here to view original web page at patch.com

A number of young, recently-arrived families seeking asylum are living in a north Brooklyn hotel with few resources and not much support.

A 48-year-old Brooklyn man has been arrested for allegedly driving without a valid license in the crash that killed a 46-year-old woman who fell into the street after trying to get into her boyfriend's vehicle over the weekend, authorities say.

Spring of 2020 was not a good time for most people in New York City: The streets were deserted, sirens dominated the soundscape, and refrigerated trailer trucks could be seen parked outside of hospitals to store the casualties of the coronavirus.

Police are on the hunt for a man who has been going around Brooklyn groping women. “He’s just a pervert. I think it’s nasty,” said Anita Kalliecheren, a Brooklyn resident and a father.

A clash between two men inside a Brooklyn deli on Saturday afternoon spilled into the street and ended with one of the men stabbed to death, police said. The victim, 22, was repeatedly stabbed in the torso just before 2:40 p.m.