In Other Brooklyn News

A man was shot in Brownsville on Tuesday afternoon, according to police. The 30-year-old man was shot in the leg just after 3 p.m. after an argument on Newport Street near Thatford Avenue, according to police.

Mayor Eric Adams and Comptroller Brad Lander are facing calls from progressive advocates to cut off Wells Fargo’s ability to hold municipal deposits following allegations of racial discrimination.

A woman who was sexually assaulted at the Prospect Park subway station last week narrowly escaped when a passerby happened to interrupt the attack, according to police. The 23-year-old woman was walking down the stairs to the Q train just after 7 a.

Adams facing backlash over new vaccine exemptions Former municipal workers who were fired over the city’s vaccine mandate are speaking out after Mayor Eric Adams announced new vaccine exceptions for professional athletes and performers.

A group of six men allegedly ganged up on a 15-year-old boy on a Brooklyn street corner, and robbed him after pulling out a knife, police said. The teen was approached by the men just after 7:30 p.m. on Feb.

A Brooklyn elementary school’s five-year journey to shed a name tied to slavery culminated on Monday with the unveiling of a sign officially renaming P.S. 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School. It replaced a sign featuring the name of Teunis G.

As officials work to keep crime levels from escalating, victims and families all across the city are living with the daily impact of gun violence, long after their stories fade from the headlines.

When state officials first described the rollout of New York’s recreational marijuana industry last year, Shake, a weed dealer in Brooklyn of nearly 20 years, wanted to get in on it.

Natasha Logan got the good news in September 2020. After more than a decade on the NYCHA waiting list, she was found eligible for an apartment.

Greg Baxtrom already runs two of the most popular restaurants in his neighborhood of Prospect Heights: the farm-to-table stunner Olmsted, and Maison Yaki, a French restaurant operating under the guise of a rowdy Japanese yakitori.