In Other Brooklyn News

Local lawmakers are putting pressure on Mayor Eric Adams to fulfill his campaign promise to make New York City greener by committing more cash to the parks department, something Adams did not follow through with in his preliminary budget.

A man suspected of stalking and shooting homeless people asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington, D.C., was arrested early Tuesday. Police said at least three people were killed and three others wounded in the attacks.

Neighbors in Prospect Heights and beyond will soon get to enjoy New York City's warming weather with some alfresco dining.

The octogenerian suspect in a grisly Brooklyn murder shopped at a 99 cent store with her victim’s dismembered leg tucked away in her electric wheelchair, police said Friday.

Police have identified the driver who was shot dead in an apparent street dispute outside a Brooklyn public housing complex early on Sunday morning.

Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines remains persistently low in pockets of New York City two years into the pandemic, despite being shown to reduce the severity and spread of the virus that has killed nearly 40,000 New Yorkers.

“Hands off the VA,” was a chant heard during a rally to attempt to save the Brooklyn VA Medical Center, 800 Poly Place, on Sunday, March 13, where U.S. Rep.

At least 12 people, including three firefighters, were injured in a five-alarm blaze at a building in Brooklyn Monday morning, fire officials said.

A man was shot dead near a rehab facility in Brooklyn Sunday morning, according to police. Police found 30-year-old Jose Flores with a gunshot wound to his torso within the vicinity of Tapscott Rehab Houses, officials said.

Two men who entered Schnapps Wine and Liquor at 404 Avenue M in Flatbush assaulted the owner before escaping with some stolen merchandise on Sunday afternoon.