In Other Brooklyn News

The U.S. Department of Transportation will send $17 million to New York City to nudge forward a pair of transit projects in low-income neighborhoods, federal officials announced Tuesday.

A new homeless shelter is slated to open in Downtown Brooklyn early next year, bringing 160 beds for single adult men to the facility at 1 Hoyt St.

The City Planning Commission on Monday voted unanimously in favor of a text amendment that clears the way for outdoor dining to become a permanent part of the city’s life, although the measure must still be approved by the City Council and finally Ma

After 64 years in the East New York Industrial Business Zone (IBZ), Brooklyn’s last union lighting shop is packing up and moving to Long Island.

A group of people allegedly attacked a man in New York City in what police say was an antisemitic incident on Thursday. The 25-year-old victim was walking on Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights around 8 p.m. on Nov.

Police released surveillance images and video Thursday of a suspect wanted for fatally stabbing a 46-year-old Brooklyn man just steps from his home more than a year ago.

After casting his ballot in the early morning on Election Day, Ray Huang made more than a dozen trips to poll sites in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.

When she took the stage at a recent reception for the Brooklyn Democratic Party, Gov. Kathy Hochul could not ignore the evidence gathered before her. “Anyone on the stage not from Brooklyn?” Ms.

Police said they shot and killed a 65-year-old man on the Belt Parkway on Thursday after he approached officers with a gun. The NYPD said an officer just after 4 p.m.

Love them or hate them, outdoor dining patios are continuing to spark controversy  among New Yorkers.