In Other Brooklyn News

A trio of progressive groups are rolling out an early endorsement Friday for Samy Nemir Olivares, an upstart candidate hoping to unseat Brooklyn Assemblyman Erik Dilan.

Kenesha Traynham-Cooper was born and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She graduated with her Bachelor of Psychology from Medgar Evers College and received her Master of Public Administration from Metropolitan College of New York 2010.

The City Council announced a deal Wednesday with the Mayor’s Office to reshape Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood â€" bringing thousands of affordable apartments and hundreds of millions of dollars for public housing repairs and other crucial infras

Over a hundred of families now have an affordable place to live in Brownsville thanks to the city and private developers; it’s a beacon of hope in the middle of a housing crisis.

The head of a now-defunct panel that was tasked with coming up with ways to repair the beleaguered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is now bruiting the idea of tearing down the Robert Moses-era highway â€" although the construction-trades honcho would rebu

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A Brooklyn mother was “ecstatic” Tuesday after learning federal marshals finally busted the fugitive family friend wanted for three months in the cold-blooded caught-on-video street slaying of her daughter.

Lace up, Brooklyn. The year's outdoor ice skating season has officially kicked off in Prospect Park, opening the LeFrak Center rink for 90-minute sessions each day of the week, the Prospect Park Alliance announced Tuesday.

A Flatlands man has been accused of murder, attempted murder, assault and other charges stemming from the shooting death of one man and the injuring of another during a backyard barbeque in East Flatbush last May.

With plenty of cheesecake on hand and Mr. Monopoly there to lend a bit of ceremony, the Brooklyn edition of the classic game Monopoly officially debuted today.