In Other Brooklyn News

A daredevil driver pulled a Grand Theft Auto move to escape cops in Brooklyn by driving his car over the hood and bumper of an NYPD vehicle.

Clifford Jones spent three decades in prison for rape and murder, crimes he knew he did not commit. So even as his yearslong effort to clear his name advanced through New York’s courts, he feared the criminal justice system would fail him again.

Shortly after a vast real estate firm purchased their Brooklyn building, Ahn Thu Nguyen and Cassie Newsom learned they were losing their homes.

Two lawyers who tossed a Molotov cocktail into an empty NYPD vehicle in Brooklyn during last year’s George Floyd protests â€" and then called for more fiery acts of violence in a string of text messages â€" have taken a plea deal.

Police are asking the public's help to find six people who stole a taxi after attacking its driver near the Bed-Stuy border earlier this month.

The contest to become New York City's next mayor effectively ended early this summer, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic primary .

Sidewalk and curbside dining has become popular during the pandemic. It has been a lifeline for the industry. As the city creates a permanent program, current structures are being looked at by the city.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to move ahead with a proposal to lease out a Brooklyn waterfront property to a developer, despite local opposition against turning the garage into a mixed-use tower.

A Brooklyn mom opted to remember her son’s happy life rather than his brutal death on the wrong end of a gun. “He was a compassionate dude, everyone loved him,” the devastated mother of shooting victim Tevin Samuel recalled Tuesday.

Rodents, insects, mold, lead, crumbling ceilings and other conditions at a MacDonough Street building have grown so dire that even a longtime tenants' attorney couldn't believe her eyes, according to a new lawsuit.