In Other Brooklyn News

After years of negotiations, a new community center is finally coming to East Flatbush â€" and it will bear the name of one of Brooklyn’s proudest civic leaders, former Brooklyn Congressmember Shirley Chisholm.

A Brooklyn man accused of shooting a rival in the jaw in January could face murder charges now that the victim has died after traveling to California â€" because the wounded man, left unable to speak, identified his killer in a note to cops, authorit

Newly retired from the NYPD, Katrina Brownlee can now walk the streets of Crown Heights with confidence. She’s been waiting to exhale for decades. “I was like, ‘I got to let this out,’” Brownlee says. “It was like holding gas for 20 years.

A man is under arrest in connection to the deadly shooting of a mother of four in Brooklyn over the summer. Oliver Case, 29, is facing multiple charges, including murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Thanksgiving is next week, and with more than one million New Yorkers relying on food pantries, communities are trying to help families in need.

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.