In Other Brooklyn News

On Monday, Nov.

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.

Building new tunnels under the Hudson River, extending the Second Avenue subway to East Harlem, new elevators in subway stations â€" there are many projects on New York's infrastructure list that need federal funding.

The woman accused of shooting a Brooklyn woman in the back of the head over the summer was picked up by police and arrested nearly 1,000 miles away from the crime scene.

With COVID-19 shots going into the arms of younger children, the debate about masks in schools is heating back up. It was reignited by Mayor-elect Eric Adams over the weekend.

An out-of-control driver ran over a 14-year-old boy walking his dog in Brooklyn, and the star and crew of a TV show filming nearby rushed to the scene to lift the SUV he was trapped underneath.

Add a plague of rats to everything else New York faces in trying to rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic.