In Other Brooklyn News

Even with the highly-contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 making up 98% of all new virus cases citywide, the rate of transmission is plunging thanks to the ongoing vaccination effort, according to the latest New York City Health Department data.

At Sylvia’s Restaurant , a 59-year-old Harlem mainstay that rode out the shocks and shutdowns of the pandemic’s first year, the city’s return to full-capacity indoor dining this spring and summer has simply brought a new set of challenges.

Police in Brooklyn are searching for a woman who was caught on camera lighting a Jewish school on fire. It happened on Thursday at 7:27 p.m. at the Yeshiva of Flatbush on Avenue J.

In September, the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept the Eastern seaboard, dropping historic rainfall and causing flash floods in New York City neighborhoods.

Yet another argument in Brooklyn ended in bloodshed Thursday when a twenty-something man was gunned down following a street feud, police reported.

Residents in Brownsville have had enough of the rise of drug use taking place in their neighborhood. And they are using their voices to try to get things to change.

As part of New York City’s plan to help students catch up after more than a year of interrupted learning during the pandemic , students have begun taking a battery of tests.

Residents of a violence-plagued Brooklyn neighborhood were shaken but hardly surprised Wednesday after a woman was gunned down during a street fight one night earlier.

Ayat, a Palestinian restaurant in Bay Bridge, Brooklyn â€" considered to be one of the city’s top new restaurants â€" took to Instagram this week to share allegations that it had been getting unfairly harassed online.

The vegan Brooklyn borough president visited the new farm on Eastern Parkway on Oct. 12 to see just how much they’ve grown in less than a month on the formerly vacant lot.