In Other Brooklyn News

The Brooklyn man accused in three anti-Asian hate crimes is mentally ill and off his medication, his siblings told the Daily News Thursday. "He's not racist. He's out there.

A 9-year-old girl returning home on her birthday Monday night opened her door to a horrifying scene: her mother and two sisters had been shot and killed, the police said.

Each morning at 8 a.m., about a dozen volunteers in orange safety vests drag barricades to close off a 26-block stretch of 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights. Soon, residents trickle onto the mile of road.

A stay-at-home mother of three daughters Wednesday called it "insane" that her young child who just turned 5 last week was grazed by stray bullet in broad daylight in front of their Brooklyn home.

East Flatbush and its surrounding neighborhoods have less park area than any other district in the city, with only 1 percent of the area's 2,000 acres dedicated to recreational green space, according to a recent report .

This summer, you won't need to step foot in a library to hear from poets, writers and great thinkers—all you need to do is find a "whispering library" outside.

The number of vaccinations sites that will not require an appointment for some New Yorkers is increasing from three to 25. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the increase of walk-in vaccine sites for New Yorkers 75 and older on Tuesday.

Over nearly two decades as a police officer and narcotics detective, Joseph E. Franco made thousands of arrests, many for the possession and sale of drugs. Mr.

Two years ago, Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, which is dedicated to preserving the remnants of a thriving village established by Black New Yorkers in the years after the state abolished slavery in 1827, was at risk of disappearing.

Three women were found fatally shot inside a Brownsville, Brooklyn, apartment building by a suspect who was later found dead on the street.