In Other Brooklyn News

A teenaged gunman who fired a stray bullet that grazed the head of a 5-year-old girl — and then fled to South Carolina — has been hit with attempted murder and other charges, and ordered held on $100,000 bail Friday.

Two separate incidents that targeted Asian Americans have been reported in New York City this week. The incidents, which both occurred on Wednesday, are now under investigation by the city's Hate Crimes Task Force.

Mayor Bill de Blasio declared on Thursday that New York City would fully reopen on July 1, conjuring up a tantalizing vision of a summer in which the nation's largest city would throw open its doors and return to its prepandemic vibrancy.

A former Woodhull Hospital anesthesiologist is under investigation by the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct in connection with the death of Sha-asia Washington , who died during childbirth at the hospital last July at age 26.

The Fort Greene community stood together to denounce gun violence after a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head last Friday, as the teen still fights for his life.

New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has been removed from office after he pleaded guilty to tax fraud last Thursday . Deutsch admitted to claiming personal expenses as business expenses totaling $82,000.

Walking through Bushwick for the first time, I don't feel lost. Modesto Flako Jimenez, a Bushwick-raised actor, playwright, poet and educator, is my guide through the neighborhood as he sees it, text by text.

This year's Lag BaOmer rally in front of 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights will be the largest one yet and will carry a special theme illustrated in a new video production and a special memento for all participants.

New York lost the seat by the narrowest of margins: just 89 residents, the fewest to cost a state a representative in the modern era.

With City Council Member Laurie Cumbo among the three dozen members of the 51-seat Council facing term limits this year, there is a competitive Democratic primary unfolding to replace her in Brooklyn's 35th District, which includes parts or all of Fo