In Other Brooklyn News

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

On a spring afternoon in 2015, three NYPD officers were on patrol in Bedford-Stuyvesant, when they noticed a red Chevy Impala with dark tinted windows.

On a clear blue-skied morning this past Saturday, Scott Stringer was basking in a love fest at City Hall Park.

A standout student at a charter high school in Brooklyn says it's time for state lawmakers to listen to pupils and parents — and pass a law to allow more charter schools to open. "It's unfair to limit opportunities to other students.

A 77-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn on Saturday night, police said. The woman was crossing Campus Rd. northbound at the intersection of Nostrand Ave.

Thousands gathered outside the Barclays Center on Saturday for a memorial for legendary rapper DMX . The 50-year-old Yonkers native, born Earl Simmons, died April 9 after suffering cardiac arrest .

As a mother who lost her son to police violence, Lorna Wright-Bovell understands the pain George Floyd's family felt and the small measure of justice they received last week with the conviction of the Minneapolis cop who killed him.

Democratic primary mayoral candidate Dianne Morales wants to create a new city agency that will be the first responder agency for calls for people suffering from mental illness, homelessness or substance abuse.

A teenage boy was critically injured when he was shot in the head late Thursday night in Brooklyn, according to the NYPD. Police said the shooting happened around 10:45 p.m.

A nine-story residential building is joining the fray on a quickly developing stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Clinton Hill. With an address of 540 Waverly Avenue, the building stretches along Atlantic from Waverly to Clinton Avenue.