In Other Brooklyn News

After nearly a year of the pandemic decimating New York City's restaurant industry, forcing thousands of businesses to close permanently and costing tens of thousands of people their jobs, this month brought a glimmer of optimism.

Last year saw a record number of bias attacks against Asians in New York City, police statistics show — accounting for 10% of all hate crime incidents investigated by the NYPD in 2020.

As New York's working-class neighborhoods shrink, so does the space for keeping pigeons. On a cold, rainy evening in December, a terrified pigeon crash-landed onto a table in the outdoor seating area of a retro-themed bar in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn.

A new vaccination site opens Wednesday at Teachers Preparatory High School in Brownsville, Brooklyn. It is for residents of the immediate neighborhood, and here's why.

A woman riding a Brooklyn subway train became the victim of shocking sex abuse when a stranger ejaculated onto her jacket, cops said Tuesday. The 31-year-old straphanger was on a No. 2 train when she was approached by the sicko just after 4:30 p.m.

New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Amazon of "repeatedly and persistently" failing to provide adequate protection to its warehouse workers in the state, suing the e-commerce giant Tuesday.

From rags to riches. After several months without any of the candidates for Brooklyn Borough President receiving any public matching funds, the top four candidates of 12 running to succeed term-limited Borough President Eric Adams today, Feb.

The total number of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in New York City is now well over 670,000 ; that's more than one of every thirteen New Yorkers citywide. At least 160,000 of those cases were identified in Brooklyn.

After being forced to return to the drawing board late last year, a proposal to construct four modern-looking townhouses in a vacant lot in Bedford-Stuyvesant was approved with modifications by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Feb. 9.

The man accused in a deadly stabbing spree on the A train is in custody. A vigil will be held Monday afternoon at the 207th Street station in Inwood to remember the victims.