In Other Brooklyn News

The race for East New York 42nd District of the New York City Council is heating up, with term-limited Councilmember Inez Barron barred from seeking reelection.

With less than three months before Primary Day in New York City, most of the Democratic candidates for mayor appear to be quickly tiring of two things: mayoral forums on Zoom, and Andrew Yang's presumptive role as front-runner.

For most Americans, the third stimulus payment, like the first two, arrived as if by magic, landing unprompted in the bank or in the mail. Imagine not having a bank account or a mailing address. Or a phone. Or identification.

Candles were strewn across a Bronx street on Sunday in a neighborhood's act of love for a young man gunned down in front of police officers in a wild daylight shooting.

A 23-year-old man was fatally struck by a Jeep in Downtown Brooklyn early Thursday, officials said. The victim was crossing Flatbush Ave. Extension near Gold St. when a 2017 Jeep slammed into him in the middle lane about 6:30 a.m., cops said.

As more students return to school, vaccine hubs located in Department of Education facilities will be relocated or consolidated, and others will operate on a modified schedule in the coming weeks.

Welcome back to Openings and Closings. This week we welcome back a spot we thought was gone for good, as well as a crowd-funded Crown Heights newbie, several coffee shops, and a new pub. No goodbyes, thankfully.

Ivan Torres has been smoking weed in New York City for more than four decades.

President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan injects new hope into the MTA's long-stalled plan to extend the Second Ave. subway into East Harlem and would help dislodge a backlog of other big-budget transportation projects in New York.

Paulette Hilton has been going to the same health clinic on Eastern Parkway in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, since 1998.