In Other Brooklyn News

Even before COVID-19, Montague Street, the central shopping district in Brooklyn Heights, suffered from a high rate of commercial vacancies and turnover.

The ascendant Democratic Socialists of America is looking to make inroads in the City Council as two-thirds of the chamber's members exit next year because of term limits.

Of the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who left the city in the early months of the pandemic, there are a few that Lori Levine van Arsdale won't miss. "One I told directly, if we never meet again, it would be all right," Ms.

The COVID testing process in the city has technically never been more accessible — there are hundreds of free city testing sites across the five boroughs, along with urgent-care facilities.

Nikol Burgos Sevilla works as a server in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights neighborhood. She says that, since going back to work, she makes approximately two-thirds what she did before the pandemic.

East Harlem mom Rosa Diaz was elated to learn that her 4-year-old son would be able to go to school in person five days a week. For months, he has been attending in-person classes at P.S.

An affordable housing lottery has opened for a whopping 125 newly constructed units in a 12-story building at 405 Dumont Avenue in Brownsville. The building, known as Van Dyke III, is part of the Van Dyke Houses campus.

Seniors living in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights might be eligible for upcoming services through a "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" set up by their council member. Those 60 years and older who live in Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.

Seniors living in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights might be eligible for upcoming services through a "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" set up by their council member. Those 60 years and older who live in Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.

It has been an extraordinary year for the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund (BCBF).