In Other Brooklyn News

Almost a year after he was first infected with COVID-19 while working on the frontlines at Brookdale Hospital, internal medicine doctor Sabarartham Shangmugananthan still struggles to walk more than a few feet before his oxygen levels go down.

A 4-year-old girl found wandering alone on a Bronx street after midnight over the weekend was abandoned by her mother, cops said Tuesday. Sadeekah Abdul Salaam left her little girl alone near Prospect Ave. and East 156th St.

The 960 Franklin Avenue development proposal only made it past the first step of the city's uniform land use review process (ULURP) before it tried to change course.

When Councilmember Robert Cornegy's term expires at the end of this year, his successor will take over one of the most dynamic council districts in Brooklyn.

Schools that saw steep enrollment declines won't have to forfeit as much of their budgets as originally feared, education department officials told principals on Monday.

Days after Bklyner reported on news of a planned Target store on Church Avenue, some community members are already pushing back.

Appointments at Medgar Evers College's massive new COVID-19 vaccination site are now open to all eligible Brooklyn residents, rather than just those in select ZIP codes.

Three longtime neighbors in Bushwick, Brooklyn contacted What a Shame to complain about New York City's Sidewalk Repair Program "We've been in this community for over 50 years and never seen anything like this," Dalton Bolden said.

Zandra John is a 28-year-old union tile setter from Flatbush, Brooklyn. But her mother always wanted her to become a teacher.

New York's coronavirus-related hospitalizations dropped to their lowest level since Dec. 12 as the state expanded eligibility at its two largest mass vaccination sites in Brooklyn and Queens on Saturday.