Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

In Other Brooklyn News

Wiley’s Gun Violence Prevention Plan Sees All Kids As “Worthy And Deserving”

Wiley’s Gun Violence Prevention Plan Sees All Kids As “Worthy And Deserving”

Mayoral hopeful Maya Wiley (Flatbush) unveiled her gun violence prevention plan yesterday. The announcement comes as citywide shooting incidents have doubled this year, as well as across both North and South Brooklyn.
New York City’s Volunteer Ambulance Crews Struggling When They’re Needed Most

New York City’s Volunteer Ambulance Crews Struggling When They’re Needed Most

On July 12, a 1-year-old boy was fatally shot at a family cookout in Brooklyn. Just three blocks away, an empty ambulance sat outside of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps headquarters. But the EMTs couldn't answer the call.

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 112 Units in East New York, Starting at $331 a Month

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 112 units in a nine-story building under construction at 881 Erskine Street in East New York.

Mobile Coronavirus Testing Available At Bed-Stuy's Marcy Houses

A coronavirus testing van will be at the Marcy Houses until Friday as the city expands testing following the Thanksgiving holiday. The mobile test site, set up at the Marcy Houses driveway loop, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Law Requiring Installation of Fire Sprinklers Could Cause Foreclosures: Bed-Stuy Locals

Law Requiring Installation of Fire Sprinklers Could Cause Foreclosures: Bed-Stuy Locals

Bedford-Stuyvesant residents are fighting a City Council bill that requires homeowners to install fire sprinklers in buildings that are four or more stories tall — arguing that the cost of installing the sprinklers would raise rents and hurt la
A Winter Bazaar Comes to Brooklyn

A Winter Bazaar Comes to Brooklyn

In this trepidatious holiday season, the idea of spending hours in a mall or at a department store is simply unfathomable.
Video: Khari Edwards Throws Hat in the Ring for Borough President

Video: Khari Edwards Throws Hat in the Ring for Borough President

Brooklyn native Khari Edwards last week officially announced he is running for Brooklyn Borough President.
Brooklyn’s Dynamic Duo Is Ready to Roll

Brooklyn’s Dynamic Duo Is Ready to Roll

The green light Brooklynites have been waiting for isn't on Boerum Place or Bay Parkway or Bedford Avenue. Instead, it's right in the heart of Sunset Park at the Brooklyn Nets' HSS Training Center.
City Council Members Demand Probe Into Animal Care Center After Post Exposé

City Council Members Demand Probe Into Animal Care Center After Post Exposé

Members of the City Council's Committee on Health said evidence of neglect at the Brooklyn Animal Care Center that was revealed by The Post is deeply disturbing and demands an immediate investigation .
NYC Sees Big Bicycling Boom in Year of COVID, According to DOT Data

NYC Sees Big Bicycling Boom in Year of COVID, According to DOT Data

New Yorkers ditched the subway for good old-fashioned pedal power this summer, cycling a near-record number of times across the East River bridges as the COVID-19 pandemic scared people away from crowded mass transit.