In Other Brooklyn News

The subway — built to ease travel across the city — lately has made travel hard for people like Pedro Perez, a 48-year-old electrician. Perez commutes from East New York in Brooklyn to Paterson, N.J., early each morning.

Residents in East Flatbush say a local street floods every time it rains heavily, and a tree that lifts the sidewalk is making it dangerous to walk on.

Shamony Makeba Gibson was in her hospital room, recovering after giving birth, when she said something that worried her mother.

Brownsville Democratic District Leader Anthony T. Jones, besides his considerable talent in the political arena, is also an exceptional singer, who recently put out a well-produced track of the legendary Sam Cooke song, Twistin' The Night Away .

Some of the top detectives combating gang violence in Brooklyn , the epicenter of New York City shootings , are working to get guns off the streets. CBS2's Ali Bauman went along with them to find out how.

Five people were shot in three shooting incidents in Brooklyn between Wednesday and Thursday morning that detectives believe might be gang-related.

Brooklyn's longstanding outdoor food market, Smorgasburg, will make a brief appearance at Prospect Park this month.

A 15-year-old has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the early morning Labor Day shooting that injured six people at an unofficial J'Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn.

One of the bathrooms at Fort Greene Park is allegedly so filthy, one resident says she will go home before using it. Residents tell News 12 the bathroom hasn't been upgraded in decades.

For weeks, the only New York City council district without a councilmember has recorded the lowest census response rate in the five boroughs.