Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

In Other Brooklyn News

Same Old Crisis: In Bushwick, Hunger and Joblessness Hold Steady in a Bad Place

Same Old Crisis: In Bushwick, Hunger and Joblessness Hold Steady in a Bad Place

It is called "to go on a pilgrimage." The expression is well known to Spanish speakers as well as some English speakers who are now using it to describe the way people in search of food go from one food pantry to another.
The Stuy Burgers Soft Opens on Halsey

The Stuy Burgers Soft Opens on Halsey

Bed Stuy will soon have a new place to pick up burgers. Geared to a wide variety of tastes, The Stuy Burgers soft opened on Halloween with beef, turkey, salmon and soy options priced that day at $10 each.
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 834 Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 834 Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

The housing lottery is now open for 834 Pacific Street, a six-story mixed-use development in Prospect Heights , Brooklyn.
Behind the Doors of New York’s Public Housing

Behind the Doors of New York’s Public Housing

I grew up on Manhattan's Lower East Side, one of the most diverse, densely built neighborhoods in the world. Boutique shops now stand side by side with bodegas, and rising rents are changing the face of this once-affordable enclave.
BOE to Begin Counting Absentee Ballots Crucial for Southern BK Races

BOE to Begin Counting Absentee Ballots Crucial for Southern BK Races

The city's Board of Elections will tomorrow begin counting the thousands of absentee ballots cast during last Tuesday's general election — with historically high mail-in votes potentially deciding the outcome of three down-ballot races in south
Long-in-the-Works Bike Lanes Open, Connecting Brooklyn Via 4th Avenue and Flatbush

Long-in-the-Works Bike Lanes Open, Connecting Brooklyn Via 4th Avenue and Flatbush

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush and East Flatbush now have a cycling thoroughfare to East River crossings with a newly completed protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue as well as 4th Avenue.
Cheers Erupt on N.Y.C. Streets After Biden’s Victory Is Declared

Cheers Erupt on N.Y.C. Streets After Biden’s Victory Is Declared

It started with a low rumble that sounded like faraway crowd noise coming from a football stadium. Then came the loud honking of car horns.
Coronavirus Worsens Existing Problems for Low-Income Brooklynites: Study

Coronavirus Worsens Existing Problems for Low-Income Brooklynites: Study

The coronavirus pandemic is having long-range effects on the health of many Brooklyn and New York City residents, well beyond the disease itself.
Electeds, Tracy Morgan Cuts Ribbon on Marcy Houses Community Center

Electeds, Tracy Morgan Cuts Ribbon on Marcy Houses Community Center

After two years, Councilmember Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
Woman Shoved to Pavement by Cop During Spring Anti-Racism Protests Battles Pain as She Seeks Justice

Woman Shoved to Pavement by Cop During Spring Anti-Racism Protests Battles Pain as She Seeks Justice

It was the eight Naproxen she took in one day to relieve her chronic back pain that recently landed 21-year-old Dounya Zayer in the hospital.