In Other Brooklyn News

The Brooklyn Children's Museum finally opened its doors to youngsters on weekends starting Saturday, October 24 after remaining closed since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

A team USA para powerlifter from Brooklyn has started a non-profit to help disabled individuals obtain adaptive equipment like wheelchairs, canes and walkers.

There were protests Tuesday night in Brooklyn over the death of Walter Wallace Jr. in Philadelphia. Wallace, a Black man, was killed by police officers on Monday. Cell phone video shows Wallace walking towards police.

Violence in the borough has increased compared to last year. A one-year-old was murdered at a cookout in July. A 20-year-old tourist was killed by a stray bullet over the weekend. Residents have had enough.

The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP), which manages three contiguous Business Improvement Districts (BID) in Downtown Brooklyn, announced earlier this month it is giving 18 arts organizations that are developing new work, and perfecting ongoing pi

Over 100 people lined up outside the Salvation Army Brooklyn Brownsville Corps Community Center on a recent Friday as workers handed out plastic bags filled with fresh produce.

Following a weekend full of hours-long lines for early voting, Mayor de Blasio on Monday called on the city Board of Elections to use more ballot machines and expand hours, saying the city can pitch in funds for the effort.

New York, whose diversified economy had fueled unparalleled job growth in recent years, is now facing a bigger challenge in recovering from the pandemic than almost any other major city in the country.

New Yorkers' belongings stowed away in hundreds of self-storage units are slated to be auctioned off in the coming weeks, with struggling customers left unprotected, even during the pandemic.

Jonquella Wheeler is stressed and worried about her son, Kaemel. They live at NYCHA's Van Dyke houses in Brownsville, where, when Kaemel was two, doctors found alarmingly high levels of lead in his system.