In Other Brooklyn News

The Big East on Wednesday joined the growing list of conferences not playing sports in the fall. Affected sports include men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, volleyball and field hockey.

Graffiti is returning to New York City, and Mayor Bill De Blasio (D) refuses to fund the clean-up. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, graffiti covered the city, and street crime was rampant.

Brooklyn's Democratic representatives are expressing excitement over California Senator Kamala Harris' historic vice-presidential nomination, which makes her both the first Black and first Indian-American woman to be picked for the position.

A vigil was held Tuesday for a grandfather struck and killed by a stray bullet while playing handball in Brooklyn. Dozens of family and friends lit candles and left heartfelt messages at Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights .

Since the beginning of the year, rates of reported car thefts in New York City have climbed by 60 percent—the biggest increase of any of the seven major felonies tracked by the NYPD, according to their weekly numbers.

You can pick up some new tidbits of fascinating borough history without leaving your home with a slate of virtual tours during this last full month of summer.

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte (Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood and Ditmas Park) and Councilmember Farah N.

Brooklynites will soon have another reason to support the neighborhood's restaurants as they rebound from the coronavirus crisis.

The discussion is moving forward on a proposal made in June by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to allow some community board members, along with members of precinct councils, to have a say in the selection of local precinct commanders.

Anything short of a revolution won't satisfy Charles and Inez Barron, the married Brooklynites who hold seats in the State Assembly and City Council, respectively, and the police reforms and city budget passed in the wake of recent widespread Black L