In Other Brooklyn News

As a Brooklyn, New York native and nurse, Phara Souffrant Forrest, who was recently elected to represent the 57th district in the New York State Assembly, knows the needs of her community.

New York has 20 of the 100 priciest ZIP codes in the nation, but for the first time the city doesn't have a single one in the Top 10.

Brooklyn bookseller Kalima DeSuze wants to be clear — she's not anti-Amazon as much as she's pro-keeping independent retailers alive amid a nasty pandemic that's shut down much of the world's economy.

A heartbroken Brooklyn couple alleges a city-run hospital wrongfully cremated and then lost the remains of their stillborn son — and now they're suing for $10 million. Tiffany Griffith, 38, was at her Bed-Stuy home on Nov.

Residents are making another attempt at landmarking historic Bushwick Avenue.

Organizations combating the hunger crisis are running out of cash amid unprecedented need, and need help from supporters to stay open, according to the head of the country's largest Jewish charity.

The fourth annual 'Kings Cares Thanksgiving Luncheon ' is back. The beloved tradition will look different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but traditional Thanksgiving meals will still be hot, just as they were in the years before.

In 1995, I was a 25-year-old Brooklyn father of a one-and-a-half-year-old son. I had recently joined The Times and had become the paper's youngest newsroom department head since a man named Lester Markel was named Sunday editor in 1923.

David N. Dinkins served a single four-year term as New York City's first and only Black mayor. His tenure has been judged harshly at times, but it was also filled with accomplishments. Mr.

Ever since the first round of city-wide COVID lockdowns in March, small businesses have shouldered a heavy financial burden.