In Other Brooklyn News

At a time when cities across the country are talking about shrinking police budgets and reimagining the role of law enforcement, what do people living in a neighborhood with one of New York City's highest homicide rates actually want? Many outsiders

New data on coronavirus antibody tests in New York City shows that Park Slope, like many affluent communities throughout the city, has so far been among the least hard-hit by the virus. Only 13.

The City Planning Commission (CPC) today voted 11-1 to recommend approval of Industry City's rezoning plan for the Sunset Park waterfront, moving the plan for a final vote before the city council at an as yet to be determined date.

New York City public school teachers are ready to strike if they believe the city hasn't done enough to keep the schools safe from COVID-19 when the new academic year starts Sept. 10. "If a court deems that we are breaking the Taylor Law so be it.

Several members of the New York City press corps testified at an NYPD public hearing Tuesday on a proposal put forth by the agency to update its current rules on how and when police officers can strip reporters of their press passes.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn accused self-described "Lottery Lawyer" Jason Kurland on Tuesday of defrauding high-profile lottery winners who hired him to manage their investments out of $107 million.

Dozens of Bushwick tenants are unionizing against their shared landlord — claiming the property owner has targeted Black and brown tenants for eviction, up-charged rent-stabilized apartments, and left the buildings in squalor.

Half of the shootings that have rattled New York City this summer happened in Brooklyn or have a strong link to the borough, the NYPD's top cop said Tuesday.

Forty-nine people were shot over the course of 72 hours in NYC between Thursday and Saturday, compared to eight shooting victims over the same time period last year, according to preliminary NYPD statistics sent to Gothamist Sunday morning.

For over 100 years, the Police Athletic League has been operating PAL Playstreets to provide supervised and fun-filled places for children to play safely.