In Other Brooklyn News

A Brooklyn man was indicted Monday for allegedly smuggling hundreds of ancient Egyptian artifacts through JFK International Airport earlier this year. The United States Attorney's Office says Ashraf Omar Eldarir arrived at the airport on Jan.

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 29 units in a nine-story mixed-use building at 1921 Cortelyou Road in Flatbush. It's in an area known as Beverly Square East, not far from Ditmas Park and Kings Theatre.

Churches in New York state can now worship in greater numbers under a new federal ruling with relaxing restrictions. However, a Fort Greene pastor says his in-person services won't reconvene just yet.

NYC restaurant owners are expressing frustration over seemingly last-minute outdoor dining rule changes enacted by the city that are costing them thousands of dollars to make the adjustments, the New York Times reports .

Images from social media show peaceful crowds gathering for the "Confronting July 4th" march in Brooklyn , which honored Black and Indigenous activists. Demonstrators started at Fort Greene Park and made their way to Prospect Park.

When he first put on the Toucan, Thomas Finney felt transformed.

A handful of Brooklynites are renewing calls to rename Barclays Center after Jackie Robinson, the famed Brooklyn Dodger who broke racial barriers in professional baseball, saying that the time is ripe to properly honor the Brooklyn trailblazer.

Looking for a way to cool off? Starting today New Yorkers will be allowed to swim at New York City beaches when lifeguards are on duty.

More than 1,000 protesters took to the streets of Brooklyn on Wednesday as part of an international "Day of Rage" in opposition to Israel's occupation and annexation of Palestine.

New apartments on Bedford and Jefferson avenues have hit the affordable housing lottery, but only for those making at least $77,000 or $67,000 a year.