In Other Brooklyn News

To his friends, Edward James was the prime example of someone who had thrived after getting a second chance. He had been an alcoholic for years before sobering up and being hired as the caretaker at the Glorious Church of God in Brooklyn. Mr.

The NYPD believes it's hit on a new strategy for tamping down gun violence: Many cops from the recently disbanded Anti-Crime Unit are now in uniform, working closely with other officers to help get weapons off the street.

As he wandered around the east side of Manhattan, voices rattled around S.D.'s head. It was May 2019, and S.D., a 47-year-old man with schizophrenia, whom I'm naming by his initials for privacy, had just been released from a New York prison.

Crown Heights' Community Board 8 forged a first-of-its-kind agreement with a private developer to set aside space for artisans and light manufacturing in a new, mixed-use development.

A suspect wanted for killing a beloved caretaker inside the victim's Brooklyn church was arrested Thursday morning, police said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza toured a Bed-Stuy school Wednesday to take a look at some of the facilities and how the staff is preparing for an eventual return to in-person classes.

On August 14, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the dedication of East River State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to LGBTQ activist Marsha P. Johnson.

In the early days of the pandemic, storied community activists and those newly unemployed, or working from home for the first time, came together to join or form mutual aid networks across the country.

As New York City surpassed 1,000 shootings for the year during a particularly violent summer, anti-gun violence leaders have a simple message: fund what works.

New York City officials say motor vehicle deaths are up, so they're lowering the speed limit.