In Other Brooklyn News

On Tuesday, several states — including New York and Kentucky — held hotly contested, headline-making primary elections.

Major election snafus shortchanged democracy in New York City on Tuesday when poll workers failed to distribute the proper ballots — preventing some voters from taking part in both the Democratic presidential primary and local races.

The Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission and the Prospect Heights Public Library will co-sponsor the educational program "Restoring in the Face of Climate Change" at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25.

A lottery has opened for 13 income-restricted apartments at a new rental located on the border of Crown Heights and Brownsville in Brooklyn.

An Army veteran who just celebrated his 100th birthday won a fight to stay in his Brooklyn home on Tuesday. James Been served in World War II as a radio operator and celebrated his milestone birthday on June 19.

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps is in need of financial support in order to stay afloat.

New York City officially entered Phase Two of the COVID-19 reopening plan on Monday, and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced that day that the City's court system will do the same on Wednesday.

Reports of confusion and disorder at poll sites across the borough have cast a muddled shadow over the June 23 primary elections, just as Brooklynites attempt to vote in one of the city's most unusual elections in modern history.

A World War II veteran who overcame harsh segregation and just celebrated his 100th birthday is fighting a new battle — against eviction from his Bedford-Stuyvesant home.

Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, neighborhood chatter swirled about a quarantine party set for the Marcus Garvey Village Apartments in Brownsville — and about a massive mobilization planned by the 73rd Precinct in response.