In Other Brooklyn News

The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra begins a yearlong celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday with a concert featuring his "Leonore" Overture, which was written to open his opera Fidelio.

If you are a New Yorker and sort your recycling at home, as city law mandates, you probably wonder, as you rinse bottles and stack junk mail and scrub yogurt containers: Does all this effort make a difference? Click here to view original web page at

A man entered a bodega on 9702 Church Ave., went up to an employee and demanded money with a gun in hand. Surveillance video shows the suspect fired a shot at the victim and apparently hit him above the right eyebrow. ...

Less than a week after Bushwick Councilman Rafael Espinal resigned , an insurgent progressive has emerged as a contender to fill the vacated legislative post.

Bed-Stuy is one of several black and brown communities advocates and public officials fear face disproportionate exposure to a dangerous weed killer.

In mid-December, the staff of the Brooklyn Eagle gathered for an office holiday party. Some staffers said they had not been paid for at least two weeks—another worker was still missing a paycheck dating back to mid-November.

More people entered housing shelters in Bed-Stuy than almost every other neighborhood in the city, according to data released in a new plan to combat homelessness.

Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Photo by Susan De Vries As the city quietly raises townhouse taxes across Brooklyn, a mayoral commission today released a report proposing to raise raise property taxes even more for all types of residences.

Cops need the public's help in finding a thief who grabbed a phone out of a Brooklyn commuter's hands, then assaulted him after the victim tried to get the device back. Police said the trouble began at 11:15 a.m. on Jan.

Adem Bunkeddeko came within 2,000 votes of unseating longtime Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke two years ago, on the same day Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ousted powerful Rep. Joe Crowley in Queens and The Bronx.