In Other Brooklyn News

The delay of the hotly contested tax lien sale to November 3 is not enough for an advocacy group in East New York that has started circulating a petition to abolish it all together.

Mass confusion persisted late Wednesday over which city schools would have to close because they are within coronavirus cluster zones designed by state health officials.

Half his face is covered by a mask. And yet, Spike Lee still gets recognized on a walk in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he has no tolerance for violence after a man was beaten during protests in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn overnight.

Kings Theatre, a cultural and economic cornerstone of the Flatbush community, will serve as an official polling site during the upcoming general election.

Residents of a particularly well-manicured block of E. 25th Street in East Flatbush are hopeful the city's landmarking honchos will designate their stretch of Neo-Renaissance style row houses as a historical district.

Farragut Road near Utica Avenue has become a dumping ground for garbage. Now, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling for people to document the culprit(s) and make their streets cleaner. "You know, this is our community.

Click here to view original web page at www.jta.org Orthodox residents of Borough Park burned masks and blocked city buses Tuesday night to protest Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement that he would impose new restrictions on areas with upticks in COVID.

Some teens get an after-school job. Paris McKenzie got an after-school career. The precocious 16-year old opened her own store, Paris Beauty Supplyz , on Church Avenue in Flatbush last month. She even has an employee who is six years older than her.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams yesterday called for a series of neighborhood corridor cleanups and strengthening security around known illegal dumping sites to counter cuts to the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) budget, resulting in reduced st