In Other Brooklyn News

You can pick up some new tidbits of fascinating borough history without leaving your home with a slate of virtual tours during this last full month of summer.

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte (Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood and Ditmas Park) and Councilmember Farah N.

Brooklynites will soon have another reason to support the neighborhood's restaurants as they rebound from the coronavirus crisis.

The discussion is moving forward on a proposal made in June by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to allow some community board members, along with members of precinct councils, to have a say in the selection of local precinct commanders.

Anything short of a revolution won't satisfy Charles and Inez Barron, the married Brooklynites who hold seats in the State Assembly and City Council, respectively, and the police reforms and city budget passed in the wake of recent widespread Black L

A 53-year-old man playing handball at a Crown Heights park was shot in the head on Sunday during a shootout between two warring groups, authorities said.

On a recent June afternoon, an ambulette crew dropped off 68-year-old Jacquelyne Pierre at her building in Brooklyn's Walt Whitman Houses after she'd finished an exhausting session of dialysis. But there was one problem — or rather, two.

Drivers of for-hire vehicles in the city are being warned about an armed man is targeting them. There have been at least seven robberies, all of them in Brooklyn , CBS2's Dave Carlin reported Sunday. He wears a mask and he has a gun.

Zenzile DaBreo-St. Hilaire, a kindergarten teacher in Brooklyn, has a response to those who attack teachers for being reluctant to return to the classroom amid the pandemic.

As New York slowly reopens, many residents have noticed a disturbing return to normal: The rats are coming back, too.