In Other Brooklyn News

Brooklyn's skateboarders have a new spot where they can grind, ollie, and catch some air without being chased off by the Man.

A 5-year-old boy was hit by a BMW in a Brooklyn street Wednesday morning, officials said. The little boy was struck on the corner of New York and Snyder avenues just after 7:30 a.m., according to police and the FDNY.

The average Brooklynite need not apply for six "affordable" apartments recently listed by the New York City housing lottery. Units within 486 and 488 Lefferts Ave.

New York City will install 100 new security cameras in neighborhoods in Brooklyn with large haredi Orthodox Jewish populations. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the new security measure on Friday. ...

There's no dearth of popular wine bars in Williamsburg — like the Four Horseman and D.O.C. Wine bar — but one with a shiny disco ball in a dance room in the back, as well as no food or drink menus might be a first.

Kyrie Irving claimed he had missed basketball so much after returning from a two-month injury lay-off to power the Brooklyn Nets to success over the Atlanta Hawks with a near-perfect capturing efficiency. ...

The head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party plans to step down from his post this week, sources tell the Daily News. ... Click here to view original web page at www.nydailynews.

Oniel Gilbourne was arrested in September after beating a 64-year-old Hasidic rabbi with a paving stone in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn state Senator Velmanette Montgomery sought to pass the torch Saturday to one of her colleagues in government while announcing that she would not run for re-election this year. ... Click here to view original web page at www.amny.

Developers' rush to build ritzy condominiums over the last few years caused a well-documented oversupply in the city.