In Other Brooklyn News

Detectives are looking for the suspect behind a recent burglary pattern across three Brooklyn neighborhoods.

New York State will be banning the use of single use plastic bags as of March 1 — much to the chagrin of some shoppers and business owners. But one Brooklyn artist says we should "just face it," and adapt.

A now-vacant lot in Bed-Stuy could sprout 12 new, affordable housing units with deeds in the hands of whoever lives there. And similar abandoned city-owned spots across Brooklyn and the city can do the same.

Evictions dropped by nearly 20% last year in neighborhoods where low-income tenants received free, city-funded legal services, a new analysis found.

Pop Smoke, née Bashar Barakah Jackson, was born in 1999 and killed five months shy of his 21st birthday.

Ann Rathkopf came full circle in 2018, when she and her husband, Giona Maiarelli, moved into their home on Amity Street, in the achingly pretty Brooklyn neighborhood of Cobble Hill.

Detectives are looking for three shoplifters who beat up a dollar store employee in Brooklyn in order to steal, of all things, batteries and an oversized teddy bear. Law enforcement sources said the theft happened at 3 p.m. on Feb.

A 19-year-old Flatbush man died after police found him stabbed in a Church Avenue barbershop, police said. Mamadou Bah was pronounced dead Tuesday evening after he arrived at Kings County Hospital Center, authorities said.

A smooth-talking, sharp-dressed con artist scammed two Brooklyn women out of thousands of dollars, police said. He talked one woman into giving him $3,300 with a tale about church donations, authorities said.

Few places in New York City cater to the needs children with disabilities may have while ice skating — but on Friday the rink at Prospect Park will be one of them.