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The Prospect Park Alliance is bringing back its volunteer-driven initiative aimed at maintaining Brooklyn's favorite backyard.

Ikorine Fairclough said she's experiencing everything from no hot water, to rat infestation, to mold that she says has put her asthmatic son in the hospital multiple times.

Life of Hope , a Brooklyn based organization supporting immigrants, inaugurated Haitian flag celebrations with a parade through Flatbush, NYC, under the motto: “Ayiti Nou la Toujou.

(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) The New York Road Runners half marathon on Saturday will cause some street closures around Grand Army Plaza in the morning. The race will start near the Brooklyn Museum around 7 a.m. and will finish at Coney Island.

New York Police Department officer patch. Credit: BrandonKleinPhoto/Shutterstock. (May 10, 2022 / JNS) The New York City Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating a violent anti-Semitic attack on a rabbi in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Two men were shot in broad daylight on Throop Avenue on Monday, according to police. (Courtesy of Tim Lee) BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Two men were shot on a Bed-Stuy street corner in broad daylight on Monday, according to police.

The report also notes that New York City produced overall just 23 new units per every 1,000 residents over the last decade.

The group is raising funds to hire a landscaping company to help them beautify their area, as well as provide stipends for local youth who want to get involved.

The project includes 100 percent affordable housing, a business accelerator for local entrepreneurs and a revitalized Flatbush Central Caribbean Marketplace

Actor Dayo Olatokun first had a vision that he needed to teach when he was working as a "struggling artist" in LA, and sleeping in his car. Now he has a successful extracurricular arts program for NYC schools.