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Shooter in Brooklyn blasts man inside car, leaves him critically injured: cops

Shooter in Brooklyn blasts man inside car, leaves him critically injured: cops

Officers from the 73 Precinct investigate a shooting that left a 24 year old man in critical condition after being shot in the chest while sitting in a car at Junius Street and Liberty Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
Brownsville, East NY Only Get 1 Block Of City's Open Streets, So Far

Brownsville, East NY Only Get 1 Block Of City's Open Streets, So Far

The Open Street will close traffic on Watkins Street throughout the summer. A new Open Street run by the Brownsville Community Justice Center will close traffic on Watkins Street throughout the summer. (Google Maps.
Federal, state funding heads to Brooklyn anti-gun violence programs

Federal, state funding heads to Brooklyn anti-gun violence programs

Gov. Kathy Hochul, who announced more than $6.3 million in federal funding for anti-gun violence organizations. AP Photo/John Minchillo Gov. Kathy Hochul this week announced more than $6.
Package Thief Who Terrorized Crown Heights Building Caught and Arrested

Package Thief Who Terrorized Crown Heights Building Caught and Arrested

by CrownHeights.info A female package thief who had been terrorizing a Crown Heights building was caught and arrested Thursday thanks to a thorough super and angry residents.
Inside Fermented Grapes, A Unique Wine Shop In Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights

Inside Fermented Grapes, A Unique Wine Shop In Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights

Kilolo Strobert at Fermented Grapes.
New York’s top court tosses map that favored Democrats

New York’s top court tosses map that favored Democrats

New York’s highest state court tossed an effort to salvage the state’s Democrat-drawn congressional map Wednesday, the latest in a series of state court decisions against partisan gerrymandering.
He Made Yiddish Go Viral

He Made Yiddish Go Viral

Frankie Light in Manhattan’s Chinatown in March. He became a YouTube polyglot without leaving New York City.Credit...
Eric Adams Says He Didn’t Commit to Releasing Taxes Because Reporter Annoyed Him

Eric Adams Says He Didn’t Commit to Releasing Taxes Because Reporter Annoyed Him

The mayor just wants the press corps to ask nicely.
Who Cares About the Small Businesses of East Brooklyn?

Who Cares About the Small Businesses of East Brooklyn?

“Why do people of color always have to be displaced before they’re finally like, ‘You know what? Time to improve,'" said Camille Newman, director of the Brooklyn Women's Business Center in East New York.
At Liberation Diploma Plus High School for Transferred Teens, the Counselors are the REAL 'Ride-or-Dies'

At Liberation Diploma Plus High School for Transferred Teens, the Counselors are the REAL 'Ride-or-Dies'

Two local high school counselors speak out about why having counselors in NYC's public schools is so important