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The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Bed-Stuy

Overall, crime is down in Bed-Stuy, and in Brooklyn as a whole.

Jul 30, 2021 11:17 AM Read more >

City Planners Push Back On Change To Towers By BK Botanic Gardens

A last-minute attempt from developers to offer a shorter version of controversial apartment towers planned for Franklin Avenue came in too little too late for city planners slated to vote on the plans, according to officials.

Jul 30, 2021 8:13 AM Read more >

Celebrate Brooklyn This Weekend and All Summer Long With BRIC Festival

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival is back and putting on a show for Brooklynites eager to enjoy live music this summer

Jul 29, 2021 1:04 PM Read more >

BK Residents and Employers Split Over Vaccine Mandates for City and State Employees

Mayor de Blasio announced a new vaccine mandate for all city employees, and Gov. Cuomo followed with the same requirements for state workers. But not all Brooklynites are on board.

Jul 29, 2021 9:31 AM Read more >

New Yorks $2.7 Billion Rent Relief Program Cuts First Checks, Amid Scrutiny

New York's stalled rent relief program has started sending checks to a handful of landlords whose tenants have missed rent payments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Gov.

Jul 29, 2021 8:14 AM Read more >

Shady Towers: 34-Story Crown Heights Build Bad for the Neighborhood, Deadly for the Garden, Locals Say

Opponents of the towers say the development will cause plants to die in the Botanical Garden, and will welcome more high-rises to Crown Heights.

Jul 29, 2021 12:11 AM Read more >

New $75M Supportive, Affordable Housing Complex Opens in Brownsville

The complex will include 125 new apartments for those needing onsite support services

Jul 28, 2021 12:47 PM Read more >

Students Faced Unequal Distribution of Remote Devices Due to DOE Mismanagement: Audit

Comptroller Scott Stringer has released the results of an audit showing Department of Educations handling of remote learning devices led to waste and wanting

Jul 28, 2021 12:04 PM Read more >

Its Not Over: New Yorkers React to New CDC Guidance on Masking Up Indoors

Although she's fully vaccinated, Leah Thode says her mask is not coming off.

Jul 28, 2021 8:13 AM Read more >

Brooklyn DA Dismisses More than 3,500 Marijuana Cases

The move has come after marijuana was legalized by the State in March

Jul 27, 2021 1:10 PM Read more >