Jun. 3, 2025 By Robert Pearl About 1,500 demonstrators marched through southern Brooklyn on Sunday to protest a trio of issues: the city’s proposed “City of Yes” zoning changes, the placement of homeless shelters in residential neighborhoods, and the siting of lithium-ion battery storage facilities near homes and schools. The demonstration, dubbed the “Battle…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime was down in Brooklyn in May, according to the latest NYPD data, as city officials celebrated a citywide drop in murders and shootings in the first five months of the year. Across the borough, major felonies — defined by the NYPD as murder, rape, robbery, felony…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil & Arthur de Gaeta On a recent evening in Bed-Stuy, the sleek interior of the JPMorgan Chase Community Center Branch was abuzz. Guests filtered in from Fulton Street, greeted with music, refreshments and a warm welcome from Tayumika Zurita, the woman who’s spent the last six months…
Jun. 2, 2025 By Adam Daly A Brooklyn woman claims she was left with “permanent injuries” after being trampled during a chaotic stampede sparked by false reports of gunfire at a 2022 boxing match at Barclays Center, according to a recently filed lawsuit against the arena and several affiliated companies. The incident unfolded around…
Jun. 2, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The primary elections are nearly here — early voting starts June 14, and Election Day is June 24 — and voters are preparing to head to the polls. Though the mayoral and council primaries are the “biggest” races on the ballot, Brooklynites will also be voting on new…
Jun. 2, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Music lovers, rejoice. With warmer weather settling in, one of the borough’s most beloved summer traditions, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, is just around the corner. BRIC has announced the lineup for New York City’s longest-running free, summer-long outdoor concert and performance series, which has entertained generations of New Yorkers…
Jun. 2, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn’s most endearing flying spectacle returned to Dumbo on May 31, as thousands of tiny toy elephants parachuted from rooftops along Washington Street during the annual Dumbo Drop. Hundreds of spectators filled the iconic cobblestone block between Front and Water streets, in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge,…
May. 30, 2025 By Emily Davenport The NYPD is looking for a suspect who assaulted a bus driver with a wrench in Red Hook earlier this month. According to police, at 8:04 a.m. on May 13, a 71-year-old male MTA employee was operating a B61 bus near the vicinity of Lorraine Street and Hicks…
May. 30, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Rideshare drivers, delivery workers, labor activists and local Democrats rallied May 28 in Kensington with City Council Member Shahana Hanif, who accused Uber of interfering in the June 24 Democratic primary. Campaign filings released May 28 show Uber has spent more than $129,000 on mail and digital ads…
May. 29, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A Sunset Park man will spend 25 years in prison for fatally stabbing his former partner in 2019. Sheng Mao Chen, 48, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in May, nearly six years after the killing of 46-year-old Xiu Rong Zheng in Sunset Park. He was sentenced to prison…