May. 19, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Another double shooting rocked Brooklyn on Sunday night as two people, including a teenager, were shot in a Cypress Hills park. The outburst of gun violence was the borough’s third shooting involving two victims during the weekend. Officers from the 75th Precinct rushed to Highland…
Jan. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly The New York Foundling celebrated a significant funding boost on Friday after State Senator Julia Salazar secured $500,000 to renovate a Cypress Hills group home for individuals with developmental disabilities. The half-million-dollar grant will enable extensive upgrades to the row house, including modernized safety and security systems, a…
Oct. 9, 2024 By Jada Camille Every October, supportive communities across the U.S. honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Brooklyn residents are no different. Local leaders and city officials joined with the Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services on Oct. 3 to tie pink ribbons—the official color of Breast Cancer Awareness Month —…
Mar. 18, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
March 15 was National Egg Cream Day, and to mark the occasion, the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum in Cypress Hills hosted its first-ever National Egg Cream Invitational — a competition featuring the best in soda fountains from New York City to Philadelphia.
Jan. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The NYPD is searching for a violent thief who attacked a 24-year-old man in Cypress Hills last week.
Jan. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
Two people were rescued from a Cypress Hills house fire on Dec. 31.
Dec. 22, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A Brooklyn landlord has been charged after he allegedly set fire to a Cypress Hill rental property he owned with a family of eight tenants inside the building, including six children, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday.
Oct. 9, 2023 Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly
The FDNY is investigating the cause of an all-hands fire that broke out on the roof of a Cypress Hills home on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Jul. 31, 2023 By Adam Daly
Cops are looking for a trio who are said to be behind a series of scooter robberies that took place over the course of the last month in Cypress Hills.
Jul. 19, 2023 By Adam Daly
A man was shot in the chest at a Cypress Hills intersection on Wednesday afternoon, police reported.