Mar. 14, 2024 By Adam Daly
Cops arrested an alleged burglar after an eagle-eyed neighbor saw the man fleeing a Fort Greene apartment building.
Eagle-eyed neighbor aids in arrest of alleged Fort Greene burglar: NYPD
Tag: fort-greene
Fort Greene church beside controversial condo tower site to be sold for $15M
Mar. 6, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church, on the corner of Fort Greene’s St. Felix Street and Hanson Place, is in contract to be sold to developer Watermark Capital Group for $15 million, court records show.
Hotel horror: Cops seek gun-wielding robbers who hit up Fort Greene hotel
Jan. 31, 2024 By Adam Daly
Cops are looking for the two men they say robbed a woman at gunpoint inside a Fort Greene hotel on Jan. 26.
Ben & Scary! Knife-wielding crook nabs $150 worth of ice cream from Brooklyn bodega
Jan. 24, 2024 By Adam Daly
Police are still searching for the knife-wielding assailant who stole close to $150 worth of ice cream from a Fort Greene bodega on Jan. 9.
Affordable housing lottery opens for Fort Greene apartments, with monthly rents starting at $910
Jan. 3, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has launched for 87 apartments in a new development on Fort Greene’s South Portland Avenue. The site formerly belonged to an orphanage and is now among a row of church-owned properties.
88th Precinct: Tool thieves at large
Dec. 29, 2023 By Adam Daly
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
At scene of deadly crash, parents and advocates urge city to restore funds for school crossing guards
Dec. 22, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil
A cardboard cutout crossing guard stood guard at a busy Brooklyn intersection Thursday — the very same one where 7-year-old Kamari Hughes was fatally struck by the driver of an NYPD tow truck nearly two months ago.
‘We need accountability and affordability’: 20 years later, coalition denounces lack of results on Atlantic Yards ahead of rights auction
Dec. 19, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Twenty years later, it’s about to be someone else’s problem.
88th Precinct: Kids mugged at playground
Dec. 19, 2023 By Adam Daly
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Owner of Fort Greene’s Margot to take over Happy Days Diner space on Montague Street
Dec. 11, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The Brooklyn Heights space that housed Happy Days Diner for decades looks set to get a new lease on life, with the owner behind Fort Greene’s Margot applying for a liquor license for the venue.