Jul. 26, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
After finding itself with an excess of compost, the city will open a compost distribution site in Greenpoint next month, where urban gardeners can pick up sone “black gold” for free.
Jul. 24, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Community members in Clinton Hill and neighboring Fort Greene are seeing red after back-to-back shootings near a crowded migrant shelter on Sunday night.
Jul. 18, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller
Mayor Eric Adams and some other city elected officials are not rushing to condemn City Council Member Susan Zhuang (D-Brooklyn) following her Wednesday arrest for allegedly biting a high-ranking NYPD officer.
Jul. 13, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A $160 million cash infusion will allow the city to demolish and completely reconstruct the decades-old Brownsville Recreation Center.
Jul. 8, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Seven-day service is coming back to the Brooklyn Public Library after Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council agreed to restore millions of dollars of funding for the city’s library systems.
Jul. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A beat-up asphalt softball field in Red Hook has been given new life as a state-of-the-art skate park.
Jun. 28, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
The 18-year-old suspected of fatally shooting 15-year-old Faridun Mavlonov in Bensonhurst last July was arrested on Thursday, according to the NYPD.
Jun. 20, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Bedford Stuyvesant celebrated Juneteenth with a street co-naming ceremony on the corner of Greene and Marcy avenues for Max Roach, one of the most influential jazz drummers and composers of all time.
May. 31, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller & Brooklyn Paper staff
With summer right around the corner, Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday new preparations that aim to keep New Yorkers safe from and informed about intense heat, poor air quality and other extreme weather that may befall the city this season.
May. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A pickup truck driver struck and killed a cyclist on a controversial stretch of Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park on Wednesday morning.