Jul. 13, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
In East New York, where more than one-third of residents pay 50% or more of their income in rent and the poverty rate is nearly 30%, some residents and community activists were disappointed when Albany failed to pass what they called “meaningful housing reform laws” in the most recent legislative session.
Jul. 13, 2023 By Jada Camille & Lloyd Mitchell
Police officers are investigating after they found one man dead and two others injured in a Bensonhurst apartment complex on July 12.
Jul. 13, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer & Lloyd Mitchell
Cops arrested an alleged assailant after several hours of searching on Wednesday.
Jul. 12, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Mayor Eric Adams appears to have ordered the city’s Department of Transportation to reverse course on a planned redesign of McGuinness Boulevard after powerful locals and influential members of the administration voiced their opposition.
Jul. 12, 2023 By Adam Daly
Cops are looking for three individuals allegedly responsible for a brutal attack in Sunset Park last month.
Jul. 12, 2023 By Jada Camille
NYC Ferry, the city’s lead agency for waterfront transit, announced faster evening service along its southern Brooklyn “Faster Connections” route from Wall Street/Pier 11 to Bay Ridge starting on July 17.
Jul. 12, 2023 By Jada Camille
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has shared all the public comments he received at a pair of March public forums regarding the proposed Coney Island casino.
Jul. 12, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
Parts of Dumbo’s Brooklyn Bridge Park are about to get some much-needed beautification, thanks to a group of artists whose work will be featured on several barricade covers soon to be installed throughout the park.
Jul. 11, 2023 By Jada Camille
Ditmas Park residents are up in arms regarding an artistic bench that was installed after some locals raised concerns that the bench could attract unhoused people or pose a safety risk to children.
Jul. 11, 2023 By Anna-Bradley Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for studio and one and two-bedroom apartments in a forthcoming mixed-income development on Vanderbilt Avenue a few blocks northeast of Fort Greene Park. One block south of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the property runs along Park Avenue, home to the elevated Brooklyn-Queens Expressway….
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