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…
Apr. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen When veterinarians at Flatbush Vet first examined a new rescue cat this year, he was so thin and scraggly that they assumed he was an “old man.” After some TLC, though, they realized the feline — now named Gordon Baggins — was just a year old. He was…
Mar. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Animal Care Centers of New York is set to open a state-of-the-art new shelter in Brooklyn next fall, and construction has just begun, according to city officials. The $48 million, 23,900-square-foot building is rising on the footprint of the old ACC facility on Linden Boulevard, which was demolished…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Dean Moses A 4-year-old boy has died after being exposed to fentanyl at a Flatbush women’s shelter on Tuesday, police said. According to police sources, officers from the 63rd Precinct responded to a 911 call of a child having a medical emergency at the 4612 Glenwood Road shelter at about…
Mar. 4, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Mayor Eric Adams announced significant expansions to NYC Health + Hospitals’ medical respite bed program Tuesday, which offers patients experiencing homelessness a place to stay for up to 90 days after a major health event. Adams was joined by NYC Health + Hospitals CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz to…
Dec. 31, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper New year, same us — and by “us,” we mean fantastic local coverage you can’t find anywhere else. On the heels of a year full of pizza, portraits, parades, and protests, we’ve compiled a list of 10 big stories you can look for in the pages of our papers…
Sep. 3, 2024 By Adam Daly A temporary art installation resembling an emergency shelter tent is set to pop up in Sunset Park this month to highlight the challenges faced by Temporary Protected Status seekers, its beneficiaries and asylum seekers in the U.S. “A Mobile Home” will serve as both a sculpture and an…
Jul. 31, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A man has been arrested in connection with two possibly gang-related shootings that left three men dead in Clinton Hill this month as the city grapples with a spate of violence at migrant shelters.
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. 23, 2024 By Dean Moses
The NYPD has released new images of the man they now believe gunned down three people in two separate incidents near a Clinton Hill migrant shelter on Sunday night, killing two of the victims and leaving a third critically injured.