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Borough President Antonio Reynoso is giving all $45 million of his capital funding this year to improving maternal healthcare in Brooklyn.
Allen Barrington, 37, threatened the girl's family, assaulted her and forced her to work in prostitution in East New York, officials said.
A chapter of The United Order of the Tents, one of the nation's oldest Black women's groups, says its historic headquarters is crumbling.
Organizers of the Prospect Heights' Open Street have revealed performances and events that will be held in August.
Aunisty Elliot was last seen leaving her home on Prospect Place on Wednesday, police said.
The new owners, one of whom once worked as a manager at the restaurant, assured neighbors that "everything is staying exactly the same."
"All across our nation there are places like Bed-Stuy — reservoirs of ambition and aspiration — just waiting to be tapped," the VP said.
Police released more photos of the man who they say stabbed someone onboard a 2 train earlier this week.
The East New York expansion is one of two dozen projects transit officials are looking into.
"New Yorkers deserve a clean business practice in every industry," Mayor Eric Adams said of three companies working at JFK busted this week.
The New Jersey-based "farm to soul" restaurant has brought its fried chicken and cornbread to Eastern Parkway, Gothamist first reported.
The Big Apple Leadership Academy for the Arts will kick off its first ever block party in August. Here's what to know.
Eater food critic Robert Sietsema dubbed this spot as serving up one of his "18 Favorite Pizza Slices" in the city.
Steven Bynum, 40, shot a pregnant woman in the head when he was seeking revenge for a drug dispute in East New York, prosecutors said.
The program, funded by private businesses, will let outreach workers go into private spaces unreachable by city teams, the mayor said.
Keith Wiggins, 31, assaulted or tried to assault three women at gunpoint in a matter of hours in 2017, according to prosecutors.
The stabbing unfolded after an argument near Sterling Street station, according to police.
As the most contagious subvariant yet fuels a COVID-19 spike across the country, here's how Brownsville and East New York are faring.
The Brooklyn-born actor died of natural causes in Indiana.
As the most contagious subvariant yet fuels a COVID-19 spike across the country, here's how Crown and Prospect Heights are faring.
