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The Lightscape exhibit sold out quickly in its first year in 2021. Here's how to snag one of the first tickets this week.
Civil rights leader Norman Siegel said he will "keep pushing" Adams to end encampment sweeps as he sets up new teams to help the homeless.
The two girls were last seen Saturday in their home in the Howard Houses, according to police.
The 35-year-old woman fell from her car and into the road, where she was hit by another car, police said.
Taliby Kaba, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to shooting a 23-year-old man after an argument with his sister's boyfriend and friends.
The Department of Transportation has proposed adding bike lanes to more than a dozen roads in Flatbush and East Flatbush.
The 37-year-old was found around 2:30 a.m. near Grand Army Plaza, according to police.
The assembly and city council member was a leader of Central Brooklyn's Black empowerment movement and mentor to current political big wigs.
The shooting unfolded Sunday night near Livonia and Rockaway avenues, according to police.
Bishop Marvin D. Williams, Sr., who died in 2020, will have a street corner named after him near the church he founded back in the 1970s.
The district attorney says three men convicted as teenagers in the 1995 fire — which killed a token clerk — were coerced by cops to confess.
Skipped stops, rerouted trains, street closures: here's how to make your weekend excursions less of a travel nightmare.
The attempted robbery is one of many targeting the expensive dog breed, which can fetch $30,000 or more, according to reports.
"My brother would be proud and smiling to see all the people who have fought to make sure he is remembered," Pierre's brother said.
"This project isn’t a field of dreams — it’s a field of schemes," Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon said of the promised arena-subway connector.
The art walk will include more than 20 Black and minority artists from the Bed-Stuy area, organizers said.
"You are the people I need to help turn this around," the governor told a group of volunteers set to get more funding in her budget.
Arwen Delgado was last seen Wednesday in Tillary Park, according to police.
The bullet came through the Troy Avenue apartment window and hit the woman in her hand, according to police.
The victim has been identified as 29-year-old Dextroy Dublin, who lived in Crown Heights, police said.
