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May is bike month in NYC, and cyclists on Friday celebrated by biking to work. Bike ridership has boomed across the city in recent years.
A Crown Heights man was arrested for slashing a straphanger in the face, police said.
A 59-year-old was shot and killed in NYCHA housing in Brooklyn Thursday, according to police.
After Brooklyn parents protested, migrants were moved from a Coney Island school - calling into question the potential use of others.
A 2019 lawsuit claims a director at Brookdale's New Lots Family Center used federal funds for personal expenses, like buying furniture.
A CA bar is taking queer speed dating on the road, hitting four NYC bars on its world tour of "cute, flirty" and "flingy" summer nights.
Bed-Stuy's Tompkins Avenue Open Street is set for another summer of good eats, music and entertainment.
A tight-knit community was turned upside down when a school bus crashed into a salon and juice bar, rendering the building uninhabitable.
The 21-year-old is accused of shooting a stranger on a bus in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, according to police.
Brooklyn parents protested a potential move to put asylum seekers in 6 Brooklyn school gyms, including one in Crown Heights.
Sheff G, a Booklyn-based rapper with an RCA Records deal, is named in a lengthy indictment covering years of gang violence, prosecutors say.
Saturday's Brooklyn Half Marathon will have tens of thousands "partying all the way" to Coney Island.
A 41-year-old was shot in Bed-Stuy Monday and his shooter remained loose a day later, police said.
A thief is still loose weeks after nabbing $50,000 worth of electronics and cash from a Bed-Stuy apartment.
New community board members in Central Brooklyn started their tenure this month as Borough President Reynoso pushes for more representation.
Shadawn Smith will bring her experience from the Met and NYC's Department of City Planning to the Billie Holiday Theatre starting June 1.
Martin Wright, 44, died on Jan. 28, and his body has been missing ever since.
A 14-year-old went missing Saturday morning after leaving a Brooklyn church, according to police.
A 43-year-old man was killed Friday in Crown Heights.
Winfield's is serving up $10 burgers and $3 bagels on Patchen Avenue in Bed-Stuy with a brick-covered outdoor dining area.
