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BKLYN Commons will occupy half of the second and third floors — and the full fourth floor — of the Fat Albert building at 774 Broadway.
NYPD detectives think Fred Coleman and Tyrell Rozzell are responsible for accidentally killing Salaya Figueroa in an East New York shooting.
Cops would not release the victim's name or the cause of his death as of Monday morning.
The chaotic six-leg intersection at the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood was notoriously dangerous for pedestrians.
A chunk of land near Transmitter Park will soon have a building at least 11 stories tall, city documents said.
The BID's 7th annual meeting is on Dec. 7, and it's followed by the BID's first ever holiday party.
At a Landmarks Preservation Hearing, he reportedly said that half the preservationists were going to "be dead in 50 years" anyway.
21-year old Moshe Weiner was walking to his car when he was hit. He died in hospital later that afternoon, police said.
It was only during the ambulance ride to Brookdale Hospital that paramedics discovered Figueroa had been shot, according to the FDNY.
Can you take a more cringe-worthy one than you took last year?
The men stole a stash of $36,000 he had buried in a closet to pay his sick wife's medical bills, he said.
Throw in your two cents at a public hearing on Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Lilian Jackacki and her husband, Marcin, made $10 million to $15 million over 5 years at their Greenpoint and Bushwick-area pharmacies.
Salaya Figueroa was shot in the back and died two hours later in the hospital, cops said.
Joseph McCray, 54, forged a judge's signature on a court order saying he owned the valuable house, the Brooklyn DA says.
When Bed-Stuy became mostly black, the city stopped caring for it. Yard signs were a way for neighbors to care for Bed-Stuy themselves.
Silvia Barban co-owns a pasta shop in Fort Greene and works as executive chef at a restaurant in Clinton Hill. Now, she's also a "Top Chef."
Gardeners say the city wants them out by the end of December, clearing the way for new affordable housing developments in the neighborhood.
Joel and Amrom Israel took a guilty plea Tuesday of 5 years' probation, community service and at least $248,000 in tenant compensation: DA.
Apollo Hernandez, 31, was convicted in a Brooklyn Supreme Court for bludgeoning and stabbing his mother, Ruth Maceira, to death in Bushwick.