NYC DOT will repurpose Adams Street and Boerum Place into a 10‑ft, jersey‑barrier, two‑way protected bike lane to link Downtown Brooklyn to the Brooklyn Bridge; the north segment is slated for this fall.

Sailor & Siren is moving from pop‑up to permanent storefront at 817 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. The team promises full‑lobster rolls and whoopie‑pie desserts while permits are secured.

A Brooklyn gambler hit the Super Grand Bonus at Hard Rock Atlantic City, pocketing $342,334 after a $50 wager on a $5 slot. Tax withholding and record‑keeping apply.

Weekend G train closures cut Greenpoint foot traffic by roughly 40%, owners say. Cafes and bakeries reported far fewer customers and vanished weekend lines.

A finished 127‑unit affordable complex at 1601 DeKalb and two nearby four‑story infill projects on Hart and Stockholm are changing a short Bushwick corridor.

A Northwell dean says a prominent vaccine researcher repeatedly pursued her and that his report led to her exit. She has sued in Brooklyn federal court seeking unspecified damages.

A 26-year-old man was grazed in the head near Kingsborough Houses and is in stable condition; detectives are probing whether the shooting is linked to an early-morning Ocean Hill homicide.

State park police will increase patrols at Robert Moses State Park after a Friday brawl at Field 5 that drew about 100 teens and left at least one person injured.

NYC will fly helicopters over marshes in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island next week to apply larvicide aimed at reducing mosquito breeding and West Nile risk.

An early‑morning shooting outside 17 Somers Street left a man dead; police say no arrests have been made and detectives are canvassing the block.

Pervaiz Shallwani’s Chaat Dog is opening a permanent stall at Time Out Market New York in DUMBO, bringing chaat‑topped hot dogs, a butter chicken smash and more to the food hall.

A widening drought now covers much of the tri‑state, with reservoirs, streams and lawns showing stress and officials urging conservation.

Six people were arraigned in Brooklyn after prosecutors said they used fake PPP and EIDL applications and forged records to siphon nearly $11 million in pandemic relief funds.