Watermark Capital is converting 175 Pearl Street in DUMBO into a 19‑story building with nearly 200 homes and roughly 25% affordable units. Exterior recladding and interior gutting are underway.

Investigations show NYC has paid about $99.3M in rent and utilities for 28 unused preschool sites while families face long waitlists for neighborhood seats.

A small sign at a McDonald Avenue ShopRite warns customers their faces, eyes and voices may be scanned. Shoppers say the notice is hard to miss and want to know what happens to the data.

Staff at Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe found a "Pee on Hamas" sticker on a side door and say security footage shows a man placing it; police are reviewing footage. The owner says the shop carries no political signage and felt targeted.

A Staten Island man says his father built the Brooklyn reputation behind Polly‑O and is seeking roughly $1.5 billion in a federal lawsuit over unpaid 'goodwill.'

Mamdani said the city will expand Empire Bins into six more districts over the next 18 months as part of a push to containerize residential trash citywide by 2031.

A Brooklyn man was arrested Apr. 19 in connection with a Jan. 18 assault on a northbound L train at Lorimer Street that police investigated as an anti‑LGBTQ hate crime.

A rear wall at an abandoned Fort Greene building collapsed on April 17, scattering debris and displacing ten neighbors as DOB inspectors and the Red Cross responded.

FDNY posted an alert Saturday about emergency activity at Myrtle Ave and Adelphi St, warning of road closures, traffic delays and transit disruptions.

Tenants at a Linden Boulevard building say collapsed ceilings, leaks and rats made apartments unlivable while a newly listed Pink Holding company won’t answer. HPD says it’s stepping in.

Cool Saturday with a marine chill; high tides could cause minor flooding late Saturday night. Showers and gusty winds arrive Sunday.

Three-time All-Star Satou Sabally signed a multiyear deal with the New York Liberty and said she took a pay cut to chase a championship in Brooklyn.

Bystander video shows two April 3 police chases in Brooklyn that ended in gun arrests in Williamsburg and Bed‑Stuy. Parents were alarmed when one stop happened near a school.