Carroll Gardens Activist Looks To Take Lander's City Council Seat

Briget Rein, a longtime education activist and Flatbush teacher, has put her hat in the ring for Brad Lander's city council spot.

Columbia Waterfront Gets Its First 'Tastes Of Brooklyn' Event

Take a stroll through the waterfront neighborhood next weekend and taste offerings from a dozen of its best restaurants.

Horrifying Video Shows Chicken Carcass Pile On Brooklyn Street

"I thought it was fall leaves...and OH NO," said a Twitter user who stumbled across the unexplained "chicken massacre" on Bond Street.

Boerum Hill's Fawkner Suddenly Closes On Smith Street

The gastropub seems to have suddenly closed, making it the latest Smith Street spot to shut its doors the last few years.

This Neighborhood Has The Most Street Trees In NYC, Study Shows

The neighborhood's 5,783 trees per square mile landed it at the top of a list of the leafiest spots in NYC, most of which were in Brooklyn.

Cobble Hill Home Prices Nearly Doubled In 4 Years, Data Shows

The neighborhood jumped from the 12th to the fourth most expensive in NYC and dethroned Carroll Gardens as Brooklyn's priciest.

New Carroll Gardens Eatery Features Rare Type Of Italian Food

Owners from a new restaurant on Court Street say it is the only in New York City to focus on food from the La Marche region of Italy.

Restaurant Pair 'The Franks' To Open Carroll Gardens Slice Shop

Owners of Frankies 457 Spuntino and Franks Wine Bar will open a third spot on Court Street as a pizzeria, they told the New York Times.

This Brooklyn District Is The Least Rent Burdened In NYC: Study

A health profile for the Park Slope, Carroll Gardens district found it has the lowest percent of tenants burdened by their rent prices.

Body Found Floating Off Brooklyn Coast Is 4th This Month: NYPD

A 21-year-old man was found dead in the water off of Pier 9 in the Columbia Waterfront District.

Cobble Hill Eatery Is An 'Essential NYC Restaurant' This Summer

James Beard finalist La Vara made it onto a list of 38 essential city spots to try out this summer, according to Eater.

How This Cobble Hill Kids Chorus Worked With Beyonce

The Brooklyn Youth Chorus was featured in the New York Times for its work with everyone from Beyonce, to Pharrell, to Bon Iver.

This Is Now Brooklyn's Most Expensive Neighborhood: Study

Prices in this area jumped nearly 200 percent in a year, landing it first in BK and seventh citywide in a new report.

Cobble Hill Is A Top Neighborhood For Summer Fun, Study Shows

Outdoor eating spots and plenty of Citi Bikes put Cobble Hill/Brooklyn Heights in the top five best NYC neighborhoods for "summertime fun."

Bronx Motorcyclist Dies In BQE Crash In Cobble Hill, Cops Say

Ramon Aguilar Jr. was thrown from his motorcycle near Atlantic Avenue. He is the second motorcyclist to die on the highway in a week.

New Library-Like Comic Store Opens In Carroll Gardens: Report

The new shop on Court Street offers a lending option to help get kids away from screens and into comic books.

Cobble Hill 4th Graders Tell De Blasio 'Please Help' The Homeless

A fourth grade class at P.S. 29 gathered more than 300 signatures and wrote personal letters to the mayor asking for more affordable housing

78-Year-Old Goes Missing In Boerum Hill: Cops

Marceline Mitchell was last seen at her home on Wednesday, police said.

Former Cop Worth $400M After Brooklyn Real Estate Investments

The former detective bought up properties in Red Hook and Cobble Hill before Brooklyn became a real estate hotspot, Bloomberg reports.

Carroll Gardens Coffee Shop Closed For Flies, Health Violations

Henry's Local, a cafe on Henry Street, was closed by health inspectors earlier this week.

New Cobble Hill Kids Fitness Center To Open Next Month

The fitness chain said the new location is one of many that it plans to open in the borough, adding to its first outpost in Park Slope.

Carroll Gardens Has One Of Brooklyn's Lowest Poverty Rankings

Carroll Gardens, Park Slope and Red Hook had the lowest percentage of residents living in poverty in the borough, a city report shows.

Carroll Gardens School Rezoning Up For Discussion This Week

The public can weigh in on rezoning P.S. 32 to help with overcrowding at District 15's elementary schools in three upcoming meetings.

Inspectors Close Kitchen At Cobble Hill For Mice, Contamination

The "healthy comfort food" eatery was given nearly double the violation points that require the health department shut it down, records show

Brooklyn's 1-Bedroom Rents Rising Fastest In Boerum Hill: Study

Prices are still cheaper than some waterfront spots, but have gone up faster than any other neighborhood so far this year.

Car-Free Weekend Walks Return To Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

The Department of Transportation has released its list of summer weekend walks, or car-free days throughout the boroughs on city streets.

Carroll Gardens Brewery To Make Beer Using Bagels

Folksbier will brew new flavors of beer using bagels from the NYC chain Black Seed, which recently opened its first Brooklyn location.

Meeting To Discuss Rezoning Carroll Gardens Elementary School

Officials will talk Thursday about rezoning P.S. 32 to help overcrowding in District 15, where 22 of 26 elementary schools are overutilized.

Carroll Gardens Is Now One Of 10 Most Expensive NYC Neighborhoods

The Columbia Street Waterfront passed Dumbo as BK's most expensive neighborhood and Carroll Gardens landed in the top 10 for the first time.

Boerum Hill School Evacuated As FDNY Investigates Odor

Khalil Gibran International Academy was evacuated after reports of an odor inside around 1 p.m., FDNY officials said.

Knife-Wielding Carroll Gardens Thief Targets Food Deliverymen

Police are looking for a man who orders takeout from local restaurants and then steals hundreds from their deliverymen at knifepoint.

WATCH: Straphanger Says His Dog Is A Bag To Get On Brooklyn Train

"What is a bag?" was the argument this man used trying to convince a conductor to let him on the train with a large dog wrapped in fabric.

Controversial Summit Street Building Application Withdrawn

Developers will no longer try to rezone a section of Summit Street to build a seven-story apartment building.

Boerum, Cobble Hill Restaurants Only James Beard Finalists In BK

These restaurateurs and bakers from Clinton and Smith St. are the only two in the borough to make the finals for the prestigious award.

SEE: Carroll Gardens Yoga Studio Thief Waves To Camera Mid-Heist

The man walked in and out of the studio five times to take eight chairs, a blender, a grill and a box of toilet paper, police said.

SEE: Cops Watch Barricaded Gunman By Flying Drone To Window

Police used a drone for the first time to help negotiate with a man who had barricaded himself into an apartment with an imitation pistol.

Cops Shut Cobble Hill Streets As Armed Person Locks Self In Apt

There isn't an active shooter in a Court Street apartment building, police said, but a person with a gun had locked themselves inside.

Carrol Gardens Street To Be Named For Late P.S. 58 Principal

An upcoming tribute will remember former Carroll School principal Giselle McGee and name a section of Carroll Street in her honor.

Cobble Hill Student Will Be One Of LEGOLAND's Kid Reporters

"I was born to be many things, and one of them is a LEGOLAND New York Kid Reporter," 10-year-old Red Hook resident Daniel Davidson said.

Carroll Gardens' Precinct Among Lowest For Cop Misconduct: Data

The Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus and Cobble Hill precinct had the least lawsuits filed against its officers in Brooklyn, data shows.