Rev. Anthony Trufant was one of several Brooklynites honored at the Bed-Stuy ceremony, the first for trailblazers of color in the industry.
Academy Restaurant, a staple classic diner on Lafayette Ave., will close its doors at the end of the week, Patch has learned.
A man ran off with another man's $7,000 gold chain near the Atlantic Avenue/Barclays Center station.
The Parks Department gave the first look at a $10.25 million project to upgrade a large section of Commodore Barry Park.
Summer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard means whiskey tastings, hot dog eating contests, biking tours, yoga classes and more. Here's what to know.
82 percent of the administrative workers voted yes to forming a union during a vote last week, employees said.
A tenant organizer, a kung fu instructor and four other "community heroes" will have their portraits on display starting this July.
A man was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after he was shot in the chest on Carlton Avenue.
The city was forced by two court rulings to release the architect's 162-page report after it initially redacted one third of the documents.
Check out the best Whitman-inspired facial hair that graced the stage at Fort Greene Park over the weekend.
District 13, which includes Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn, was one of five to get a city diversity grant
Biggie's mother, kids and rap crew joined elected officials and fans to unveil the St. James Block now known as Christopher Wallace Way.
A stretch of Grand Ave. will see some changes this month, including pedestrian safety improvements, street seats and a new traffic light.
Cost and gentrification topped City Council members' concerns at the first hearing on the 11-mile light rail connecting Brooklyn and Queens.
Revel will add 1,000 more mopeds to its 68-moped fleet by this weekend, connecting riders from Sunset Park to Astoria to the ride service.
Administrative workers at BAM filed to unionize in April and will soon have an election to formalize the union.
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A years-long effort to name St. James Place after the Notorious B.I.G. will end with a ceremony June 10, organizers announced this week.
Applications for more than 100 apartments at the new Ingersoll Senior Residences, the city's first LGBT senior housing, will launch May 29.
The coop's board will allow a live-in handymen to stay, but pay rent, after a months-long battle by residents to stop his eviction.
Accessible drinking fountains, an affordable "smart cane" and a pen made out of biosolids were among the projects in Pratt's design show.
The Navy Yard's new ferry stop on the Astoria Route officially opened on Monday.
Dozens of the park stewards gathered for the surprise proclamation in Ft Greene Park, where the first ranger station was set up 40 years ago
A large co-op's months-long struggle to stop the eviction of a live-in handyman and his family will come to a head at a meeting Thursday
The two New Yorkers, who met while serving in Afghanistan, tied the knot as the Q train crossed the Manhattan Bridge on Saturday.
Free bagels for bicyclists, yoga classes for seniors and historical walking tours are all reasons to get outside in the neighborhood.
A woman snapped a photo of a man who exposed his private parts to her on the subway platform, police said.
The Kings Country Tennis League, a Brooklyn nonprofit, opened its sixth tennis site for kids in Fort Greene public housing this Saturday.
The Material Girl is being reborn as Madame X.
Three business owners of a production company houses at the navy yard are among those honored by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The city lost an appeal to keep a portion of a report on Fort Greene Park secret as the Parks Department pursues a major renovation there.
The Navy Yard has started leasing out manufacturing and office space in the building that will house the city's first Wegmans.
Residents fighting the parks department's plan to cut down trees in Fort Greene Park have scheduled two events in the park this week.
A storytelling lab will set up shop in different spots this weekend as part of a project to create an audio history of the neighborhood.
Bathrooms for an elementary school and a teen/young adult space at Walt Whitman Library will be funded by participatory budgeting this year.
Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun will visit the Brooklyn Music School next week to teach a master class.
Police are looking for a 40-year-old suspect who they say shot a man in the leg on Monument Walk.
The popular grocery store chain won't just be a shopping destination, but will also feature a bar and restaurant that seats 100.
The 29-story hotel developers are offering visas to foreigners who invest $1 million in their Rockwell Place building, according to reports.
Activists hope Whitman's 200th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots will be the final push to protect the poet's home.