An inspection at the Atlantic Ave detention center found it "boiling hot," without enough fans and no cold showers.
After failing to take a stance in their first meeting on the plans, the CB voted again, this time with a long list of reasons for saying no.
Speakers were split at a borough president hearing between those urging a no vote and those urging a yes, with conditions, to the jail plan.
Eric Adams is next in line to comment on the 40-story Atlantic Avenue jail, which is part of the city's controversial plan to close Rikers.
Foster youth and advocates are asking the city to put $50 million in its budget to support kids in the foster system with one-on-one coaches
A heated meeting ended with Community Board 2 rejecting a committee recommendation, but not taking their own position on the 40-story jail.
A birthday party for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg doubled as a rally to have Brooklyn Borough Hall renamed in her honor.
MTA first set up shop in the neighborhood after superstorm Sandy.
Poll workers were never trained to fix paper jams in ballot scanners, said Eric Adams.
NYPD officers seeking disability benefits have to jump through hoops to prove they were at Ground Zero, the Brooklyn borough president says.
Officials called on funding a plan to upgrade the subways after the roof of the Borough Hall station collapsed last week.
The proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar is set to miss its deadline to start public review for the project, Crain's reported.
About 117,000 voter registrations will be restored after an investigation found the BOE removed them improperly, Brooklyn prosecutors said.
Olympic skater Bridie Farrell is relaunching her campaign to change New York's child sex abuse law.
Radix Media, a small Brooklyn printing press, has been trying for more than a month to get City Councilman Vincent Gentile to pay his bill.
Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez was elected to take over the role.
President Trump's controversial plan to repeal DACA deportation protections has been challenged in Brooklyn Federal Court.
The Brooklyn and Manhattan representative announced his decision to resign from office in an email Wednesday morning.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez issued a joint statement on Thursday.
City Councilman Stephen Levin said he would think about expanding the Atlantic Avenue jail to help offset closure of Rikers.
Sen. Warren reportedly responded to the news she could be an action figure, "That's cool."
Eric Gonzalez's announcement came three days after Attorney General Jeff Sessions urged sanctuary cities to report their illegal immigrants.
Vincent Gentile, a Brooklyn Councilman being sued by a former aide for $10 million, will run to become Brooklyn's district attorney.
Here's how to donate prom dresses, shoes, jewelry and other accessories to students in need this year now until April.
85 Jay St. is Donald Trump's advisor's latest purchase in the neighborhood from the Jehovah's Witnesses.
"We are facing a real challenge and in a lot of ways a real threat," said Council Member Stephen Levin.
"If hate is carried out in his name and he says nothing, it becomes his hate," New York Sen. Daniel Squadron said Sunday.
The park, named after the founding member of the Beastie Boys, is the latest place in NYC to be targeted with hateful graffiti.
After changing the venue 3 times, event organizers still found the stadium at maximum capacity — with a spillover of hundreds.
Predictably, Republican challengers were no match for Democratic incumbents in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO.
If you're interested in becoming a delegate for participatory budgeting in Brooklyn, there are two upcoming mandatory training sessions.
Participatory Budgeting gives DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights residents a chance to pitch and fund community projects.
New safety infrastructure on Gold Street is meant to slow speeding traffic and protect pedestrians.
The park's pop-up pool is currently scheduled to close for good on Labor Day.
It won't be easy, city officials said, but the historically bad roadway will eventually see major improvements from Atlantic to Sands.
Massive strips of fabric covered in messages of support for the city's victims were stretched around the building.
Cheyenne Wright, 29, has been charged by police with murder and reckless endangerment for the Farragut Houses shooting.
"Displacement is not the goal" of the Brooklyn Queens Connector, city officials promised Monday night.
The meeting will allow community members to offer thoughts on how the proposed streetcar would impact their neighborhood.
Investigators with the DOJ and the Manhattan DA are looking into whether Hudson Companies won the contract fairly, reports the NY Post.