The founder and president of El Puente in Williamsburg died on Tuesday, the organization announced.
The assault is being investigated as a hate crime and is one of several in the area that have alarmed officials.
Cuomo earned an endorsement from a powerful grand rebbe the day he promised not to interfere with Orthodox schools, according to reports.
Sex workers are campaigning for Julia Salazar, who hopes to represent north Brooklyn in Albany next year.
Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg and Greenpoint took to the polls Tuesday. Here's what you need to know.
The MTA said its current plan for L Train repairs will get the work done in 15 months, instead of the planned 18.
"There’s more in the palms of landlords and there’s more need for protection of the poor," says Los Sures executive director Ramon Peguero.
The 78-year-old bridge will be destroyed in April, once the first phase of new construction is done, the governor said.
After 2 pedestrian deaths on Grand Street in just 7 months, Williamsburg residents have had enough.
The image, which says "#LoveThroughHate," is actually promoting a new dating app.
Velázquez spoke out against both of the administration's actions during a Wednesday night town hall with her constituents.
"Rebels against immigration police," the sign says in Spanish. "Fight against the racism of Trump."
Activists, led by the National Organization for Women, demanded that the NYPD take every rape case seriously.
"I am deeply honored to be able to carry out District Attorney Thompson’s vision of equal justice for all in Brooklyn," Gonzalez said.
Hundreds of Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents thanked the mayor for keeping the city's 2005 promise to give the park to the people.
"There is no industry where 29 people would die, and everybody would just keep going on like it didn't happen," a local politician says.
On Dec. 15, join local human rights organizations to figure out how to support fellow Brooklynites in the wake of a hate crime spike.
Greenpoint's Newtown Creek Nature Walk was defaced with swastikas and other white supremacist graffiti, a witness said.
Kevin Allred, famous for his Politicizing Beyoncé course, says this is "proof" that "Trump's crackdown on free speech has absolutely begun."
Incumbents took Election Day in Williamsburg and Greenpoint's local races.
Some are blaming indie candidates for Donald Trump's surprise upset. Here, a young Brooklyn voter explains his choice to vote third-party.
A new investment for a police learning center in Williamsburg aims to help students avoid school suspension.
The North Brooklyn playground is one of nine sites added to the $285 million Community Parks Initiative for neglected community parks.
Williamsburg, Bushwick and Greenpoint voters gave Martin Malavé Dilan about 55 percent of the vote on Tuesday.
Participatory Budgeting gives Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents a chance to pitch and fund community projects.
The NY State Assembly's 50th district covers Williamsburg, Greenpoint, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and parts of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.
The ultimate burn in Williamsburg/Greenpoint politics.
Last week, local leaders offered Norman Brodsky $100M for his waterfront property, needed to complete the park — reportedly to no avail.
The 11 acres would complete the park, which has been promised since 2005.
DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg spoke as if the Brooklyn Queens Connector was a foregone conclusion at a Williamsburg forum Wednesday.
Joseph Lentol says the MTA shouldn't wait until 2019 to improve the G.
Stephen Levin said either the city or the state should use eminent domain to take land that would complete the park.
A bill allowing the state to seize the remaining 11 acres of land needed to complete the park has been pulled from Albany's agenda.
A bill moving forward in Albany would permit the state to seize 11 acres of privately owned Williamsburg land needed to finish the park.
Patch partner The Daily Beast takes a deep dive into Brooklyn's Hasidic volunteer security corps, and finds they operate by their own rules.
SEF Industries has been trying to build a plant in the Wallabout Channel for years. A new public hearing on the plan is coming up.
NYC transportation officials seemed to lean toward a full closure of the L Train's underwater tunnels for one-and-a-half years.
State Sen. Martin Malavé Dilan, representing North Brooklyn, slams the possibility of moving Rikers inmates to Greenpoint in a new op-ed.
At a meeting in early May, the MTA will be taking comments on its plan to shut down the L Train for years of repairs.
As interviewed at two Bernie rallies in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon.