Officials said policing fare evasion can prevent bigger crimes, while critics counter it can result in inequitable policing of people and communities of color.
Officials said policing fare evasion can prevent bigger crimes, while critics counter it can result in inequitable policing of people and communities of color.
Preservation and advocacy efforts in Downtown Brooklyn will get a boost from the Historic Districts Council this year, with inclusion on the organization's annual Six to Celebrate list.
Incorporated in the new plans is a monument to abolitionist “conductors” who helped people escape slavery through the Underground Railroad.
More than 100 locals attended a community input meeting at Brooklyn Borough Hall to give their feedback on the redesign of Columbus Park.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to add the Brooklyn Edison Building on Adams Street to its calendar for possible designation as an individual landmark.
The skyline-altering 93-story, 550-unit SHoP-designed supertall looks a lot like its renderings.
More than half a dozen immigrants have set up makeshift stands at the Jay Street MetroTech subway station and are selling candy and snacks as they look to cover their mounting living expenses.
Fulton Street’s iconic Gage & Tollner restaurant will likely be the last standing historic building on its Downtown Brooklyn block.
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 12 vacant apartments -- and a waitlist -- in the amenity-packed Downtown Brooklyn skyscraper The Hub, with rents starting at $833 a month for a studio.
Literary enthusiasts crowded into Columbus Park to chat with publishers, authors, and vendors, snap up some new reading material, and enjoy the sunshine after the intense rain of the week.