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While the Park is open, please note that it is open for passive use and solitary recreation only.
Thousands of "Dumbo Dollars" that can be used at local shops in the neighborhood will parachute to surprise spots throughout December.
The office campus taking over the former Jehovah's Witness complex officially unveiled the red Welcome sign this week.
An upcoming event at the Brooklyn Historical Society will explore equitable housing and how to define affordable to begin with.
A 40-foot mural of the beloved Downtown Brooklyn YouTuber, who committed suicide earlier this year, was unveiled in Bushwick last week.
Elected officials delivering a letter in support of staff unionizing instead got called out for "hypocrisy" by the nonprofit's CEO.
Protesters marched through Brooklyn and led mass turnstile jumps Friday to protest NYPD's fare evasion crackdown and violent subway arrests.
A special event in November will uncover the architectural movement that brought "Brooklyn's brownstone belt" to the borough.
More than 100 of Housing Works staffers walked out of work Tuesday, saying their bosses have interfered with efforts to unionize.
A Downtown Brooklyn plaza will transform into a traditional celebration for the Mexican holiday, complete with dancers, art and offerings.
An annex on John Street will become a temporary library while Dumbo residents wait for their new branch, the first in 35 years, to be built.
The City Council reduced the size of four borough-based jails that will replace Rikers Island days before its scheduled vote on the plans.
The borough president named Capt. Frank Stonitsch a hero for jumping off-duty into the East River to save a person who had fallen in.
Cars can now only go 5mph on the Willoughby and Fulton streets stretch, which is near two of the city's most dangerous intersections.
A man held at the Brooklyn House of Detention is suing correction officers he says didn't give him meals needed for the religious holiday.
Advocates say the city has been moving people from the Atlantic Ave. jail to Rikers Island to speed up plans to build a new Brooklyn prison.
New York's attorney general sent a cease and desist order to a Brooklyn start-up that is under fire for making at-home rape kits.
A new exhibit will use oral histories recorded by the historical society and pieces of art by a Brooklyn artist to explore Muslim identity.
The district attorney's office spot is the first in Brooklyn for a nonprofit that gives professional clothes to those recently out of prison
An accessible vessel that travels the East Coast is giving free sailing outings to those with disabilities from a Brooklyn Heights dock.
The lone Brooklyn Bridge Park plant is making headlines — and has ketchup brands promising to protect it — after a kayaker noticed it Monday
The traps were so successful they should be rolled out citywide, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said.
A Downtown Brooklyn company called MeToo is facing backlash for selling rape kits you can administer at home.
A Beyonce dance workshop, a Halloween festival, a back-to-school celebration — take a look at all the events coming to downtown this fall.
Get a sneak peek at the Dumbo exhibit that celebrates the poet's 200th birthday and will raise money to help landmark his Clinton Hill home.
Architects gave the first look inside the five-building campus that will open later this year in the former Jehovah's Witnesses space.
An emergency rally Tuesday will make a last-ditch effort to landmark 227 Duffield St. and save it from becoming a 13-story building.
The Brooklyn Historical Society won a prestigious national honor for its Young Scholars program, which has added 14 books to BHA's library.
Alex Nunez started cutting hair in his LES stairwell when he was 12. He now owns barbershops in the LES, the West Village and Brooklyn.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed six projects that will be funded by his $10 million grant, including library, park and accessibility upgrades.
Brooklyn Bridge Park's 500+ summer lineup includes fishing clinics, dance classes, sunset yoga and more. Here's what you should know.
Downtown Brooklyn landed second on a list of NYC neighborhoods where tenants are most likely to get access to a pool.
An executive from the city's Small Business Services division will take over the position, which Peter Bray left at the end of June.
More than 1,000 people signed a petition this week to save a Duffield Street home that has been granted demolition permits.
Eric Adams supports using the BK jail as one of the four to replace Rikers, but wants its size slashed and more support for the incarcerated
The landmarks commission voted yes to the new Remsen Street building last week, which has been vacant for more than 20 years.
The Fleet Place office building, which would require a rezoning, will face its first public hearing this week.
The new library, planned for Adams Street, will be the Brooklyn Public Library's first new branch since 1983.
Hopeton Kiffin stopped his train and jumped down to save a 13-year-old boy with autism who was on the subway tracks at Hoyt Street.
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