The group gathered first at Brooklyn Borough Hall mid-afternoon for a peaceful Yizkor prayer service and speeches.

GREENPOINT — THE DOMAIN COMPANIES, LMXD and Park Tower Group on Thursday announced a plan for three new mixed-income residential rental towers at Greenpoint Landing, a 22-acre site situated along a ...

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SUNSET PARK — As hundreds of trucks and cars rumbled past on Wednesday, members of numerous community organizations and elected officials gathered at the noisy intersection of Third Avenue and 16th ...

MANHATTAN — The judge presiding in nearly half the new cases on the New York immigration courts’ docket for adult detainees was finally fed up. Immigration Judge Dara Reid had granted bond twice to a ...

Midwood lies between the original Dutch town of Flatbush and the English town of Gravesend. Because of its thick forests, the Dutch called it Midwout (middle woods). The neighborhood became known for ...

ATLANTIC AVENUE — A ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place at the historic base of Atlantic Avenue on Friday at 3 p.m. Numerous elected officials, as well as the head of Brooklyn Bridge Park, will ...

GRAVESEND — Transportation company Beacon Mobility signed a long-term lease for 83,000 square feet of industrial outdoor storage at 2647 Stillwell Ave. in Gravesend, according to the Commercial ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks extravaganza, launched from barges in the East River and sending cascading showers of light off the Brooklyn Bridge, dazzled New York City crowds ...

This story was updated on July 2 to reflect a comment by City Hall that the Promenade would be restricted to city employees during the July 4 fireworks display. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The 4th of July has ...

BROOKLYN – WHILE MOST OF THE incumbent Brooklyn City Councilmembers up for reelection won their primary nomination races outright in the first round of vote tallying last week, District 41’s Darlene ...