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Housing

Affordable housing lottery opens in East New York with 13 rent-stabilized, income-restricted units

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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News

Man shot in East New York hours after Crown Heights mass shooting injures 12

By Lloyd Mitchell

Empty classroom with chairs and desks

News

Brooklyn school district rocked by CEC’s ‘No Confidence’ vote in superintendent, DOE urges mediation

By Megan McGibney

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News

Police arrest second woman suspected of assaulting MTA worker in East New York

By Kirstyn Brendlen

A view of Breukelen Playground near the intersection of Stanley and Louisiana avenues in East New York, where a man was found fatally stabbed early Sunday morning

AMNY

Man found with multiple stab wounds near Brooklyn park dies of injuries: NYPD

Man in white shirt doing pull-ups off of a Brooklyn street signal

AMNY

Pulling for votes? Mayor Adams does pull-ups off a Brooklyn street light in social media challenge

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News

Two-alarm house fire displaces 8 people in East New York

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

Firefighters battled a two alarm fire at 285 Schenectady Avenue.

FDNY battles pair of two-alarm fires in Crown Heights and East New York

By Lloyd Mitchell

Detectives investigate a deadly double shooting on New Jersey Avenue in Brooklyn on May 17, 2025.

AMNY

Brooklyn double shooting leaves 18-year-old man dead, woman injured – and suspects at large

A fire in a two story Brooklyn house left three people with minor injuries on Friday, May 16.

AMNY

FDNY takes down first floor fire in Brooklyn home

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Health

Cancer survivors and patients push for state policy change in Albany, honor Brooklyn pol

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Housing

Advocates say city’s upcoming tax lien sale will put Brooklyn homeowners at risk

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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News

Driver charged with manslaughter, homicide in East New York school bus hit-and-run

By Kirstyn Brendlen

File image: The alleged suspect reportedly followed the female jogger before attempting to rape her.

Suspect charged in daylight attempted rape of jogger at Shirley Chisholm State Park: DA

By Adam Daly

The 6-year-old died after her mother allegedly held her underwater in a bathtub at their East New York home

East New York mother indicted in drowning death of 6-year-old daughter: DA

By Adam Daly

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Construction underway on ‘state-of-the-art’ new Animal Care Centers shelter in East New York

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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News

East New York residents invited to help reimagine LIRR substation

By Susan De Vries

Noble Signs

AMNY

Lost signs with rediscovered stories: Explore the New York Sign Museum

Police tape at scene in Brooklyn where man was stabbed to death

AMNY

Brooklyn murder: Man stabbed to death during house party, sources say

Brooklyn stabbing suspect caught on camera

AMNY

Brooklyn stabbing suspect behind violent attack on man at street corner still at large

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Justin Lee, 22, of Queens Village, was arrested Oct. 5 and charged in the alleged attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl in Brooklyn.

Queens man charged in Brooklyn child rape attempt was out on release from earlier alleged attacks on minors