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5 days ago | 
brownstoner.com | Brooklyn Paper |Gabriele Holtermann
by Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn PaperLandlords who own buildings with one or more rent-stabilized units are now required to post signs informing tenants that the building contains rent-stabilized apartments. The move is aimed at empowering tenants to fight illegal rent hikes, demand better living conditions, and restore illegally deregulated units.
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1 week ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Neighborhood Acts |Emily Davenport |Brooklyn Paper
The NYPD is looking for a suspect who assaulted a bus driver with a wrench in Red Hook earlier this month. According to police, at 8:04 a.m. on May 13, a 71-year-old male MTA employee was operating a B61 bus near the vicinity of Lorraine Street and Hicks Street when an unknown man boarded the bus. The suspect got into an argument with the driver, pulled out a wrench and hit the driver in the forehead with the wrench. The suspect then fled the scene on a scooter headed eastbound on Lorraine Street.
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1 week ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Neighborhood Acts |Anna Bradley-Smith |Brooklyn Paper
A major rezoning plan that will dramatically reshape a swath of central Brooklyn — replacing low-lying industrial buildings with apartment towers containing potentially thousands of new units, including affordable ones — was approved by the City Council on Wednesday.
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1 week ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Neighborhood Acts |Dean Moses |Brooklyn Paper
A man caught by cops allegedly urinating inside a Downtown Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday was found in possession with two guns and assorted ammunition, police reported Wednesday. Officers from Transit District 30 initially spotted the suspect — identified 49-year-old Darrick McCall — exposing himself and peeing onto the northbound track of the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets station on the A/C/G lines at about 9:45 a.m. on May 27.
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1 week ago | 
brooklynpaper.com | Neighborhood Acts |Barbara Russo |Lloyd Mitchell |Brooklyn Paper
Residents and transportation advocates rallied in Canarsie on Sunday, calling on Mayor Eric Adams to bring a ferry dock to a notorious “transportation desert.”Led by Jibreel Jalloh, founder of The Flossy Organization, which advocates for marginalized communities, the group demanded that Adams open a fast NYC Ferry route connecting Canarsie to bustling Manhattan.
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1 week ago | 
brownstoner.com | Kirstyn Brendlen |Brooklyn Paper
By Kirstyn Brendlen, Brooklyn PaperWith an extra year tacked onto the ongoing renovation of the Carroll Gardens Library, Community Board 6 has offered its “underutilized” office space to serve as a temporary library until next summer. The temporary library is set to open at 250 Baltic Street in July, according to CB6 and the Brooklyn Public Library, though an exact date has yet to be announced.
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2 weeks ago | 
brownstoner.com | Gabriele Holtermann |Brooklyn Paper
By Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn PaperBrooklyn lawmakers rallied alongside community members and homeowners on the steps of City Hall on May 20, calling on the City Council to allocate $5 million of next year’s budget toward fighting deed theft and supporting victims of the crime. Black and Brown homeowners in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods where property values are skyrocketing — like Bed Stuy and Bushwick — are particularly at risk for deed theft crimes.
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3 weeks ago | 
brownstoner.com | Gabe Friedman |Brooklyn Paper
By Gabe Friedman, Brooklyn PaperComedian-actor-rapper Hannibal Buress had a long relationship with the space formerly home to The Knitting Factory. In fact, he performed standup at the club’s first show in Brooklyn in 2009 (after it relocated from its decades-long home in Manhattan) and its final show before it closed in 2022. But he never thought he’d run the place. Close Brooklyn in Your InboxStay up to date with more great news and articles like this one.
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3 weeks ago | 
brownstoner.com | Gabriele Holtermann |Brooklyn Paper
By Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn PaperArtist groups Naming the Lost Memorials (NTLM), City Lore, Great Small Works, and Mano A Mano, along with the Green-Wood Cemetery, held their fifth Covid-19 public art memorial activation and dedication ceremony on Thursday, May 8, at Green-Wood Cemetery in Greenwood Heights. NTLM — a small team of artists, activists and folklorists — has been curating memorial sites across New York City since May 2020 to name and remember victims of the pandemic.
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3 weeks ago | 
brownstoner.com | Robert Pearl |Brooklyn Paper
By Robert Pearl, Brooklyn PaperA number of Sheepshead Bay residents are protesting the city’s plans to build a shelter for homeless families in the neighborhood. The plan for 2134 Coyle Street has sparked significant opposition, with locals particularly frustrated after initial plans to build affordable housing at the site fell through. Protests against the shelter began in March, and have drawn attendees across the political aisle, including politicians, community leaders, and everyday residents.
