By ALAIN GAILLARD The soup kitchen starts serving food at 10:30 every morning. A few soup kitchen guests begin gathering outside the main entrance of St. John’s Bread and Life…
Ditmas Park Teacher Cleared of Sex Abuse
Editor's note: This story first appeared at in collaboration with Brooklyn News Service. By LISA FLAUGH A former teacher at a Ditmas Park elementary school was found not guilty on…
As Seen on Bklyner: Bail Revoked in Shooting
By PAUL FRANGIPANE A Brooklyn judge revoked the bail Thursday of a suspect arrested in a shooting last July on Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay because of concerns about a…
Family Awaits Justice in Brooklyn Courtroom
By LISA FLAUGH Filling almost two rows of seats in the courtroom, the family of young stabbing victims Prince Joshua () Avitto, 6 and Mikayla Capers, 7, waited patiently Friday…
Builder Plans African Art Museum for Bed-Stuy
Vira Jones owns a construction and design firm. The three rooms of the future Bedford-Stuyvesant Museum of African Art were filled with ancient and modern figures, statuettes, and headdresses, all…
A Sure Thing: Dilan Returned to State Senate
By BRENNEN JOHNSON As State Sen. Martin Malave Dilan walked along Elderts Lane in Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills section, local people raised their right fists in appreciation for him. Dilan, a…
Uber expands Brooklyn service for 2016
By MARK SULEYMANOV Brooklyn commuters can use Uber’s uberPOOL service to get around the borough for less than $8 per ride for the rest of the year, the company has…
L train shutdown to hit Canarsie hard
Richard Anderson reports on how the planned shutdown of the L train for lengthy repair work will hit residents of Canarsie, where the line starts. Coverage has often focused on Brooklyn…
High school SING! competition grows
By SOPHIE DWECK On the outside, Brooklyn’s James Madison High School looked empty and quiet—after all it was a Saturday night. Who would be going to a school at that…
Preserving `CaribBeing’ culture in Flatbush
By AMBER ALEXANDER Flatbush Avenue is home to a cool cultural space dedicated to preserving and showcasing Caribbean heritage. The CaribBeing House, as it's cleverly titled, is the brainchild of…