Umbrellas don’t cause rain, but they pop up like apartment towers do where rents are going up. Don’t be fooled.

More children are unhoused than ever in the nation’s largest school district – in part due to domestic violence. How are ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony unveiled a "first-of-its-kind" cultural hub in Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday, bringing together a ...

It’s certainly an unusual New York City mayor’s race. Spurred by a historic indictment of the sitting mayor, a long list of ...

The Honorable Judge Norma Jennings, New York State’s first Black and lesbian civil court judge, was sworn in on Jan. 30 in ...

Five of the Democratic candidates in New York City’s mayoral race committed at a forum Thursday night to shut down a ...

Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! A housing lottery has launched for a truly ...

An Asian immigrant, Ling Ye, is seeking to topple Democratic Socialist Brooklyn Councilwoman Alexa Avilés in the June 24 ...

Homelessness is a growing problem in New York, with the number of homeless people doubling in the last two years, according to a report released this past week by New York State Comptroller Thomas P.

An 8-story supportive housing building could rise on the site ... The development arm of Downtown Brooklyn-based organization Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens has submitted plans to the ...

An unusually large number of visitors turned up to see an “Amorphophallus gigas," also known as the "corpse flower", bloom ...

Developers are building shelters over housing because the well-funded city Department of Social Services can pay handsomely ...