CITYWIDE – A NEW DRUG that the DEA has warned is more dangerous than deadly fentanyl is responsible for an increasing share of fatal overdoses across the city, reports the Daily News. Xylazine ...

Federal agencies converged on Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) on Monday, conducting a coordinated raid aimed at addressing persistent security issues and dangerous conditions ...

BED-STUY – UNCOMMON SCHOOLS, THE Brooklyn Public Library and Assemblymember Stefani L. Zinerman are hosting a “Book-O-Ween” kids’ book giveaway event at Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy on ...

CORONA – A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL was killed and another teen girl was critically injured while subway-surfing at 111th Street in Corona on Sunday night, reports Gothamist, marking the sixth death ...

BOERUM HILL – ACTOR OSCAR ISAAC, known for his roles in “Star Wars” and “Dune,” has listed his Boerum Hill penthouse for $4.5 million, reports the New York Post. The 2,400-square-foot ...

Amanda Lyons, a New York City attorney, has been awarded the Root Stimson Award by the New York State Bar Association for her work supporting children and families in need, particularly in Brooklyn.

PARK SLOPE – THE BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY of Music is hosting a family-friendly garden party this Halloween at their Park Slope headquarters, an imposing 143-year-old manor which the group says ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1923, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “With great simplicity and in the immediate presence of no more than 400 people who had known and loved him, the birthplace of Theodore ...

FORT GREENE — POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING the death of a teenage boy at a housing project in Fort Greene, Brooklyn late Saturday night, Oct. 26. According to the NYPD, officers received a 911 call ...

GRAVESEND — A TWO-ALARM FIRE BROKE OUT Saturday evening in Gravesend at 2720 86th Street, a five-story building housing a daycare, as well as apartments and offices, reports News 12. The blaze ...

BENSONHURST – EX-ASSEMBLYMEMBER PETER Abbate is using campaign funds to attack former colleagues ahead of next week’s election, reports the New York Post, sending vitriolic flyers to southern ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Ignore the misinformation and vote “Yes” on Proposition One to pass New York’s Equal Rights Amendment, a host of Brooklyn officials and advocates urged from the steps ...