A massive 407-acre park in East New York, the third largest in Brooklyn and the largest state park in New York City, will receive $20 million from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to build green space, community gardens and recreational centers. The new Shirley Chisholm State Park, named after the trailblazing former Brooklyn U.S. representative, is expected […]
A sharply divided city Landmarks Preservation Commission told Bushburg Properties to change its design for an affordable housing development that would cantilever over a landmarked East New York dairy with quirky cow murals on its facade. The developer plans to construct the 14-story residential building on the unlandmarked portion of the Empire State Dairy Company […]
More than 50 Brooklyn police officers were hit with four or more federal civil rights lawsuits between January 2015 and June 2018, costing the city millions of dollars in settlements, according to a database compiled by The Legal Aid Society. In East New York’s 75th Precinct – where cops were sued 94 times, more than […]