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A Brooklyn church hopes to build on its parking lot to help housing crisis (RNS) — St. Paul Community Baptist Church believes up to 800 affordable units could be built on its main parking lot. The post A Brooklyn church hopes to build on its parking lot to help housing crisis appeared first on RNS.

The Housing Crisis Forces Change on a Low-Rise Pocket of Brooklyn A contentious plan to build two 10-story towers illustrates how a pressing shortage of affordable apartments has started to change the politics around development.

Brooklyn Museum Will Lay Off Employees and Scale Back Exhibitions The museum, which faces a projected $10 million deficit, said it planned to cut more than a tenth of its employees and mount fewer exhibitions.

15-Year-Old Is Killed in Shooting at Brooklyn Apartment Complex The teenager, Heath Campbell, was shot in the head, the police said. Another boy, 16, who has not been identified, was shot in the shoulder and was in stable condition.

How Oscar Nominee ‘Anora’ Subverted the Brooklyn Cinderella Story A sex worker in a romantic comedy isn’t new. How the Oscar-nominated film uses immigrant Brooklyn to subvert the genre? That’s different.

Brooklyn trio raises $10 million for startup that wants to help open-source developers get paid Out of the old Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, a trio of techies has raised $10 million for Merit Systems to focus on fixing an open-source problem.

4 men charged in a Brooklyn synagogue tunnel scuffle are awaiting trial in April NEW YORK (AP) — The men face felony criminal mischief charges for their alleged role in a brawl last January that damaged parts of the famed complex, a deeply revered Jewish site that receives thousands of visitors annually. The post 4 men charged in a Brooklyn synagogue tunnel scuffle are awaiting trial in April appeared first on RNS.

Melissa Fumero Says a ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Revival Likely Won’t Happen: “I don’t think we could ever do it without Andre” submitted by /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

El P – Drones over Brooklyn (2012) submitted by /u/GummyMcFatstacks

Avant Gardner, Troubled Brooklyn Venue, Promises Security Changes in Major Renovation The planned overhaul comes more than a year after two patrons who left the mega-club were found dead nearby.

Giant Migrant Shelter Complex in Brooklyn to Close by March The imminent closure reflects concern from New York City officials that President-elect Donald J. Trump will target the shelter because it sits on federal land.

Smoky Smell Engulfs NYC After Fires in New Jersey and Brooklyn New Yorkers were hit with an unsettling smell on Saturday after fires broke out on Friday in Prospect Park and across the Hudson River.

A Modest Monument to the Dodgers’ Days in Brooklyn It would be easy to miss the plaque in a parking lot that was once Ebbets Field, but the managers of a nearby apartment complex are happy to help.

U.S. Officials Sweep Troubled Brooklyn Prison Where 2 Were Killed Two inmates were fatally stabbed this summer at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center, where Sean Combs is awaiting trial in his sex-trafficking case.

Inmate Dies After Fight Breaks Out at Troubled Brooklyn Jail Edwin Cordero, 36, died at the Metropolitan Detention Center, where his lawyer said conditions were “awful.”

Two Teenagers Drown Off Brooklyn Beach The girls, ages 17 and 18, went into the water near the Coney Island boardwalk as thunderstorms rolled in. It was the second pair of drownings off city beaches in two weeks.

5 Charged With Smuggling Contraband Into Brooklyn Juvenile Detention Center Court papers said the “youth development specialists” took more than $50,000 in bribes to allow in items like razor blades, marijuana, alcohol and prescription pills.

Beef Stroganoff from Brooklyn submitted by /u/manperson111

Brooklyn preacher who boasted of ties to NYC mayor gets 9 years in prison for multiyear fraud NEW YORK (AP) — Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 45, of Paramus, New Jersey, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Lorna G. Schofield, who said she didn’t see meaningful remorse from the Rolls Royce-driving bishop convicted of fleecing one parishioner out of $90,000 in retirement savings, among other scams. The post Brooklyn preacher who boas…