Brooklyn

US court rejects Mamdani's attempt to block real-estate deal involving Israeli-owned company

The deal is valued at $451 million and includes more than 5,000 apartments across 90 buildings, most of them subject to rent regulation.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Christine Clarke as chair and commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, New York
Interior of the Kingsbrook Synagogue.

Gov. Hochul says she stepped in to block demolition of historic Brooklyn shul

 A New York City Police (NYPD) vehicle drives on the corner where a 13-year-old boy was found after being shot and killed, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, US, March 1, 2024.

Jewish man hospitalized after stabbing near Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights

Some Chabad chapters shared the photo of Mamdani at the Lubavitcher Rebbe's gravesite, known as the Ohel.

NYC mayor elect Zohran Mamdani visits Chabad Ohel after Sydney Hanukkah attack


NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom brings Holocaust education to Muslim school in Brooklyn

Kanter Freedom ,who is Muslim, used his NBA platform to speak out against Erdogan, which led to the Turkish government issuing a warrant for his arrest in 2017.

 ENES KANTER Freedom (right) plays in an NBA game in Boston for the Celtics in October.

Teen from Staten Island indicted for antisemitic attack in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

The victim of the crime suffered body and head pain, bruises on his face and mouth and an abrasion to the cheek • Jones has to return to court on June 24.

 A sign warns people of measles symptoms in the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2019.

$2 million gold tabernacle stolen from NYC church, angel statue decapitated

The church’s website describes the tabernacle as “a masterpiece and one of the most expensive tabernacles in the country."

 Someone got inside a New York City church and severed a head on an angel statue

47-year veteran of Brooklyn’s Acme Smoked Fish says farewell on his final ‘Fish Friday’

When Brownstein’s wife died earlier this year, many of the friends he made from Fish Fridays stopped by his house. “It was very touching.”

 Gary Brownstein, one of Acme Smoked Fish's production managers, started at the company in 1975. He is the grandson of Harry Brownstein, the company's founder.

Brooklyn Dem rapper running for office says antisemitic attacks are 'not a real threat'

New York Jewish leaders were quick to slam the tweet from Noah Weston, also known as Soul Khan, a Democratic Socialist known for his anti-cop rhetoric.

 A sign warns people of measles symptoms in the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2019.

ADL offers $5K reward following antisemitic assaults in Brooklyn

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

New York City police officers block hassidic men from entering a synagogue, closed due to COVID-19, in Brooklyn, in March 2020.

NY rabbi punched, kicked by man making antisemitic remarks

The attacker said "what are you looking at?" before punching him in the head and face and saying "the Nazis should have killed you Jews" before fleeing.

NYPD vehicle370

Jewish cyclist killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run was an architect who studied multifaith spaces

Salitsky was an architectural designer working at ESKW/Architects in Manhattan.

 Eric Salitsky, an architectural designer who focused on multifaith worship spaces, passed away yesterday after being hit by a truck while cycling.

NY Jews, Muslims gather for Ramadan dinner in Brooklyn mosque

A hundred people, including 10 prominent Jewish leaders and their Muslim counterparts, gathered at a Brooklyn mosque for the fast-breaking Iftar meal.

Rabbi Behrman, Rabbi Avtzon, Imam Rasheed Jaaber host, imam Muhammad Jaaber from New Jersey, Mark Appel at Ramadan Iftar event in Brooklyn

Brooklyn family with 8 kids loses home to fire on last night of Passover

Two firefighters and a resident suffered minor injuries during the fire.

 Emergency personnel from the FDNY respond to an apartment building fire in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, January 9, 2022.