Author: Alyson Martin (Alyson Martin)

After a series of rain delays and postponements, the Brooklyn Cyclones lost their final game of the season and the New York-Penn League championship to the Tri-City Vally Cats, 5-1 Tuesday night in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Lucien Zayan visited Brooklyn from France in 2008 and fancied a particular space in the Boerum Hill neighborhood. Specifically, this building once manufactured “invisible dogs” — stiff leashes that kids used to trick siblings and friends into thinking that it was actually an invisible dog. The old novelty toy factory is now home to a...

A two-foot long baby alligator was handed to police in the 88th Precinct in Clinton Hill on Sunday, according to the New York Post. Police think the story might actually highlight a growing problem in the city; the man likely had the critter as a pet, but when it grew, he couldn’t house it anymore....

The New York Times is reporting that a plea bargain announcement is expected today in a high-profile beating case involving a Brooklyn native. Miladin Kovacevic, of Serbia,  allegedly beat Bryan Steinhauer of Brooklyn, N.Y., into a coma after a bar fight in May 2008 near their school, Binghamton University. The trial was expected to resume...

A funeral home owner in Brownsville, Brooklyn donated services for the five members of the Jones family who died in a fiery murder-suicide on Staten Island in late July. Police originally thought C.J., a 14 year-old victim committed the crime, but later ruled that the responsibility was with the mother, Leisa Jones, 30, NY1 reports.

The “Queen of Soul” has canceled her two upcoming shows in Brooklyn following a fall on Sunday that fractured ribs. She was scheduled to perform at Wingate Field on Monday and Asser Levy Park in Coney Island on Thursday, August 12. “I was very much looking forward to being in Brooklyn and having a foot-long...

Manhattanville College has given Orayne Williams, 18, a full-ride, four-year scholarship after reading about him in the Daily News. The paper published a story about Williams’ struggles and triumphs in June and since then, he has received $15,000 in aid from readers. But, Manhattanvillege College took things a step further.

Two Guyanese men were convicted on Monday by a federal jury of planning a terrorist attack on Kennedy International Airport. Russell M. Defreitas and Abdul Kadir also conspired to set off a series of explosions along a main city gas line. The two now face life sentences in prison, according to the New York Times.

Protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday to voice their opinions against what they say is a “racist” law taking effect in Arizona on the same day. NY1 reports with a video.

A prosecutor portrayed Tuesday the alleged plan to blow up JFK airport and part of Queens as revenge for mistreatment of Muslims. Russell Defreitas, 66, a former cargo worker, and Abdul Kadir, 58, wanted to create something code-named “The Shining Light,” because the explosions would be “so massive … that it could be seen from...