A sad week in Brooklyn with a 7-month-old baby girl is shot and killed in Williamsburg, GoFundMe for her mother; Plus, Mayor Mamdani launches a citywide child care search tool; a Gowanus parking lot becomes 1,000 new homes; RHONY star Sai De Silva’s husband files for divorce. Read on for the latest.

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of last week: Coney Island roars back to life with Luna Park, Deno’s Wonder Wheel, and an adorable endangered penguin chick at the Aquarium; NYC schools release their first-ever AI guidance for educators; Mayor Mamdani ends criminal summonses for cyclists and backs a controversial estate tax plan; a Park Slope day care director is accused of embezzling $2.75 million in tuition; construction on the new Brooklyn Detention Center enters a visible new phase

Spring 2026 in Brooklyn brings a packed calendar for families: The kite festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park is on, DUMBO Drop and DUMBO Dance Party are returning, and the beloved DanceAfrica festival celebrates its 49th year with Ugandan performers over Memorial Day weekend. The return of Smorgasburg, Open Streets, Show Brooklyn Some Love Fest in Downtown Brooklyn and the Spring Fling with puppet show in Brooklyn Heights, here’s everything worth marking on your calendar through Memorial Day.

Brooklyn’s biggest stories this week: Record-breaking NYC Half, two Oscars for a Prospect Heights songwriter, the 51st St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Tom Brady’s surprise school visit and new sports card store, a $37.5 million Prospect Park groundbreaking, 15 mph school slow zones, SeltzerFest sold out, Lidl in Crown Heights, and more trouble for Dumbo Heights. Read on for the latest!

Prospect Heights is among Brooklyn’s most livable neighborhoods for families.