A prime area linked to lots of public transit and local amenities is bursting with new housing following a rezoning in 2004.

Two of the three people killed in a bar shooting in the New York City borough of Brooklyn were among the four shooters who opened fire inside the building, the city's police commissioner said Monday.

A Massachusetts man wanted for an attempted murder in Brooklyn earlier this year has been arrested in Worcester, authorities said Tuesday. Gregory Alphonso, 33, was nabbed Monday in the Massachusetts city about 35 miles west of Boston, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a press release.

An affordable housing lottery has opened for first-time homeowners looking to buy an affordable apartment in the longstanding Brooklyn Heights middle-income housing complex Cadman Towers. The lottery will give people a spot on the waitlist for one of 19 units.

The New York City mayor's race candidates honed in on fighting crime and prostitution after the mass shooting took quality of life issues front and center.

He always brought candy to my kids,” stray bullet victim Amadou Diallo’s sister said. “They loved him like he was their own father.”

Within minutes, officers arrived at 903 Franklin Avenue, finding that nine men and three women, ranging in age from 19 to 61, had been shot. Three men died. One man, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other men, 27 and 35, were critically wounded and succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.

NEW YORK – The New York Lottery announced that four third-prize Powerball tickets, each worth $50,000, were sold for the August 18 drawing at retailers in Brooklyn, Clifton Park, Nanuet, and Rochester.