Considering its apparent penchant for infidelity, is it any surprise that mammary (and wings!) mecca Hooters is reportedly "desperate" to open an outpost in or around Park Slope? According to reports the chain has made unsuccessful plays for multiple properties in the area. more ›

Residents of the neighborhood surrounding the Barclays Center plan to fight the arena's liquor license application at a special Community Board meeting tomorrow night, where Barclays reps will appear to answer questions about their application. Thus far the arena has not provided any details about how they'll handle crowd control outside the venue, which will unleash thousands of inebriated Nets fans upon Prospect Heights, Park Slope, and Downtown Brooklyn. more ›

The Brooklyn man who allegedly confessed to cops that he killed a 73-year-old woman by setting her on fire in a Prospect Heights elevator was arraigned yesterday—and more details about that alleged confession came to light. Police claim that Jerome Isaac boasted at the time of his arrest that he would have gotten away with the murder of Deloris Gillespie if he hadn't turned himself in: “If the video wasn’t there, you would still be looking for me,” he declared, despite having burned half his face during the attack. more ›

[Update Below] The family of the 73-year-old woman who died after she was set on fire in a Prospect Heights elevator earlier this month still haven't been able to bury her—and even the people who pledged to help them haven't done so. The family of Deloris Gillespie, who was allegedly killed by Jerome Isaac, spoke out yesterday about the hardships they've gone through since the horrific crime took place: "This family has been victimized twice. First by a madman and now by a gentleman who has shown depraved indifference to their plight," said Councilmember Letitia James, referring to a Manhattan hedge fund manager and his friend who had pledged to help pay for a memorial service today, but never gave the money. more ›

The Brooklyn man who allegedly confessed to cops that he killed a 73-year-old woman by setting her on fire in a Prospect Heights elevator has been formally charged with murder. Jerome Isaac was indicted today on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Deloris Gillespie, the woman who he allegedly killed over a money dispute. more ›

The Brooklyn man who allegedly confessed to cops that he killed a 73-year-old neighbor by setting her on fire in a Prospect Heights elevator appeared in court yesterday. Jerome Isaac, 47, was seen with burns on the left side of his face more ›

Yesterday, police arrested Jerome Isaac for the stunningly brutal murder of Deloris Gillepsie. Police say that Isaac set the 73-year-old woman on fire in her Prospect Heights building's elevator on Saturday afternoon, and that he made incriminating statements to the cops: "I set the fire in the hallway, and I set the fire in the elevator." more ›

Yesterday, a Brooklyn woman was burned alive in the elevator of her Prospect Heights apartment building in a horrific crime that was captured on surveillance video. Police say that they now have a suspect in custody for the murder of 64-year-old Doris Gillespie. The man came into a transit police station close to the apartment building where the attack took place early Sunday morning—he was "reeking of gasoline," according to cops. more ›

The police say a woman died after being set on fire in her Prospect Heights apartment building's elevator yesterday afternoon—and they say her killer was caught on video. According to the Post, the surveillance video shows "the suspect was waiting on the fifth floor and ambushed his victim as the elevator doors opened. He sprayed the woman with a flammable liquid and then set her aflame and ran off, leaving her to die in agony, police said." And a resident said, “She was screaming at the top of her lungs." more ›

Because this world—despite its abundance of fancy ketchups and gourmet mustards—apparently doesn't have enough artisanal condiments, Sam Mason, late of wd~50 and Tailor, has decided to bring a line of high-end, oddly-flavored mayos to a storefront in Brooklyn. more ›

Prospect Heights residents trying to jump on the Urban Agriculture: So Hot Right Now train are pissed at their neighbor, a building owner who dumped dirt and debris all over their community farm. more ›

Just when you thought it was safe to tune out the never-ending legal saga surrounding the controversial Atlantic Yards development, along comes a Supreme Court judge to bring it all bubbling back to the surface. Today New York State Supreme Court Judge Marcy Friedman ruled against the Empire State Development Corporation, the governor-controlled entity that shepherded the project through very choppy waters. The crux of the ruling is that the ESDC's environmental review of the project only examined its impact over a decade. Now, of course, the build-out is estimated to take a quarter century. more ›

A pregnant woman was killed early this morning in a fire in her Brooklyn apartment which police believe was caused by her lit cigarette. Choy "CC" Barrington, 21, was found dead in her third floor apartment on Washington Ave. in Prospect Heights at 3:30 a.m. She was three months pregnant. more ›

In certain circles, Crown Heights just doesn't have the same cachet as Prospect Heights. But it's not as easy for apartment hunters to find good deals in the ProHigh these days! Thankfully, realtors have come up with a solution for those trendy New Yorkers who find a place in Crown Heights (or on the border of the two neighborhoods) but wish they lived in Prospect Heights. They're now calling the increasingly nebulous border region between the two neighborhoods ProCro. Please make a note of it. more ›

A baby shower ended in bloodshed early Sunday morning after a fight broke out in the party room atop the Bethel United Zion Church in Prospect Heights. The scuffle soon spilled out onto the street and a little after midnight at least three shots were fired, striking three male partygoers. A 22-year-old was shot in the leg, a 19-year-old was shot in the leg and buttocks, and an 18-year-old was shot in the leg and arm. All three were taken to the hospital and are in stable condition. It remains unclear what caused the altercation and no arrests have been made yet. more ›

The Daily News has an intense jailhouse interview with Michael Brea in which the Brooklyn actor equivocates about stabbing his mother to death with a Masonic sword in their Prospect Heights apartment, "I didn't kill her. I killed the demon inside her." He also said that on Sunday, "God came above my bed and reached his arm to me.. I said, 'God, is my time on earth over?' I heard a voice say, 'Yes Michael, today is your last day.' I asked if I could say goodbye to my family." He also discussed the killing in great detail. more ›

Michael Brea, the actor who allegedly stabbed his mother to death with a Masonic sword in their Prospect Height apartment, remains in Bellevue Hospital after the Tuesday morning killing. His father was in shock, telling the Daily News, "The son I raised would never kill his mother. I don't know what happened. I don't know... It is very hard for the entire family. She was a lovely mother and had a very close relationship with Michael. She loved him dearly." more ›

Actor Michael Brea is currently undergoing psychiatric evaluation at Kings County Hospital after fatally stabbing his own mother with a samurai sword early this morning in their Prospect Heights apartment. Neighbors say they heard Brea, known for his role in the TV show "Ugly Betty" and as a dancer in the movie "Step Up: 3D," (though he is not listed on IMDB) shouting passages from the Bible around 1:30 a.m. in their building at 501 Park Place in Brooklyn. "I hear the brother chasing her [his mother] through the house and he's just saying a bunch of like [Bible] passages like, 'Repent, Repent, Repent,'" neighbor Gregory Clare told WPIX. "I heard him chasing her through the house and I hear a loud scream and so I have my father call the cops, call 911." more ›

The NYPD and police unions are shocked, shocked to find that ticket quotas are being sought at Brooklyn's 77th Precinct, as the Daily News presented them with memos that were posted for weeks in the station's call room, "Two notices obtained by the Daily News clearly spell out how many moving-violation summonses cops should be handing out" in the "crime-ridden 77th Precinct, which covers Crown Heights and Prospect Heights." The News published two memos—one from April, one from October—that tell cops to be sure to issue tickets to drivers with infractions involving cell phones, double parking, bus stops, seat belts, handicap spots, tinted windows, and more. more ›

Beloved old Prospect Heights dive Freddy's Bar & Backroom, the Prohibition-era bar that became an unofficial headquarters for the anti-Atlantic Yards protests, has found a new home. The previous owner of Freddy’s is out and Freddy’s staff members have taken over; last night they signed a lease for a space on 5th Avenue, between 17th and 18th Streets, in the location formerly known as Ellis Bar. This marks a happy ending to the David and Goliath story of the little bar that was forced out of its longtime home to make way for the Atlantic Yards Barclays Center project. But hurdles remain, according to the press release: more ›

Last night, over 100 people gathered at the Branded Saloon to pay tribute to Chai Eun Hillmann, who was killed outside the Prospect Heights bar last Thursday. Hillmann, 41, who was off-duty at the time but was there to hear a co-worker perform, was fatally stabbed when ex-con Daniel Pagan, 36, allegedly became upset when Hillmann's miniature Pinscher was fighting with his Shih Tzu. more ›

After brutally stabbing and killing an off-duty bartender, as well as injuring a bartender, outside of the Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights, suspect Daniel Pagan has now been charged with murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon. According to NY1, police believe that Pagan "became enraged when he thought [Chai Eun] Hillmann came into physical contact with his wife," so he allegedly attacked Hillmann, who died from his wounds. more ›

In the early hours of Thursday morning, two employees of the Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn were stabbed at the newish bar, located at 603 Vanderbilt Avenue. News 12 reports that one man was killed and another is in stable condition, and that police have arrested one suspect. According to a post on the Brooklynian message board, there was some form of altercation between a dog-walker and a bar patron and bartender. The Branded Saloon's Facebook page confirms that employee Chai Eun J Hillmann was killed and another employee named Daniel is in stable condition. The bar will hold a candlelight vigil on Saturday at 8 p.m. [Via Brownstoner] more ›