Born and raised in Crown Heights, attorney Aaron D. Franklin is on the ballot this Tuesday, November 3, for Judge of the Civil Court, 4th Municipal Court District, Kings County. Early voting is underway through Sunday, November 1.

A suspect has been arrested following a weeks-long investigation into a severe hit-and-run that left a Crown Heights pedestrian seriously injured.

Bruce Blakeman, the Jewish Nassau County Executive and Republican candidate for Governor of New York, spent Friday morning visiting the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens, accompanied by Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, Shliach of the Five Towns.

— Gunfire erupted outside 980 Rutland Road in East Flatbush on Thursday evening at approximately 6:00 PM, prompting a police response.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, the yeshiva at 770 Eastern Parkway, has purchased a building at 1277 Lincoln Place in Crown Heights for $4.8 million, marking another step in the institution’s continued growth and expansion.

Construction fencing is has gone up at the corner of Carroll Street and Troy Avenue, marking the start of a new chapter for a property that has remained vacant for many years and holds a history familiar to many Crown Heights residents.

This past Shabbos, the entire Oholei Torah Beis Medrash, including 542 Bochurim from both the Raitport and Michelashvili Beis Medrash divisions, together with the Hanhala, Mashpiim, and their families, gathered for an unforgettable Shabbos Achdus at the scenic Bushkill Inn & Conference Center in Pennsylvania. With approximately 650 participants, the Shabbaton had a remarkable Chayus.

Federal prosecutors have charged Anna Mochalova, 32, with two hate crimes following the October 21 attacks on two visibly Jewish men in Manhattan’s Diamond District.

Rockland County Republican Congressman Mike Lawler, who is running for re-election in the upcoming midterm elections, visited the Ohel today ahead of Election Day.

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