Community news – BQE, Gowanus, crime and more

For once, good news about the BQE, real estate news, a former St. Ann’s teacher pleading guilty to child sex offenses and more community news.

• Overweight trucks on BQE stretch down 60% with new weight sensors! The number of overweight trucks crossing the creakiest section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has been more than halved by the installation of overweight vehicle sensors, city transportation officials announced. Read more here.

• Former St. Ann’s teacher pleads guilty to child sex offenses. Read more here.

• 63-Story skyscraper revealed for second phase of Alloy Block in Downtown Brooklyn, all details here.

• Society Brooklyn and Sackett Place wrap up construction in Gowanus. Read more here.

• 499 President Street nears completion in Gowanus. Read more here.

• Drunk driver jailed for killing woman crossing Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill in 2023. Read more here.

• Violent crime was down across Brooklyn in February for the third consecutive month, according to the latest NYPD statistics. Read more here.

• Grocery store and pottery studio join 420 Carroll, a mixed-income development in Gowanus. Read more here.