“Floyd Bennett Field – a semi-congregate facility where families with children live in tents on an unused airfield mired in a flood zone, miles from schools, and other services – was always the wrong ...

Migrant families at the Floyd Bennett Field shelter, in southern Brooklyn ... fearing the site’s location on federal land would make those residing on it vulnerable to deportation.

It’s Going to Be a Long Winter at Floyd Bennett FieldFamilies who weathered this week’s storms are worried about what happens when it snows.

NEW YORK — The controversial Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter in Brooklyn closed Saturday, just four months into a new year-long lease. Mayor Eric Adams was on hand to celebrate as workers ...

On January 7, during a typically busy 8 a.m. rush, the Q35 drove past Floyd Bennett Field without stopping. “There was no one there to pick up,” an organizer with Floyd Bennett Field Neighbors ...

Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday marked the final chapter of the infamous migrant tent city at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field — and apologized to New Yorkers for the massive shelter placed in ...

At Floyd Bennett Field, about $280 million is covering the ... Adams acknowledged the challenges of that location, both logistically and financially, when speaking to reporters at the state ...

That journey involves more than an hour-long bus ride from Floyd Bennett Field, with suitcases, backpacks, and whatever else the family owns, with children in tow. The shelter’s problematic location ...

The federal government is planning a new chapter for Floyd Bennett Field, a defunct Brooklyn air base that's housed a migrant tent shelter since the fall of 2023. Mayor Eric Adams said he plans to ...

FILE - The gate at the migrant shelter, is closed at Floyd Bennett Field on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo, File) ...

On a chilly afternoon on Jan. 15, 2025, the Coalition for Better Communities gathered with elected officials and community leaders to announce the closure of the controversial migrant shelter at Floyd ...