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Man, 58, walks into Brooklyn precinct and confesses to killing friend — while covered in blood
The 58-year-old suspect, who has a whopping 16 prior arrests, turned up at the 77th Precinct in Crown Heights shortly after 3 a.m. with his hands covered in blood, cops...
Heartless thief robs 10-year-old of piggy bank money at knifepoint in sick Brooklyn hold-up
This is even lower than taking candy from a baby.
NYC apartment building fire leaves two young woman clinging to life: officials
The blaze erupted around 1:30 a.m. inside the building on Eastern Parkway near Troy Avenue in Crown Heights, leaving the women – 24 and 26 – suffering from smoke inhalation...
MTA worker, 64, slashed on neck by crazed man walking on NYC subway tracks: cops
The MTA power maintainer was sitting outside a break house within the tunnel on the southbound No. 3 line near Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights around 10:40 p.m. when he...
Rare 1850s wood-framed building in NYC has 2 units for sale
Wood was a common construction material until the city updated its fire codes -- and now, buyers can live in a relic of a 19th-century past on Dean Street.
Gangbanger busted for attempted murder after West Indian Day Parade shootings in NYC: cops
The gang member – who sources say is affiliated with the 9 Trey crew – was arrested in connection to a shooting that erupted minutes before 7 p.m. at Nostrand...
'Largest police deployment of the year' to keep the peace at NYC's raucous J’Ouvert festival
The peace at the raucous J’Ouvert and the West Indian American Day Parade festivities will be enforced by a record-setting deployment, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Friday.
Historic treasure at NYCHA housing complex is restored
The stunning 80-foot-long concrete frieze, “Exodus and Dance,” was created in 1939 and installed in front of the Kingsborough Houses in the Weeksville section of Crown Heights — home to...
NYC hookah lounge where 12 were shot Sunday was scene of gunfire less than a year ago
The business opened in 2022 and serves American and Caribbean plates with a full bar, hookah and DJs.
Beloved NYC hospital worker took in older brother — before he allegedly strangled her: 'Senseless'
Mary Fagan, 64, had a reputation as a generous soul who would care for any one in need -- until she helped her brother and it cost her her life.
Man, 68, confesses to fatally choking younger sister in NYC apartment: cops, sources
Mary Fagan was found unconscious and unresponsive in the living room of the unit she shared with her brother, Thomas Fagan, on St. Johns Place near Bedford Avenue in Crown...
Boy, 8, killed in tragic Brooklyn car accident
An eight-year-old boy was struck and killed by an SUV as he and his older sister crossed the street while walking home from visiting their grandmother in Crown Heights on...
Fed-up NYC tenant creates 24/7 livestream of rats in his walls — what he sees has him losing sleep
Live from New York — it’s Rat-urday Night!
Cold-blooded NYC killer who gunned down childhood friend in 'evil act' learns fate as victim's family tears into her: 'No remorse'
"It's an act of pure evil and what makes it even more painful is that she showed no remorse for what she did."
Trendy Brooklyn cafe ordered to close over gross violations — but stays open, telling customers it was a 'spring cleaning'
Little Zelda in Crown Heights was shut down by the city after dozens of violations for gross conditions, but it kept its doors open anyway.
Career 'thief' steals $30K in wigs from Brooklyn shop that helps cancer patients
A Brooklyn shop that makes wigs -- some of them for cancer patients -- was burlarized by a career-criminal who served nearly 20 years in prison and has nearly 60...
NYC man accused of violently shoving wheelchair-bound neighbor to the ground in spat over dogs
Levi Kabakov was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, aggravated menacing, and attempted assault for allegedly pushing Troy McLeod out of his wheelchair on March 29.
101-year-old Hasidic family matriarch who fled Russia after WWII fatally struck by unlicensed driver in NYC: 'Independent till her last day'
“She was [a] very independent woman. Extremely independent and strong. She would take the bus by herself. She was extremely independent till her last day," her grandson said.
'Antisemitic' activist pushing Zohran Mamdani's NYC mayoral bid to bring 'anti-Israel' agenda to City Hall: critics
A Hamas-sympathizing Palestinian-American activist is playing a huge role in trying to get socialist Zohran Mamdani elected NYC’s next mayor – by spreading a message of anti-Israel hate and pushing...
Plan for massive NYC skateboard park riddled with issues like potential 'organ-level impalement': foes
The city’s plan to pave over part of a Brooklyn park to build a skateboarding complex could lead to injuries from falling acorns and twigs — not to mention "organ-level...