Aug. 16, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A 17-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot at a Crown Heights community center on Tuesday evening.
Teen in critical condition after shooting at Crown Heights community center: NYPD
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‘We need help. We need it now’: Pols issue joint call for government assistance with migrant crisis
Aug. 15, 2023 By Jada Camille
Local leaders gathered on the steps of the Brooklyn Borough Hall on Tuesday to admonish the federal government for its lack of assistance in serving the nearly 100,000 asylum seekers who have arrived in the city since last spring.
Lithium-ion batteries and e-bike catch fire in Bensonhurst building: FDNY
Aug. 15, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters made quick work of what appeared to be another lithium-ion battery fire in Bensonhurst on Tuesday morning.
Clinton Hill man pleads guilty to deed theft, mortgage fraud, faces up to 9 years in prison
Aug. 15, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A Clinton Hill man who stole the deeds to two Brooklyn homes and nearly $775,000 in mortgage funds using fake documents and shell companies will face up to nine years in prison after pleading guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Aug 9.
One dead, three injured in Brownsville apartment fire: FDNY
Aug. 14, 2023 Adam Daly and Lloyd Mitchell
Two people jumped from the fifth floor of a Brownsville residential building to escape heavy smoke and flames during an all-hands fire that left one resident dead and three others injured on Aug. 14.
Construction underway at Sheepshead Bay station as MTA installs accessibility upgrades
Aug. 14, 2023 By Jada Camille
Construction is underway at the Sheepshead Bay subway station as part of the agency’s accessibility and modernization project.
Queens man cuffed for forcibly touching underage girls aboard Brooklyn buses: NYPD
Aug. 14, 2023 By Adam Daly
Cops arrested a man for allegedly groping two young girls aboard buses in Canarsie and East Flatbush, officials said Monday.
67-year-old man beaten in Carroll Gardens subway mugging: NYPD
Aug. 14, 2023 By Adam Daly
Police are looking for the group of men who brutally attacked an older man during a subway mugging on Sunday.
Locals call for mayor to take ‘immediate action’ after moped rider injured on McGuinness Boulevard
Aug. 11, 2023 By Adam Daly
Northern Brooklyn pols and local activities have criticized the mayor’s office for the delay in implementing a safety redesign on Greenpoint’s McGuinness Boulevard after a delivery rider was injured on the stretch of road Thursday.
Sunset Park locals raise funds for burial of homeless neighbor
Aug. 11, 2023 By Adam Daly
Sunset Park residents are banding together to cover the burial costs of a recently deceased homeless neighbor who had been living in the area for several years.