Jun. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime was down in Brooklyn in May, according to the latest NYPD data, as city officials celebrated a citywide drop in murders and shootings in the first five months of the year. Across the borough, major felonies — defined by the NYPD as murder, rape, robbery, felony…
Feb. 8, 2024 By Adam Daly
A Downtown Brooklyn tenant was scammed out of a month’s rent by a hacker posing as his landlord last month.
Jan. 18, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper
What does up must come down, and after a slight increase in crime during the first week of the year, crime rates largely declined again in Brooklyn in the 28-day period from Dec. 18-Jan. 14, according to the most recent NYPD data.
Jan. 4, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper
As the city celebrated large-scale reductions in violent crime in 2023, the last month of the year saw a number of crimes spike across Brooklyn, according to the latest NYPD data.