Jul. 30, 2025 By Dean Moses A man was struck and killed by a train after an argument at the Prospect Park subway station early on Wednesday morning. According to police, officers from the 71st Precinct and Transit District 32 rushed to the station at around 2:26 a.m. on July 30 after a report…
Jul. 28, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Police in Bushwick are questioning a suspect in an early-morning shooting that left a man seriously wounded on Monday. Law enforcement sources said the violence erupted inside 182 Wilson Ave. just before 5:10 a.m. on July 28. Officers from the 83rd Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about…
Jul. 23, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A second woman who allegedly beat an MTA employee in an East New York subway station last month was arrested on Tuesday. Cops on July 22 cuffed 24-year-old Leschea Thompson for a slew of charges including assault, endangering the welfare of a child, theft of services, and criminal…
Jul. 22, 2025 By Dean Moses The man accused of setting fire to 11 NYPD vehicles in a Bushwick parking lot last month was released after his arraignment on federal charges on Monday – and promptly re-arrested, this time by NYPD officers, for a separate misdemeanor charge. Jakhi Lodgson-McCray, 21, surrendered to police custody on…
Jul. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime in Brooklyn was down more than 7% year-over-year in June, according to the latest NYPD statistics, as New York City marked a record-low number of shootings and a continued decline in overall crime. From June 2-28, crime across Kings County was down in five of seven…
Jun. 30, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Brooklyn was decked out in red, white and blue on Sunday as locals celebrated the city’s oldest — and earliest — Independence Day Parade. The 118th Annual American Independence Day Parade kicked off with a mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park,…
Jun. 26, 2025 By Dean Moses A woman was shot and killed blocks from her home in Prospect Heights on Wednesday night, and her killer left her to die in the middle of a crosswalk, police said. Officers from the 78th Precinct rushed to the intersection of Carlton and Pacific Avenues in Prospect Heights…
Jun. 12, 2025 By Dean Moses At least eight NYPD vehicles parked at a Bushwick lot went up in flames early Thursday morning in a suspected act of arson, police reported. Law enforcement sources said the fiery incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. on June 12 at a parking lot on DeKalb and Central…
Jun. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Police are on the lookout for a man they say groped multiple women in Downtown Brooklyn last Friday morning. The alleged assailant first approached a 26-year-old woman outside 14 Boerum Place at around 5:30 a.m. on June 6, per the NYPD. He reportedly grabbed her buttocks and repeatedly…
Jun. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell A 43-year-old construction worker died from injuries he sustained in a partial roof collapse in Marine Park on Thursday. Workers were conducting repairs and installing a new refrigeration unit inside a rear addition to a closed steakhouse at 3223 Quentin Road just before 9 a.m.…