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…
Jun. 2, 2025 By Adam Daly A Brooklyn woman claims she was left with “permanent injuries” after being trampled during a chaotic stampede sparked by false reports of gunfire at a 2022 boxing match at Barclays Center, according to a recently filed lawsuit against the arena and several affiliated companies. The incident unfolded around…
May. 30, 2025 By Emily Davenport The NYPD is looking for a suspect who assaulted a bus driver with a wrench in Red Hook earlier this month. According to police, at 8:04 a.m. on May 13, a 71-year-old male MTA employee was operating a B61 bus near the vicinity of Lorraine Street and Hicks…
May. 19, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Another double shooting rocked Brooklyn on Sunday night as two people, including a teenager, were shot in a Cypress Hills park. The outburst of gun violence was the borough’s third shooting involving two victims during the weekend. Officers from the 75th Precinct rushed to Highland…
May. 14, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A Park Slope man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday for a 2022 shooting in Sunset Park that left a 20-year-old man seriously injured. The victim was shot twice in the chest after 56-year-old John Carter and his accomplices, searching for a different person,…
May. 7, 2025 By Dean Moses & Robb Pozarycki Brooklyn detectives are looking for the suspect who shot a man at a nail salon on Tuesday night. Police said the shooting occurred inside the business near 795 Crown St. in Crown Heights at about 9:25 p.m. on May 7. Officers from the 71st Precinct, in…
May. 2, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A Staten Island man who shot at a taxi riding on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in 2023 and struck a pregnant passenger was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday. According to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, the gunman, 37-year-old Mark Munoz, watched the victims — a 30-year-old…
May. 1, 2025 By Robb Pozarycki Detectives apprehended the suspected Manhattan subway rapist accused of sexually assaulting a man on board a 1 train last weekend, police announced Thursday afternoon. Mohammed Azeem, 36, of Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn was taken into custody just before 2:50 p.m. on May 1, hours after the NYPD released video…
Apr. 30, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Reports of major felonies across Brooklyn were down 3% in April, compared to the same period last year — but while crime has been down every month this year, the decrease is shrinking as warmer weather approaches. In January, violent crime in Kings County was down 27% year-over-year.…
Apr. 30, 2025 By Dean Moses Police officers on Tuesday shot and killed a driver in Canarsie who allegedly tried to flee from a traffic stop and nearly struck a lieutenant with his vehicle in the process. According to police brass, the NYPD Community Response Team spotted the driver operating a Porsche erratically along the…