Apr. 29, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell A local teenager is fighting for his life after being shot in the head in East Flatbush early Tuesday. The gunfire broke out at 12:19 a.m. on April 29 in the courtyard area of Flatbush Garden Apartments. Officers from the 67th Precinct found the 17-year-old male, whose identity…
Apr. 24, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon & Kirstyn Brendlen A senior citizen who was struck by an unlicensed driver earlier this month died from her injuries over the weekend. According to police, 101-year-old Taibel Brod of Sterling Street in Crown Heights succumbed to her injuries at Maimonides Medical Center on April 20, about two…
Apr. 22, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Brooklyn detectives are searching for the suspect who stabbed a woman Monday afternoon in East Flatbush. The incident occurred around 2:28 p.m. near the intersection of East 94th Street and Clarkson Avenue, within the confines of the 67th Precinct, police said. According to authorities, the suspect approached a…
Apr. 21, 2025 By Dean Moses Detectives are looking for the suspects who shot and wounded a group of men in East Flatbush on Saturday night. According to police sources, the bullets flew at the corner of Avenue D and Utica Avenue at about 10:19 p.m. on April 19. Officers from the 67th Precinct, in responding…
Apr. 15, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Three men were arrested after allegedly climbing into a Bensonhurst sewer system Monday evening, while at least one other suspect remains at large, according to police. Officers responded to 911 calls about a group of people removing a manhole cover near 17th Avenue and 82nd Street around…
Apr. 11, 2025 By Adam Daly Detectives in are searching for the suspect who fatally shot a 38-year-old man early Friday on a Bushwick street. Police said the gunfire erupted at about 1:19 a.m., April 11, near the corner of Pilling Street and Broadway. Responding to a 911 call about the incident, officers from…
Apr. 7, 2025 By Dean Moses Police officers shot and seriously injured a Bensonhurst man who allegedly attacked several children related to him with a meat cleaver and a knife during an apparent mental health crisis on Sunday. NYPD brass called the incident “horrific,” stating that it unfolded at 10:15 a.m. on April 6…
Apr. 4, 2025 By Adam Daly The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office is hosting a gun buyback event this weekend in Bedford-Stuyvesant, offering up to $500 for operable firearms as part of ongoing efforts to reduce gun violence. The event, held in partnership with the NYPD, is scheduled for Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m.…
Apr. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Brooklyn’s violent crime rate dropped in March, according to the latest NYPD data — marking the fourth consecutive month where crime was down year-over-year. In the 28-day period from March 3-31, the overall rate of major felonies — murder, rape, burglary, assault, robbery, grand larceny, and grand larcent…
Mar. 28, 2025 By Emily Davenport Cops are looking for two people who vandalized a Tesla in Bed-Stuy on Thursday. Police say that at 1 a.m. on March 27, two unknown individuals approached an unoccupied Tesla — which appeared to be a Cybertruck — parked in front of 730 Monroe St. The suspects proceeded…