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…
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. 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. 17, 2025 By Adam Daly Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old East New York man in connection with the attempted rape of a 51-year-old woman at Shirley Chisholm State Park in Sept. 2023, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Amadou Kane, 22, was arraigned Mar. 17 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Michael Kitsis…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime was down across Brooklyn in February for the third consecutive month, according to the latest NYPD statistics. In the 28-day period from Feb. 3-March 3, major felonies — defined by the NYPD as murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny auto —…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime dropped significantly across Brooklyn during the first month of the new year, according to the latest NYPD statistics. In the 28-day period from Jan. 4 to Feb. 2, the combined rate of major felonies — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny…
Jan. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The last month of 2024 was relatively peaceful in Brooklyn, according to the latest NYPD statistics, as reports of major felonies dropped by nearly one-quarter year-over-year. Between Dec. 2-29, 2024, the NYPD recorded 1,817 “major felonies” — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny…
Dec. 3, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime rates have been decreasing in Brooklyn since the summer, and that trend continued in November, according to the latest NYPD statistics, with marked drops in nearly all categories across the board when compared to the same period in 2023. Across the entire borough, major felonies —…
Oct. 2, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen After a relatively peaceful summer, violent crime remained fairly low in Brooklyn in September, according to the latest NYPD statistics. Between Sept. 2-29, major felonies dropped by about 2% across the borough compared to the same period last year. However, pockets of violence and several major incidents broke…