Todd Maisel is an award-winning photographer with more than 35-years, specializing in breaking news. He currently serves as vice president of the New York Press Photographers. He was honored by the Na
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Thousands of office workers and construction workers were just some of the many people stepping out of their ordinary routines on Saturday to transform into someone they usually hide within themselves—rainbow mermaids and pirate scallywags. The Mermaid Parade in Coney Island—a theater of the absurd in
Coney Island
Police vehicles sit in front of PS 188 on Neptune Avenue after the attack. By Todd Maisel/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – A man picking up his child from a Coney Island elementary school yesterday afternoon was slashed in the face by the child’s stepfather and boyfriend of her mother, after the
Police & Fire
FLATLANDS – An 85-year-old resident of East 53rd Street in Flatlands lost control of his Lexus as he was backing out of his driveway, causing him to strike a parked car and then crash into the railing and wall of a home across the street, police from the 63rd Precinct said.
fire
A five alarm fire raced through three 100+ year-old houses in Midwood, resulting in 13 injuries.A Pennsylvania man who allegedly torched a Brooklyn rabbi’s home and taking two others with it [/suspicious-early-morning-4-alarm-fire-destroys-three-century-old-midwood-homes/] , went before a judge Sunday night smiling after getting arrested for attempted murder and arson charges
Events
Rep. Carolyn Maloney led a rally at Foley Square Saturday afternoon calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Todd Maisel/Bklyner WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT – Rep. Carolyn Maloney is no stranger to President Donald Trump, having been his representative in Congress when he lived at Trump Tower and occasionally bumping into
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – A three-alarm fire raced through the ceilings and roofs of three homes in Coney Island early Monday morning, injuring two firefighters, neither seriously, fire officials said. Firefighters look up into ceiling trying to find where the fire had spread in the homes on West 19th Street. (Photo: Todd
fire
A five-alarm fire raced through three 100+ year-old houses in Midwood Brooklyn early this morning, resulting in 13 injuries, though non-life threatening. The original fire started in 1494 East 17th Street at about 4:10 a.m. and spread quickly to two other houses of the same Queen Anne style.
fire
GRAVESEND – A multi-million dollar Gravesend home that was just about to close on a sale suffered a serious fire Wednesday afternoon, causing heavy damage to the kitchen and numerous windows of the modern home, fire officials said. Firefighter with mask exits the home. Photo: Todd MaiselThe house at 1944 East
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – Francesca Mosomillio did a reading of Thessalonians 4:13-18—scripture that speaks of hope—at this year’s NYPD Brooklyn South Annual Memorial Mass at St. Athanasius Roman Catholic Church in Bensonhurst. Officers salute as families of cops killed in the line of duty file pass. Photo: Todd MaiselShe
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – Despite the pouring rain, fans of rapper/lyricist Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” jammed St. James Place at busy Fulton Street where his mother, Voletta Wallace, her family, musicians, and elected officials announced that the intersection— where the rapper once lived—was officially renamed Christopher “Notorious B.I.
community
PARK SLOPE – What a drag it is walking 15 blocks on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope unless you are “in drag” marching in the 23rd annual Brooklyn Pride Parade celebrating sexual identity, diversity, and tolerance. Joe Russo with his daughter Annika, 3, of Park Slope watch the parade. Photo by
News
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Hundreds of detectives, uniformed and plain clothed cops searched Plumb Beach Thursday afternoon, only to find that a highly respected homicide detective had taken his own life in the weeds. Hundreds of cops and detectives gathered at Plumb Beach to search for missing detective. (Photo: Todd Maisel)Detective