bergen beach
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsBERGEN BEACH. An off-duty MTA bus driver had hot coffee thrown on his face during meal break by a woman who needed a bus ride last night at 11:30pm. According to authorities, the bus driver was behind the wheel on break on Veterans Ave. and E.
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK/ FLATBUSH. NYPD have released two surveillance videos of suspects in a string of broad daylight robberies in Ditmas Park and Flatbush going back to late April, at least four of which involved the pricey Adidas Yeezy sneakers [https://solecollector.com/news/yeezy-price-guide/]. In each case, cops allege, an
Bed Stuy
Police are searching for two individuals wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Bed-Stuy bodega. The incident occurred at approximately 5:49pm at 488 Jefferson Ave, Wednesday, August 2, when two unidentified males entered the corner store wearing masks, police said. The first jumped the counter and began
Central Brooklyn
Cops are looking for help identifying the individuals depicted in the attached surveillance photos in regards to a burglary that occurred in Ditmas Park back on Saturday, June 6, 2017 around 4am in the morning. It was reported to the police that the above individuals entered the lobby of a
Central Brooklyn
Two men and a woman in Brooklyn could face life in prison for holding two 16-year old girls hostage and forcing them into prostitution, the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/kidnapper-trio-ran-underage-brothel-bk-apartment-prosecutors-article-1.3398147] reported last night. The girls were held, working as prostitutes, until one managed
News
In the early hours of Wednesday, August 9, two men brandishing a gun robbed The Meatball Shop in Williamsburg. The two individuals entered the shop at 170 Bedford Ave at approximately 3:01am, said police. The two men approached a 30-year old male employee, forcing him down into the basement
Central Brooklyn
Via Google Maps (October 2016)An early morning fire in a four-story Crown Heights brownstone has left one resident dead and another injured. The FDNY responded to a call at 12:32am on Thursday, August 10 reporting a fire at 1347 Pacific Street between Nostrand and New York Avenues. They
News
Police are searching for yet another individual wanted in connection with grand larceny in Williamsburg. The incident took place in the Rituals Cosmetics store at 143 Berry Street, around 4:27pm Tuesday, May 9, when an in unknown individual entered a restricted back room and stole a wallet belonging to
Central Brooklyn
Twenty years ago today, August 9, 1997, police officers at the 70th Precinct in Flatbush sodomized Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant, in a police brutality case that shocked the city. WNYC published a segment this morning [http://www.wnyc.org/story/twenty-years-later-look-back-nypd-assault-abner-louima-and-what-it-means-today] that looks back at the incident, how the
News
A string of grand larcenies in Williamsburg (Screen shot via Google Maps)A string of grand larcenies in the 94th precinct have police searching for four individuals in connection with a pattern of crime in Williamsburg. The first incident occurred Monday, June 26, at approximately 10:00am. Unknown individuals entered
News
Police in the 90th Precinct are seeking an individual wanted in connection with a grand larceny in East Williamsburg that occurred Wednesday, July 19. An unidentified male entered The Imaging World, 102 Thames St, at approximately 1:15pm and removed two cameras from the store by cutting their display security
Central Brooklyn
> DA Gonzalez, standing next to @MMViverito [https://twitter.com/MMViverito] @TishJames [https://twitter.com/TishJames] @LegalAidNYC [https://twitter.com/LegalAidNYC] is moving to dismiss over 143,500 summons warrants. #CJreform [https://twitter.com/hashtag/CJreform?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/ETGFUEsVIk [https://t.co/ETGFUEsVIk] — Eric Gonzalez (@BrooklynDA) August