Central Brooklyn
Ditmas Park – A four-alarm fire consumed the tire shop at 453 Coney Island Avenue, next to Prospect Powersports just north of Church Ave. The fire was brought under control by 7:15 am, but the rush hour on Coney was disrupted, as the northbound lanes were still closed at lunchtime.
Coney Island
Looking west on Surf Avenue from W 33rd Street, near where the fatal crash occurred (Screenshot via Google Maps)CONEY ISLAND – A pedestrian was killed on Surf Avenue just after midnight last night when he fell into traffic and was hit by an unlicensed driver, NYPD confirmed. The incident occurred
Bed Stuy
CONEY ISLAND – Last week, a man stole money from the hands of a 22-year old in a deli as the victim was just trying to buy some milk at a Coney Island bodega. The theft took place on Thursday, August 16, around 7:30 pm, police said. An unidentified suspect
Bed Stuy
Looking west on Dekalb Avenue, near where the crash took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Last night, a driver died behind the wheel after suffering a “medical episode,” crashing his vehicle into several parked cars on DeKalb Avenue. The crash took place around 11:45 pm on Monday, August
Gowanus
St. Thomas Aquinas church and the R train entrance on Ninth Street in Park Slope, where the attempted robberies took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)PARK SLOPE – A would-be robber was electrocuted and killed this weekend when he slipped and fell onto the third rail while attempting to evade police.
Bed Stuy
EAST FLATBUSH – In the early hours of Sunday, around 2:45 am, an off-duty cop shot and wounded an armed man in a wheelchair outside an East Flatbush house party. The shooting took place Sunday, August 19, when the victim began firing a gun outside a party at 145 East
Central Brooklyn
The four-story apartment at 291 Buffalo Avenue in Crown Heights, where a fatal fire broke out this morning (Photo via PropertyShark [https://www.propertyshark.com/])CROWN HEIGHTS – A fire broke out in a Crown Heights apartment building early this morning, leaving one person dead and hospitalizing three more. The fire
Bay Ridge
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a case of forcible touching that happened within a Sunset Park church last week. On Friday, August 10, around 7:45 pm, the suspect followed a victim into a church near 5th Avenue and 48th
Arts & Culture
Police searched participants bags and used hand-held metal detectors to search for weapons and alcohol at J’Ouvert 2017 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day are just a few weeks away, but preparation for a safe and successful Carnival have been in the works for some
brighton beach
EAST WILLIAMSBURG – A homeless man was crushed to death by a truck yesterday after he sought shelter from the summer rain under the vehicle. The accident occurred yesterday, August 14, at the loading dock at 1177 Flushing Avenue, near the intersection with Varick. Sometime during the day, the victim placed
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – A man pretending to have a gun robbed a chicken spot on Broadway over the weekend—now, police are looking for help tracking him down. Around 10:30 am on Sunday, August 12, the suspect entered the Chicken Express at 582 Broadway, near Lorimer, said police. With his hand
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – Police are looking for three men wanted for their role in a streetcorner shootout that took place in Bed-Stuy earlier this month. At 5:30 am on Saturday, August 5, two men in the area of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Van Buren Street exchanged gunfire on the street, said