Category: Brooklyn

Firefighters used a three hose-lines to knock down a fire in the rear second floor of Brooklyn Made Presents Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a fire on the second floor of a mixed-used building in Brooklyn. Units arrived at 428 Troutman Street in Bushwick on Sunday evening just after 7:25 p.m. to find smoke…

Leroy Hatcher dragged the 62-year-old victim into a nearby alley and sexually assaulted her at knifepoint. Envato Elements/LightFieldStudios A Stuyvesant Heights man was sentenced to 17 years to life in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a 62-year-old woman as she walked to work in 2021. Leroy Hatcher, 44, was sentenced by Brooklyn Supreme Court…

Photo by Lloyd Mitchell An 18-year-old woman is dead after she was stabbed in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning. Police say that at 11:40 a.m. on June 12, officers responded to a call regarding a person stabbed at 9712 Seaview Ave. in Canarsie. Upon their arrival, officers found the victim with a stab wound to her…

Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a fire that broke out in a home in Brighton Beach on Tuesday afternoon. Units received numerous phone calls reporting the fire at 3067 Brighton 3rd Street on June 11. FDNY units arrived just before 1 p.m. to find heavy fire and smoke venting from the basement of a…

Joey Chestnut will not return for the 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, officials confirmed Tuesday. File photo by Dean Moses All he can’t eat! Joey Chestnut, the chow-down champ with 16 Nathan’s Famous hot dog-devouring victories under his belt, will not return for this year’s annual all-you-can-eat competition in Coney Island. The professional eater…

Police at the scene where a 14-year-old boy was shot dead in Brownsville, Brooklyn on June 2, 2024. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell New details emerged Tuesday in the death of a Brooklyn teenager fatally shot over the weekend during apparent gunplay with a sawed-off shotgun. According to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, officers from the…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s daughter and granddaughter, Jane and Mimi Ginsburg, unveiled the new street sign at a ceremony outside James Madison High School Photo by Adam Daly The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was immortalized by fellow alumni of James Madison High School with the co-naming of a Midwood street on Wednesday.…

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and the NYPD announced Wednesday the indictment of a slew of gang members who have terrorized the borough over the last several years. Photo by Dean Moses Eighteen reputed gang members in Brooklyn, some of whom are only teenagers, face a slew of serious criminal charges connected to 12 shootings…

Several protesters were arrested during a Gaza war protest in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on Saturday, May 18. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Two Brooklyn lawmakers took to social media to express concern after police were caught on camera roughly arresting demonstrators at a pro-Palestine march on Saturday. Protesters flooded the streets through rain in Bay Ridge…

Brooklyn band Van Vreeland performs at the Knitting Factory on 4/21. Photo by Sam Blieden A new local band is bringing a unique blend of rock and country vibes to Brooklyn’s music scene. Van Vreeland is a soft rock/country band that formed right here in Brooklyn. The band is made up of Katie Vreeland on…