Fatal Shooting On No. 3 Train In Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Fatal Shooting On No. 3 Train In Crown Heights, Brooklyn

NEW YORK — A subway rider died after being shot on a No. 3 train Sunday night in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Police sources tell CBS New York the 34-year-old man was trying to break up a fight between two other passengers who were arguing over loud music. The shooting happened just after 8 p.m. on board a … Read more

Spate of Robberies Strikes Williamsburg Businesses: Police Investigating Multiple Incidents

Spate of Robberies Strikes Williamsburg Businesses: Police Investigating Multiple Incidents

Police are investigating after several businesses were robbed in Williamsburg. On Friday night, four businesses within five blocks of each other were looted. Security footage obtained exclusively by NY1 shows an individual breaking the glass panel of the front door of Lavender Lake, a bar near the Williamsburg Bridge. Police say an unknown man broke … Read more

Tragic Death of 14-Year-Old Boy Surfing on F Train in Brooklyn sparks Educational Campaign in New York

Tragic Death of 14-Year-Old Boy Surfing on F Train in Brooklyn sparks Educational Campaign in New York

NY – A 14-year-old boy died while surfing on an F train in Brooklyn. this Friday after falling from the roof onto the road, the authorities confirmed. “What happened today is heartbreaking, and our thoughts are with the teen’s family.. Surfing on the ‘Subway’ kills. Another innocent life was lost and it should not have … Read more

Souvenir Vendors Evicted from Dumbo in Second Clearing by Parks Department

Souvenir Vendors Evicted from Dumbo in Second Clearing by Parks Department

Yesterday, Parks Department officers cleared almost all of the souvenir vendors from Washington Street in Dumbo. This is the second eviction of vendors since the order to evacuate bridges and tunnels came into force on January 3. IT MAY INTEREST YOU: Residents of this section of Brooklyn complained about the arrival of these vendors, pointing … Read more

New York City Police Seek Help Finding Missing 9-Year-Old Girl from Brooklyn School

New York City Police Seek Help Finding Missing 9-Year-Old Girl from Brooklyn School

What you should know New York City police are asking for help finding a 9-year-old girl reported missing after leaving her Brooklyn school on Thursday. Heaven Banton was last seen leaving PS 323 on Chester Street around 2:30 p.m., police say. Authorities describe her as a girl approximately 4 feet 9 inches tall and 90 … Read more

Street Vendors in Dumbo Struggle After Ban on Brooklyn Bridge – Calls for Legislation to Support Workers

Street Vendors in Dumbo Struggle After Ban on Brooklyn Bridge – Calls for Legislation to Support Workers

Since the measure proposed by the Department of Transportation went into effect on January 3, which prohibits the presence of street vendors on the city’s bridges, several have moved to the Washington and Prospect streets section in Dumbo right next to the stairs that take you to the Brooklyn Bridge, a very popular point for … Read more

Jewish Extremist Students from Chabad-Lubavitch Sect Behind Secret Tunnel in Brooklyn

Jewish Extremist Students from Chabad-Lubavitch Sect Behind Secret Tunnel in Brooklyn

A group of Jewish extremist students from the Chabad-Lubavitch sect was in charge of digging the controversial tunnel that was discovered this week in Brooklynand that it was built without the consent of its religious leaders or the permission of the New York authorities. According to a report revealed by New York Postthe construction of … Read more

Street Vendors Evicted from Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway Move to DUMBO: Residents Outraged

Street Vendors Evicted from Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway Move to DUMBO: Residents Outraged

Dozens of street vendors who were evicted from the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway on January 3 have moved to Washington Street in the DUMBO section, hoping to sell their wares to tourists heading from the bridge to the coastal neighborhood . IT MAY INTEREST YOU: This is according to the website Streetblog, which adds that … Read more

Fatal Vehicle Accident in Brooklyn, New York: One Dead, Three Injured

Fatal Vehicle Accident in Brooklyn, New York: One Dead, Three Injured

NEW YORK — A vehicle accident claimed the life of one person and left three others hospitalized early Monday morning in Brooklyn, New York City Police said. The serious accident occurred in Irving Avenue in the Bushwick neighborhood, according to police, when a Kia Sportage and a Toyota Yaris collided around 1 a.m. Monday. The … Read more

Individual Arrested for Raping Woman with Knife in Brooklyn Released on Technicality

Individual Arrested for Raping Woman with Knife in Brooklyn Released on Technicality

An individual who was arrested for raping a woman with a knife in Brooklyn in December, while his accomplice was pulling a knife on two other women, he was placed on supervised release due to a technicality. Identified as Mohammed Izzeddin22, was arrested on December 28 and accused by authorities of rape and a series … Read more