The Brooklyn Museum, a cultural institution with a long history in our city, is celebrating its 200th anniversary. During this month of October, several events and activities have been scheduled to celebrate the occasion, and you can enjoy it too. The Brooklyn Museum was founded in 1824 and was originally called the Brooklyn Apprentice Library … Read more
NEW YORK – A man crossing an intersection in Brooklyn early Thursday was struck by a driver who ran a red light, killing the man. Police said they are still looking for the driver who struck Felix Mendez, a 49-year-old Brooklyn man who was trying to cross the crosswalk around 3 a.m. at the intersection … Read more
Jordi Fernández’s Brooklyn Nets ended with a loss in a preseason game against Los Angeles Clippers with 115-106. The Clippers got off to a great start and in less than 5 minutes they were 18 up by a margin of 23-5. But Jordi Fernández’s men did not lower their arms and in the in the … Read more
NEW YORK – An MTA driver was attacked and stabbed by a passenger at a Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday, according to the New York City Police Department. The incident happened shortly before 11 a.m. at the Utica Avenue subway station, near the intersection of Utica Avenue and Fulton Street in the Bed-Stuy section. According … Read more
“A team of Latino superheroes at the New York Comic Con. The action figures of the characters created by the novelist Edgardo Miranda Rodríguez, La Borinqueña, Oro el coquí, which comes in two versions; in regular size and another in coquí size, the gargoyle, villain of the saga, and Luz the Luminous, the first Dominican … Read more
NEW YORK – As New York City Mayor Eric Adams prepared to hold a lengthy press conference at City Hall, a potential witness in one of the investigations sprawling around the administration wraps up his own press conference just steps away, saying that he had been the victim of a corrupt “harassment.” Brooklyn juice bar … Read more
NEW YORK – Two inmates were stabbed to death. Another was speared in the spine with a moving ice pick. A corrections officer has been accused of shooting at a car during a high-speed chase. The criminal indictments unsealed Monday shed new light on the violence and disorder that has plagued the Brooklyn federal prison … Read more
Another new report of human remains was found near the children’s carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park, the NYPD reported. A passerby saw the pieces of bone on the shore near DUMBO’s green space and called the NYPD around 12:43 pm Thursday. The remains were delivered to the Office of the Medical Examiner (OCME) for analysis. … Read more
Six people were injured during a shooting that happened this morning in Brooklyn. According to police, it happened shortly before 2 a.m., at Cherry Street and Stewart Avenue, near the Kosciuszko Bridge underpass. Six men were hit by bullets, all between 18 and 33 years old. Each went to the hospital by private means. One … Read more
NEW YORK – The New York Police Department on Friday released body camera footage of a shooting last weekend at a Brooklyn subway station that began as a standoff between police and an alleged fare evader. Two police officers opened fire Sunday afternoon at a Brownsville stop after the man accused of jumping the switch … Read more