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“I don’t mind shaming litterbugs," said filmmaker Christopher Wells, who got the idea for a horror comedy when cleaning vandalism last year.
As New York City marks two years living with COVID-19, here's the toll the virus has taken in Brownsville and East New York.
Harvey Marcelin, 83, was indicted on murder charges Thursday after officials found the head of a dismembered woman in her home, the DA said.
"You came in there to buy things, but you really came in there for the experience — to see Ms. Hayes," Janell Smith told Patch.
The two new murals, painted on a Fulton Street storefront, honor the 25th anniversary of the iconic rapper's death.
As New York City marks two years living with COVID-19, here's the toll the virus has taken in Crown and Prospect Heights.
"It's time we get our city back in order," the mayor said Thursday about his plan to boost tourism, small businesses and employment.
The man raked in more than $1 million by robbing a Queens cash-checking business owner and three customers at gunpoint, prosecutors said.
Police found a human head in the Cypress Hills home of Harvey Marcelin, who is accused of scattering body parts across her neighborhood.
Wednesday marked 25 years since the Brooklyn rapper was murdered. Here's how his legacy lives on in the borough, and beyond.
"There is a vet shortage in shelters all across America — and no one is talking about it," an Animal Care Centers spokesperson told Patch.
Owners of D'Savannah applied this week for a liquor license at 158 Utica Ave., former home of World For Christ Ministries, city records show
The medical examiner will determine the woman's cause of death, according to police.
Owners of the rib joint, which closed in 2019 after 50 years in the neighborhood, are opening a new spot.
It’s unclear whether these cases are connected.
A safety upgrade on the dangerous Crown Heights corridor originally slated to end in 2021 will now end this fall, officials said.
The demonstration is the second time protesters calling for funding for New Yorkers excluded from coronavirus relief shut down the bridges.
The 62-year-old woman was crossing Pennsylvania Avenue when she fell and was hit by a vehicle, which then drove away, police said.
The ex-governor, who is reportedly considering a run for office, spoke at a Brooklyn church in his first public address since resigning.
The mayor said that his version of the controversial anti-crime teams — aimed at preventing gun violence — will start "within a week or so."
