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A Prospect Heights man accused of fatally striking a 3-month-old baby will spend 9 years behind bars, the DA announced Wednesday.
A passerby jumped in to help a 13-year-old boy who had been underwater for minutes, according to reports.
The 36-year-old is accused of shooting two in a West Indian restaurant almost a year ago.
Chelsea Piers' new Prospect Heights location will open Saturday — kicking off summer programming at the 103,000-square-foot facility.
National Grid employees embarked on building projects across the city over the weekend, including a family center in Bed-Stuy.
Violence and drug sales around Rufus King Park in Jamaica prompted a year-and-a-half-long investigation, landing charges against 8 people.
Smoke billowed from a Brooklyn apartment building Tuesday afternoon.
A man accused of slashing a straphanger in the face in Brooklyn was arrested Monday, police said.
Smoke billowed from a marina in Queens Sunday afternoon when a small boat set ablaze.
Central Brooklyn's Community Board 9 says 5G towers were installed without resident input, and they don't want any more without discussion.
A veg-focused Harlem spot opened its doors in Bed-Stuy over the weekend, serving up smoothies, salads and wraps.
A four-story building in Brooklyn burst into flames overnight, burning for about an hour.
A reported Bloods gang member was killed in Brooklyn over the weekend, according to police and reports.
This week, city inspectors found roaches in Chelsea, rats in Bed-Stuy, mice infestation in Hell's Kitchen, and more.
Community Boards 8 and 9 will be all remote today as NYC's air quality remains poor due to wildfires in Canada.
A fire burned for almost an hour at Brooklyn Hospital Wednesday night, the FDNY said.
Brooklyn's highest courts left homeowners to "fend for themselves" in the face of foreclosure, a new class action lawsuit claims.
Prospect Park's annual summer music festival cancelled its opening night performances as NYC faces days of hazardous air quality.
Thursday's Community Board 8 meeting will be held online as New York City air remains hazy and hazardous.
A recent study found that many of the NYPD's Neighborhood Safety Team's stops, frisks and searches in Central Brooklyn were not justified.
