Brooklyn NY

For more than 10 years, a little green mini monster truck parked outside a Gowanus auto shop was more than a neighborhood landmark. It was a tribute to the man who built it. Andreas Stylianou ran New Millennium Motors on 3rd Avenue and 7th Street in Gowanus for more than 40 years.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island woman says the city acted “cruelly” when city Sanitation Department workers towed and scrapped a bright green custom truck — a memorial to her late husband — that had stood for years outside his Brooklyn auto shop. Maria...

A massive fire that lit up a Bronx building Saturday morning may have been caused by candles that filled one tenant’s apartment, according to reports. Hero Marine vet killed while saving his family from Ohio house fire The fire started on Leland Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, engulfing the upper floors of a three-story building, officials said. Shameful vandals sink to new...

The FDNY remains on the scene of a massive fire at a factory in College Point, Queens.

The Fifth Squad reports the arrest of a Brooklyn man for numerous Larcenies that occurred on August 30, 2025 in Nassau County. According to Detectives, Defendant Tony Curtis, 64, entered multiple Home Depots located throughout Nassau County on Saturday, August 30, 2025 and selected various items totaling approximately $24,970.15 and proceeded to pass all points of purchase and exited the stores without rendering payment...

Gunfire before sunrise jolted a stretch of Avenue L in Brooklyn on Thursday, when someone opened fire outside a residential building around 5:20 a.m., then took off in a dark gray BMW headed east on East 57 Street, according to police. Wanted for reckless endangerment. NYPD Crime Stoppers reports that...

During the evening of Tuesday, March 31, a tense rescue unfolded on the upper level of the Manhattan Bridge, where two people in crisis were reportedly threatening to jump. FDNY crews rushed to the scene, secured the area and removed both individuals, who were then turned over to EMS for evaluation. Officials said the operation wrapped up quickly, with no immediate reports of firefighter...

Marine stranding experts are working to remove a dead whale found floating in Newark Bay, and officials now say the animal is about 50 feet long and appears to be either a Fin or Sei whale. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said it received a report on April 9 of...

Jersey City has its own delivery robot, Coco, the zero-emissions vehicle that travels on sidewalks to deliver pizza, groceries and other items to residents.

Woman, 75, punched in the face in random Brooklyn attack; suspect sought