Illegal med market springs back to life just days after Post exposé forced NYPD...
An illicit open-air prescription drug market in Washington Heights sprang back to life this weekend — days after the NYPD shut it down following a Post expose. About 10 vendors were spotted Friday setting up tables along St. Nicholas Avenue, near West 180th Street and West 181st Street, brazenly selling prescription pa
Williamsburg Snags 312 New Affordable Apartments, Most For Homeless Neighbors
Affordable housing in Williamsburg is about to get a serious boost, as Slate Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership have closed construction financing for two new affordable housing projects that will create 312 rental apartments, the developers say. Sixty percent of the units will be reserved for formerly h
Severe thunderstorms to target Midwest, East with damaging winds into Tuesday
Severe weather will begin to ramp up this weekend into early next week, bringing the risk of damaging wind gusts, hail and flooding downpours. This comes as record-challenging heat builds across the West. "As storms move along the northern edge of a heat dome across the Plains, the risk for...
Man in bulletproof vest shot by police after Queens home explosion
QUEENS (PIX11) – A police-involved shooting in Queens on Saturday afternoon led to the discovery of two dead bodies and a fiery explosion, police said. A man identified as 33-year-old Kegan Thomas is linked to the shooting and the explosion, authorities said. Police received a 911 call around 12:02 p.m. reporting guns
Smoke sensor alert forces flight from Portland to NYC to turn back and land
PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- A spokesperson for the Portland Jetport says a Delta flight headed to New York City from Portland had to return due to an emergency on Saturday. Delta Flight 5860 was reportedly on its way to LaGuardia when the emergency happened, forcing it to turn around and land back at the jetport.
NYPD drones help catch Brooklyn teen subway surfers
During the arrest, police recovered six stolen MTA keys from one of the teens.
Cops shoot maniac armed with shotgun outside NYC house — then find 2 dead...
Cops shot a gun-wielding madman when he refused to drop his weapon outside a Queens home after a “large fiery explosion” on Saturday — and then discovered two of his family members dead inside, police said. The NYPD responded to Ocean Crest Boulevard near Hartman Lane in Far Rockaway around noon after receiving a 911 c
Multiple civilians, firefighters with serious injuries after Queens fire
FLUSHING, Queens (PIX11) — At least 21 people were injured, some critically, after a multi-alarm fire broke out in a home in Flushing, Queens on Saturday, the FDNY reported. Among those injured were 17 firefighters, two EMS personnel and two civilians near College Point Boulevard and 41st Avenue just before 10 a.m., fi
Mysterious disappearance of young Holly Ann Hughes in Staten Island, New York in 1981:...
Holly Ann Hughes was last seen in Staten Island, New York (Richmond County), on July 15, 1981, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Her photo above is an age-progressed likeness of how she might have looked at 39, though she would now be 52 if alive.
Massive fire ravages NYC home, injuring 21 and leaving 78-year-old woman in critical condition
At least 21 people were injured, including a 78-year-old woman who was left in critical condition, when a massive fire ripped through a Queens home on Saturday morning, officials said. The FDNY received a call about the growing blaze at 9:52 a.m. on 41st Road near College Point Boulevard in Flushing, which quickly esca
