Brooklyn NY

After Ayo Edebiri shouted out the Boston-to-New York bus, readers shared their own memories of breakdowns, fires, and $15 fares. The Fung Wah bus may be gone, but the stories are still very much alive. When Ayo Edebiri shouted out the Fung Wah bus on the “Today” show, the mention...

Homecrest’s soaked streets and flooded basements might finally get some relief. On Thursday, city officials rolled out a $95 million plan they say will cut chronic flooding across the low-lying stretch of southern Brooklyn by capturing stormwater before it overwhelms neighborhood sewers. The concept pairs underground storage, porous pavement and redesigned public spaces, so neighbors could eventually see changes to parking lanes, schoolyards...

A freshly renovated West Village townhouse at 67 Charles Street has quietly slipped onto the market this week with a bold asking price of $25 million. The 20-foot-wide home clocks in at roughly 6,000 square feet and comes with a private garden, a roof terrace and an elevator. Brokers are positioning the property as a turnkey single-family spread on one of...

106 Willow Ave. in Hoboken — Courtesy: Marcus & Millichap. A private investor in Hoboken has purchased a vacant apartment building with redevelopment potential, paying nearly $2.2 million in a deal arranged by Marcus & Millichap. According to a news release, the 6,400-square-foot brick structure occupies a 2,500-square-foot lot...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – A father-son duo in New York is accused of illegally running a pill mill that prescribed oxy, Xanax, and other controlled substances, Nassau County DA’s office announced on Thursday. Doctor Richard Taubman, 71, and his 33-year-old son, Eric Taubman, are facing multiple felony counts of criminal sale of a prescription […]

Park Avenue is about to lose a couple of traffic lanes and gain a whole lot more park. Yesterday, New York City officials unveiled substantial new plans to redesign one of midtown’s most iconic corridors, turning 11 blocks of Park Avenue into a greener, more pedestrian-friendly stretch filled with wider medians, new seating, landscaping and potentially even bike lanes. The proposed overhaul would...

A five-story Park Slope mansion with serious bragging rights is back on the market, carrying a $16 million asking price. The Romanesque-Revival Kenyon House stretches more than 32 feet wide and offers roughly 8,200 square feet of interior space, plus about 1,200 square feet of terraces and garden. The property has returned after nearly two years of on-and-off marketing and...

Police say the man stuck to a plan - demanding money before going behind the counter and holding an employee at knifepoint. The incidents happened in mid-April. The largest amount stolen was around $6,000.

New York City is trying to ram two massive homeless shelters into quiet Staten Island neighborhoods by exploiting loopholes and ignoring the law. At 4934 Arthur Kill Rd., in Charleston, officials are labeling a planned 160-bed men’s shelter a “transient hotel” in zoning filings. That magic wording lets them build “as-of-right” with zero public review or Uniform Land Use Review Procedure...

Officials announced Thursday that a doctor and his son have been accused of operating a family-run pill mill in New York, in what authorities describe as a brazen abuse of medical authority to fuel the illegal distribution of prescription drugs. Over a roughly three-month period in 2022, the physician allegedly...