Brooklyn Jury Awards $4.15M to Bushwick Man Abused by Teacher in 1969
A Brooklyn jury has ordered the New York City Department of Education to pay $4.15 million to Antonio Vargas, now 70, after he testified that a teacher sexually assaulted him inside a school closet when he was just 13 years old. The abuse happened in 1969 at I.S. 111 Enrico Fermi Junior High School in Bushwick, and Var
Woman arrested in attempted kidnapping of 4-year-old boy in Brooklyn
A woman has been arrested in connection to an attempted kidnapping in Brooklyn.
Sorry, NYC drivers. Traffic is about to get even worse than usual.
The city's designated 20 "gridlock days" through the end of 2026. The worst of them are upon us. [ more › ]
Tree limb that fell onto NYC hot dog vendor was inspected days earlier —...
The limb that fell on a hotdog vendor next to the Museum of Natural history earlier this month was from a tree that had been inspected just days earlier, according to the city Parks Department. The pin oak at West 77th Street and Central Park West stands among a grove of trees outside the museum in Theodore Roosevelt P
6-Screen Cinema, 4-Story Sears, 2-Year JCPenney: Kings Plaza, the Mall in Brooklyn, NY That...
Kings Plaza is an enclosed mall at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U in Brooklyn, New York. Macy's and Alexander's built it together and opened it in 1970, each of them with a four-story store at one end of the concourse. Alexander's stopped retailing in 1992. Sears took most of that...
If You Want The Best Cheeseburger In New York, Head To This Brooklyn Tavern
If you're looking for the best cheeseburger in New York City there is a lot of stiff competition, but one beloved Brooklyn haunt is a head above the rest.
Sangertown Square Mall Facing Foreclosure
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. -- Wells Fargo Bank is moving to foreclose on Sangertown Square mall after a $63 million mortgage went unpaid. The lawsuit was filed in New York City earlier this week. Wells Fargo claims Pyramid Management, the mall’s ownership group, owes more than $53 million on a loan...
10 Puerto Rican Restaurants Across New York That Locals Keep Returning To
The smell of sofrito can settle the dinner question before you even see the menu. Across New York, Puerto Rican restaurants serve mofongo, slow-roasted pork, rice, beans, plantains, and the kind of deeply seasoned comfort food people come back for year after year. Some of these places have been feeding...
29-year-old man fatally shot in the torso in the Bronx; no arrests made
NEW YORK - A 29-year-old man is dead after he was shot in the torso in the Bronx. Officers responded to a 911 call reporting a person shot at the intersection of Cruger Avenue and Magenta Street at approximately 9:19 p.m. on Sept. 19. When police arrived, they found 29-year-old...
New call to action after police break up attempted street takeover in Queens
Police say officers broke up a crowd of motorcycle riders causing chaos near 69th Street and Eliot Avenue in Maspeth.
