Brooklyn NY

Brooklyn’s neighborhood names carry more than four centuries of history. Some reach back to Dutch and English colonial settlements, others preserve Native place-names, family estates, old farms, military landmarks, railroads, seaside resorts, industrial districts, and the real estate developments that reshaped the boro

The organizers said their original plan was to march along Flatbush Avenue toward Prospect Park. They claim the NYPD later asked them to change the date and move the route to Ocean Avenue.

The NYPD said officers responded just after midnight Wednesday to a robbery report near East 15th Street and Avenue J.

Chick-fil-A has opened its newest restaurant in Brooklyn. The opening expands the brand’s presence in the area. It is also noteworthy as the restaurant brings new jobs to the community. Chick-fil-A Opens Its Fifth Brooklyn Location. Chick-fil-A has opened a new restaurant in Brooklyn on August 27, at 1569...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A Forest man with warrants for public indecency in Campbell County was arrested in New York City Aug. 27, according to the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said 18-year-old Eli Lemuel Howard was arrested in New York City when officers allegedly caught him performing...

A man is in custody after a 65-year-old woman was randomly pushed onto the train tracks in Van Nest. Police say the incident happened on the 5 train platform at the East 180th Subway Station at around 1:40 p.m. on Thursday. A 65-year-old woman was standing on the platform when...

A New York City woman was convicted on federal drug charges after prosecutors said she sold fentanyl in Paterson and was arrested while returning to the city with nearly 500 grams more. Naomi Hernandez, 34, was convicted on Aug. 26 of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to...

The Ticket Streak That Feels Personal Three tickets in a month can make any driver feel singled out. When speed cameras suddenly appear on a route you know by heart, it is natural to wonder what's really going on. Are they there to slow people down, or to bring in more money. The honest answer is usually both, but how

On Sept. 10, 2001, I was working in the newly refurbished Chelsea Market on 9th Avenue and 115th Street in Manhattan. In another life, the building was the Nabisco factory where the Oreo was invented, and where my wife’s grandfather had baked Mallomars and Fig Newtons decades earlier. The building was now a trendy tech

A maniac with 13 prior busts stabbed a city schools worker to death and repeatedly slashed his buddy during an unhinged attack on a Bronx street on Wednesday, cops and sources said. Rashaun Shettlewood, 32 — a paraprofessional for the city’s Department of Education, according to law enforcement sources — was knifed onc