Brooklyn NY

Two drivers. Same city. Same car. Same clean record. One pays $331 a month for full coverage auto insurance. The other pays $637 a month — nearly double — for the exact same protection. The difference is not the car. It is not the driver. It is the...

For as long as people have built cities, rats have found ways to move in right alongside them. They don’t bake you pies to welcome you to the neighborhood, pay taxes, contribute to the local economy, or appear on tourism sites, and yet, they’ve become permanent residents in many of America’s largest urban hubs.

The Rockland County community is mourning the loss of Anthony Navarro, a New York City resident who died following a fatal car accident in Rockland County. The tragic incident has left family members, friends, and loved ones grieving as they remember a man whose life ended unexpectedly. According to reports,...

A Brooklyn man was charged today with threatening to assault and murder a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) officer outside an ICE detention facility. Nicholas Matthew Scelfo, 27, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested for influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat. Scelfo is s

A 19-year-old man was shot Monday afternoon near a sneaker and streetwear shop in Brooklyn’s Homecrest neighborhood, sending shoppers and pedestrians diving for cover along a normally bustling commercial strip. The gunfire rang out just after 2:30 p.m., according to witnesses, who said they heard multiple shots and wat

A member of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stands guard as police investigate a shooting at Taste of the City lounge on August 17, 2025 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Timothy Spence pleaded guilty to federal assault and firearm charges. [ more › ]

A corrections officer at New York City’s Rikers Island prison has pleaded guilty to receiving more than $200,000 in workers’ compensation benefits to which he was not entitled, prosecutors reported. According to Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jovanny Concepcion pled guilty on...

At the end of a five-hour hearing Tuesday Christopher Baldner, 48, was sentenced to 2 1/2 to 7 1/2 years in prison for his part in a high-speed pursuit on the New York State Thruway that led to the death of 11-year-old Monica Goods, of Brooklyn.

Mystery men who are “up to no good” have been roaming through New York City’s vast sewer system, and city officials on Tuesday warned potential copycats of dangers they’d face exploring Gotham’s treacherous underground. There’ve been at least three documented sewer incursions since May 5...

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A New York City man killed his brother while he was asleep by smashing his head with a bowling ball, according to officials. Jayson Dargan, 43, of the Bronx, will spend the next 17 years behind bars for the crime, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced Tuesday.  Dargan pleaded guilty [