Man violently robbed of shampoo, cleaning supplies in Gowanus
It happened around 1:40 p.m. Sunday in front of 336 Douglass St.
MTA report identifies Bushwick stations among city’s worst transit bottlenecks, but no fixes slated
A new report from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority highlights some of the subway system's biggest bottlenecks; locations where track layouts and aging infrastructure regularly cause delays for hundreds of thousands of riders each day.
Man found dead with knife in his neck inside Bed-Stuy brownstone, sources say
A 58-year-old man was found dead with a knife in his neck inside a brownstone in Bed-Stuy, police sources say. Officers were called to 716 Madison St. for a wellness check just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning. Police say they located the man unresponsive and unconscious on a bed inside...
Amtrak to add second Pittsburgh-NYC train
Pittsburgh is getting more passenger train service to New York City and points in between, Amtrak officials confirmed in a board meeting last week. Why it matters: Amtrak saw a record 34.5 million riders last year and wants to capitalize on that growth. The latest: A second train on the...
Driver claimed he was rushing to a Miami fire, but deputies say he was...
A Florida traffic stop involving a speeding SUV with flashing red and blue lights quickly turned into a much larger investigation after deputies said the driver’s story about responding to a fire in Miami began falling apart almost immediately.
Former New York Professor Faces Backlash for Taking ‘Creepy’ Photos of NYC Subway Riders
A former School of Visual Arts professor is under fire after riders discovered he had spent years secretly clicking their photos on the subway — building an online collection that includes children and women in revealing clothing. The New York Post reported on Monday, August 3, that Brian Appel, who was a professor at
2 critically hurt, one stabbed after motorcycle and car crash in Brooklyn; driver sought
Two people on a motorcycle were critically hurt, and one of them was found stabbed, after a collision with a car in Brooklyn.
The Meatpacking District’s Retail Renaissance
The transformation of Manhattan’s Meatpacking District isn’t letting up just yet. All the Beauty Retail Expansions of 2026 The historic cobblestone streets and red brick warehouse architecture remain, but change across the retail landscape is ongoing as upscale stores and restaurants continue to flock to the neighborho
Fire breaks out at NYC subway station, 12 injured: FDNY
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Multiple people were injured after a train caught on fire in Manhattan early Tuesday morning, according to the FDNY. The incident happened around 2:16 a.m. at the Astor Place station. Fire officials say a vacuum train caught on fire. 141 Fire and EMS personnel responded. Officials say six MTA
‘Dark’: Shock as right-wing paper scrambling to defend manufactured Mamdani hoax
The New York Post has been accused of publishing a hoax story about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, then retroactively trying to make the story seem real when they got caught. According to Judd Legum of Popular Information, last week the Post "published a fake cover story claiming 'thousands' of 9/11 families were
