Brooklyn NY

Great fried catfish is the kind of dish people are willing to travel for, and this New York restaurant has quietly become the place many point to when the craving strikes. The setting feels relaxed and unpretentious, letting the food take center stage and giving diners a chance to enjoy a meal that feels both...

A historic Brooklyn mosque in the Heights neighborhood was vandalized in the predawn hours of March 9, when an unknown substance was smeared across its front door and pages of a religious book were left scattered on the steps. The unsettling scene has left worshippers and neighbors on edge and prompted a police...

A Saturday evening fire tore through a residential high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, injuring four people and sending heavy smoke billowing between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues. The blaze broke out on the ninth floor of the building and pushed residents out to the sidewalks, where neighbors watched...

A late-night drive in Marine Park turned violent early Sunday when a 20-year-old man was carjacked and beaten by a trio of thieves on Flatbush Avenue, according to police. Officers say the group pulled a gun on the victim, hit him in the face, and took off in his car. He was later taken to a hospital, where officials...

The Sei whale washed up on a Rockaway Beach was likely killed in a collision with a boat, scientists have revealed. Biologists from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society performed a necropsy on the massive, 45-foot mammal that washed up on the beach Thursday, said officials. The necropsy, or animal autopsy,...

Brooklyn veteran Jesse Figueroa was recognized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Monday as part of its national Still Serving campaign, an initiative that spotlights veterans who remain active in their communities long after leaving military service. Figueroa, who serves as commander of VFW Brooklyn Post 546 in...

Starting March 30, 2026, the 2025 NYC Energy Conservation Code (NYCECC) will apply to all new job filings, any filings with incomplete energy analyses, and projects involving historic buildings.

At 7:29 a.m., Newark police responded to a motor vehicle crash at McCarter Highway and South Street, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said.. Alberto Coutinho, 56, of Newark, was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced...

A state‑ordered deer cull is set to begin Monday in one of New Jersey’s most unlikely places: Liberty State Park in Jersey City. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has ordered a week-long effort to “humanely cull a population of white-tailed deer” within a 200-acre section of the park long closed...

Former Assemblyman Alberto Coutinho, a prominent member of the Portuguese-American community in the Ironbound section of Newark who served two stints in the New Jersey State Assembly, died this morning in a car accident. He was 56. Coutinho suffered a heart attack after being injured in a two-car collision on...