Brooklyn NY

Three men have been sentenced in the murder of 58-year-old Rodney Maxwell, a security guard for an illegal gambling den in Brownsville, where he was working when he was shot in October 2020. Three New Jersey men have been sentenced in the crime. Charles Powell, 28, was ordered 42 years...

BK Wine Depot, the liquor store where police arrested a man on April 14, 2026 in an incident that resulted in two NYPD officers being placed on modified duty “When things like this happen, it just removes any form of credibility and trust,” one resident says. [ more › ]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD seized a gun during a pre-dawn raid of a woman’s apartment at the Mariners Harbor Houses. Shirley Johnson, 66, was arrested after officers armed with a search warrant swarmed her apartment on Brabant Street in the New York City Housing Authority Complex on March 20 at about 6:30 a.m., according to the criminal complaint and police.

New York City officials have refused a request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold a suspect accused of arson that resulted in four deaths and seven injuries, according to DHS officials. The suspect, Roman Ceron Amatitla, 38, a Mexican national, is charged with eight counts of second-degree murder and first-degree arson.

A teen was stabbed in the leg during a dispute in Queens on Thursday afternoon amid a burst of youth violence inside city parks as summer-like weather rolled in. The 13-year-old boy was discovered badly bleeding from his right leg after police responded to 89th Avenue and 153rd Street near Rufus King Park in Jamaica just after 4 p.m., according to...

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, which has been a staple in Syracuse since 1983 is closing one of its locations downstate. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of our beloved Brooklyn store later this spring,” the restaurant announced online Thursday. The company says after 15 years in...

The victim’s family spoke exclusively with News 12 on Thursday, but they asked not to be identified out of fear of retaliation from the gunman – who is still on the run.

The temporary home for BATWorks, a new climate innovation hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, has officially opened. The facility will support climate technology companies through programming, piloting, and commercialization, while also providing workforce development and green job training for local residents. The permanent hub, currently under construction within Building A, is expected to open in 2028.

Cops arrested a homeless woman who allegedly set three fires in Maspeth Monday night, including one that hurt four people. Firefighters got a call about a blaze on the second floor of 60-92 Flushing Ave., the address of Chinese restaurant 888 Kitchen, at about 9:10 p.m. It was brought under control about an hour later, according to the FDNY. Per the Citizen...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani The mayor is set to unveil a new plan to try to drive down insurance costs for landlords and reduce the need for rising rents. [ more › ]