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Looking for something useful or fun without spending a dime? This week around New York City, neighbors are giving away all kinds of free items — from furniture and baby gear to books and even comedy show tickets.

There’s a special kind of joy that comes from eating food so good you don’t care what you look like while consuming it. Hometown Bar-B-Que in Red Hook, Brooklyn, specializes in creating exactly those moments, one sauce-covered rib at a time. Here’s a truth about great barbecue: if...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island woman says the city acted “cruelly” when city Sanitation Department workers towed and scrapped a bright green custom truck — a memorial to her late husband — that had stood for years outside his Brooklyn auto shop. Maria...

The FDNY remains on the scene of a massive fire at a factory in College Point, Queens.

Tony Curtis, 64, of Brooklyn, was arrested following an investigation into a series of larcenies that happened on Saturday, Aug. 30, according to detectives. Curtis allegedly entered several Home Depot locations throughout Nassau County, selected merchandise totaling approximately $24,970.15, and left the stores without paying, authorities said. After what police...

Gunfire before sunrise jolted a stretch of Avenue L in Brooklyn on Thursday, when someone opened fire outside a residential building around 5:20 a.m., then took off in a dark gray BMW headed east on East 57 Street, according to police. Wanted for reckless endangerment. NYPD Crime Stoppers reports that...

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced the bust of three fentanyl packaging mills in New York City on Friday.

During the evening of Tuesday, March 31, a tense rescue unfolded on the upper level of the Manhattan Bridge, where two people in crisis were reportedly threatening to jump. FDNY crews rushed to the scene, secured the area and removed both individuals, who were then turned over to EMS for evaluation. Officials said the operation wrapped up quickly, with no immediate reports of firefighter...

Marine stranding experts are working to remove a dead whale found floating in Newark Bay, and officials now say the animal is about 50 feet long and appears to be either a Fin or Sei whale. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said it received a report on April 9 of...