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The neighborhood that is known today as East New York started out as Ostwout, Dutch for East Woods. It was settled in 1670 by a group of Dutch farmers who came from the Old Lots section of what is now Flatbush, and they renamed it New Lots. The Schenk family...

Most mornings are pretty predictable. You grab your keys, head out to your car, and start your day. But for Maria Yagoda from Brooklyn, New York, one ordinary morning turned into something unforgettable. Instead of just driving off to work, she found herself at the center of a little rescue...

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – An NYPD marked vehicle fatally ‘collided’ with an unidentified man lying in the middle of the road in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park on Saturday evening, police said. Authorities say the officer was driving in the park at a speed of 10 miles per hour when she ran over a man. The incident […]

Summary: A New York City detective was shot and wounded during a carjacking in Queens on Friday, in what police say was likely a friendly fire incident. Mayor Eric Adams criticized state laws that allow repeat offenders back on the streets, pointing out the suspect, 28-year-old Kevin Dubuisson, was arrested just a...

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, former chief advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, was indicted on charges of corruption along with six others by the Manhattan District Attorney.

Police say four men posing as FBI agents used a Taser and attempted to abduct a 46-year-old man in Bushwick. Police say it happened just after 2 p.m. on Weirfield Street and Wilson Avenue. Police say they took off in a car. They say the victim was medically treated on...

The devastating incident on I-90 in Genesee County happened around midday Friday, Aug. 22. The bus, owned by M&Y Tour Inc. of Staten Island, veered off the highway, overcorrected, and rolled down an embankment near Pembroke, according to New York State Police. The bus was en route from Niagara Falls...

Queens, NY – A 48-year-old off-duty NYPD officer was arrested early Sunday morning in southeastern Queens and hit with an aggravated harassment charge after an incident that unfolded just after 4 a.m. in the confines of the 116th Precinct. Octavio Green, a veteran police officer with the department, was taken into...

A shooting in New York City on Saturday left one person dead and four people wounded, including one teenager in critical condition, according to police.

A repeat offender, described as looking and acting like a “caveman,” has been menacing women and girls in the New York borough of Queens for three months, the New York Post reports. The bearded, long-haired man, identified by police as Mallik Miah, 31, has been arrested twice for...