4-Alarm Fire Draws Massive Response In Palisades Park During Freezing Overnight Temps
The fire broke out around 2:15 a.m. at 337 Broad Ave., Palisades Park, officials said. The address is listed as a Korean restaurant on Google Maps and is located next to a pharmacy and a home health aide business. Fire crews remained on the scene for more than four hours as they battled the blaze in frigid...
Man arrested with stolen vehicle, suspected drugs in Dover
DOVER, NY — A New Jersey man was arrested early Wednesday morning after deputies found him in a stolen vehicle stuck in a snowbank. Julio Pineda, 46, of West New York, New Jersey, was taken into custody at approximately 1 a.m. on Route 22 in the Town of Dover, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office.
Hypothermia Claims Five Lives in NYC as Frigid Temperatures Continue and Mayor Mamdani Increases...
The New York City medical examiner reported that hypothermia was the cause of death in five cases during extremely cold weather, with additional contributing factors such as alcohol or methamphetamine intoxication in some instances. The deaths occurred between January 24 and 26. Gothamist provided further details...
New York Puppy Learns How To Make Every Passing Stranger Look Twice
Stepping into a dog shelter can be a lot to take in, with countless hopeful faces gazing out from behind kennel doors, every pup silently hoping for a bit of kindness or a gentle touch. Some dogs wait for hours, others for days or even weeks, longing for someone to...
Ice and Deep Freeze Ground NYC Ferries, Stranding Thousands
Unprecedented Shutdown Grips the System (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) New York City – Thick ice floes clogging the East and Hudson Rivers have kept the entire NYC Ferry fleet docked for over a week, disrupting commutes for thousands amid a punishing cold snap. Unprecedented Shutdown Grips the System The...
NYC snow plow driver slammed into at least 5 parked cars — and fled...
Send in the cold case squad! City snow plow drivers slammed into at least five parked cars after the big snow storm recently — and then left the scene, according to police sources and car owners. The offending plow driver reads like a rap sheet: A woman who lives at Netherland Avenue and West 236th Street in The...
Abandoned On Brooklyn Streets, Cat Clings To The Few Remnants Of The Home He...
On Nostrand Avenue, a small cat sat among a few scattered belongings, the faint traces of a family that had suddenly vanished. The bustling city moved around him, indifferent to the loss he was still trying to understand. Every honking horn and passing footstep reminded him of what he’d lost,...
New Port Authority boss Garcia to crack down on JFK cab scams
JFK AIRPORT – KATHRYN GARCIA, FORMERLY head of the city’s Department of Sanitation, was sworn in as the new executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Thursday. At a meeting of the PA’s board, also on Thursday, Garcia said she intends to...
NYC woman stabs roommate, dog, and pistol-whips daughter in Brooklyn: court docs
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A Brooklyn woman is facing a 15-year prison sentence after stabbing her roommate, pistol-whipping the victim’s daughter, and then stabbing the victim’s dog, according to court documents. Iescha Gowdy, 34, of East New York, will serve 15 years in prison and receive five years of post-release...
New York’s “First Free Grocery Store” Is About To Open
This sounds like a dream, but it's 100% real. New York is getting its first-ever grocery store where everything is free.
