Newark NJ

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A man standing on the platform of the Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights was slashed by a knife-wielding woman just after 8 p.m. on Friday night. Police from Transit District 30 and the 84th Precinct converged at the station, at the intersection of Clark...

Three F-18s will conduct a planned flyover along the Hudson River on Monday, March 24, according to the city’s Notify NYC alert system. The flyover is scheduled for 11 a.m. at an altitude of roughly 2,500 feet. Military aircraft typically follow a route along the river, often traveling between...

On a frigid January morning, Jonathan Pender was found unresponsive on the pedestrian walkway of the Manhattan Bridge and died hours later at a Brooklyn hospital. The city medical examiner listed hypothermia as the primary cause of death, with chronic and acute alcoholism as a contributing factor. In late February,...

Surveillance video now filed as a court exhibit appears to show a female NYPD captain hauling off and striking a fellow captain inside an elevator at NYPD headquarters. The elevator dustup is tied to an alleged December 2022 attack in Paterson, N.J., and the footage only surfaced after a months-long legal fight over...

Plans to finally bring apartments to the World Trade Center site have been thrown into neutral, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey telling local leaders that the long‑discussed 5 World Trade Center tower is on pause as construction costs spike. The project was billed as the only residential building...

A fugitive wanted on homicide charges in Puerto Rico, was found hiding out in a home in Woodbridge and arrested, police said.

Grief-stricken kin of a “perfect child” fatally shot in an apparent case of mistaken identity in Brooklyn two years ago say they hope the callous killer who “shattered a family” soon faces justice. Christian Josiah Montrose, 19 — described by cops as a “good kid” who didn’t even drink alcohol while trying to survive...

Rafaela R. Almeida, 28, of Newark; Ryoma M. Johns, 25, of Newark; Ruan G. Rodrigues-Monteiro, 31, formerly of Bloomfield; and Igor Gomes Espindola DaSilva, 30, formerly of Newark, are all facing charges in the Nov. 22, 2024 incident, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, March 20. DaSilva remains at...

A former Hudson County Parks Department director and a contractor have pleaded guilty in a $1.5 million bribery scheme, while another former official has been charged, federal authorities said. Thomas A. DeLeo, 76, of Little Silver, and William A. Murray, 56, of Jersey City, each pleaded guilty to c…

Their first love was each other. Then came music. But somehow, it was shoes that would define their lives. A couple in Bergen county is announcing the closure of their family business after 43 years. Marty, 78, and Wendy Green, 76, who once sold shoes from the back of a...