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Rashawn and Nyree Bronson, founders of the Muslim Community Center flea market at 332 Broadway, pose for a photo at their table on Saturday, July 12, 2025, in West Brighton. (Owen Reiter for the Advance/SILive.com)Get Photo. 5 / 11. Muslim Community Center Flea Market. Imam Zulqarnain Abdu-Shahid, a member of...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Peter Shiffman was making his usual rounds at the South Beach Psychiatric Center when, authorities say, an out-of-control resident turned Shiffman’s routine into calamity. Shiffman, a nurse supervisor at the facility who had dedicated his life to mental health care, nearly died, he recalled.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream in Port Richmond, a long-standing Staten Island dessert hub, reopened Sunday following a tragic incident at the store a day earlier. On Saturday morning at 9:50 a.m., police responded to a 911 call reporting an unresponsive man...

I was driving up Forest Avenue during the late afternoon rush the other day, coming back from the bank after picking up some cash. Never mind that it took me nearly 50 minutes to travel from Stapleton to Port Richmond and back again. Shame on me for hitting the road at 4:45 p.m. to run my errand.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An individual dressed in all black carrying what appears to be a hook was spotted on the Staten Island Ferry on Friday. Wearing what looks like fishing gear, the individual — whose face was not captured by surveillance footage — was seen prowling around the outer walkway of the ferry at 9:47 a.m.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the launch of “Benefits on Your Block,” a summer-long initiative designed to bring city services directly into neighborhoods across the five boroughs. City Services Brought Directly Into Neighborhoods. Led by Chief Engagement Officer Crystal Price and involving dozens of...

QUEENS - A late-night fight over a parking space in Queens escalated into violence Monday when a woman was slashed in the head, according to police. Police say the incident happened just before 1 a.m. on Steinway Street in Astoria, after a heated dispute over a parking spot. Apparently the...

NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani sparked backlash for claiming police 'punish poor Black and Brown people' as former Democratic advisor defends NYPD's public safety role.

New York happens to be one of the oldest settled places in the United States. Before it was settled by the Dutch it was home to many Native tribes who had their own stories and folklore. Many of those stories focused on beings or entities that roamed the land freely.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 23-year-old West Brighton man was arrested Friday morning in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that left two people dead on a Brooklyn street, police said. Juventino Anastacio Florentino, a resident of the 300 block of North Burgher Avenue, was taken into custody and charged...