Man Snapping Photos Of Children Leaves Borough Park, Brooklyn On Edge
Parents in Brooklyn were on alert Friday evening, as police investigated the motives of a man who has been seen following school buses and taking pictures of young children.
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Parents in Brooklyn were on alert Friday evening, as police investigated the motives of a man who has been seen following school buses and taking pictures of young children.
The incident happened on the corner of 49th Street and 13th Avenue in Borough Park around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Police on Monday were searching for a suspect who ripped off a cellphone from a woman on a subway train in Brooklyn.
A woman was found dead Monday evening in a fire that broke out in a basement apartment in southern Brooklyn.
Four suspects were being held Saturday morning in a string of violent attacks in Brooklyn, known as the "knockout game."
Police on Tuesday were asking for help from the public in finding three suspects who allegedly robbed 12 men on the streets of southern Brooklyn in two early-morning sprees.
Investigators said 32-year-old Javier Villarini and 77-year-old Carlos Quinto are accused of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old boy on Sept. 11.
The NYPD is asking the public for help in identifying a man wanted in connection with a robbery that took place in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn on Tuesday night.
Police on Wednesday were seeking three suspects in a string of robberies in southern Brooklyn.
The suspect with a gun forced the five Asian male victims to the floor while the other suspects took their cash, debit cards and cell phones, police said.
A man in his late 60's met a sudden death during a morning bike ride on Friday, near the corner of 6th Ave and 65th Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Ngozi Agbim, 73, was crossing the street when she was struck by a tractor-trailer making a right turn onto Prospect Expressway at Church Avenue in Borough Park around 9:40 a.m. Monday, police said.
Dina Perez, 56, got off a southbound F train at the 18th Avenue station around 2:40 a.m. when the man attacked her, police said. He fled with unspecified personal items he stole from the woman, police said.
Police were asking for the public's help Tuesday in finding the man who assaulted and robbed a woman on the stairs at an elevated subway station in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Yoel Malik, 33, was taken into custody late Wednesday after investigators said they received an anonymous tip through a confidential hotline.
A man was killed Sunday in a fire in a Borough Park, Brooklyn apartment building.
The flames broke out around 6:30 a.m. Friday on 42nd Street and 10th Avenue in Borough Park.
A 37-year-old man was killed Friday in a motorcycle crash in southern Brooklyn.
A man was found stabbed to death overnight in front of a home in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, police said.
Frequenters lamented news of the sale, saying they saw the Borough Park bowling alley as something wholesome and affordable, unlike new bowling alleys.
Police said there had been an ongoing dispute over rent between 74-year-old Thomas Athanastos and his 63-year-old brother James.
Levi Aron was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison in the death of Leiby Kletzky. The 36-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and kidnapping earlier this month.
The big worry is that the powerful Orthodox Jewish group administering the program will insist that a rabbi grant permission before authorities are notified of sex abuse or domestic violence accusations.
The storms brought rain, hail and lightning with them, bringing sudden changes in the sticky weather that lingered for days over the region
A van and a light pole were sprayed with swastikas on East Second Street in Kensington, police said. The discovery came just days after swastikas were found on six separate locations in nearby Borough Park.
