Art Taken In Brooklyn Gallery Heist Returned To Rightful Owner
In a heist that was caught on video in March, thieves were seen running down a Williamsburg Street with paintings taken from a nearby gallery.
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In a heist that was caught on video in March, thieves were seen running down a Williamsburg Street with paintings taken from a nearby gallery.
Residents in the Midwood section of Brooklyn are dealing with piles of gravel, uneven sidewalks, and holes in the ground thanks to a National Grid service repair.
For Arkady "Art" Shenker of Bensonhurst skydiving was more than a hobby. His wife and two sons are finding peace in knowing he died doing what made him feel most alive.
Authorities say a 49-year-old Brookyn man who landed in the backyard of a home after a skydiving accident in southern New Jersey has died.
Police have made an arrest in connection with the death of a man whose body was found in a plastic storage container in Brooklyn on Saturday.
Police said they made the discovery at a home in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
The event is in its eighth year and record stores, once thought to be a dying breed, have been making a comeback. Two shops have opened in Brooklyn in the past few months.
Daniel Ghabra, 14, wandered away from a laundromat in Fort Hamilton at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, police said. The boy is non-verbal.
A nonverbal autistic teen was missing from his home in Brooklyn Friday night.
Police Friday evening were asking the public to help them find a suspect who allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old girl as she walked her dog in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.
Straphangers in Brooklyn will be subject to major disruptions for five weekends beginning May 2.
Kareem Potomont, 21, has been charged with a slew of offenses after being captured in Queens on Thursday.
The victim, 52-year-old Swadh Maged from Staten Island, was shot four times in the chest and arm. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he died a short time later.
A 13-year-old boy spoke from his hospital bed Thursday night about the shooting that left him seriously wounded, as police questioned a man in connection with the incident.
The incident took place at 427 Central Avenue in Bushwick just before 7 a.m.
Earlier this week, officials announced the school will close for good on June 30 after final exams due to declining enrollment and a facility in need of repair.
Gama Droiville, 13, was waiting for the bus with his aunt and cousin when police said a gunman opened fire on the sidewalk.
Police are trying to find a man who they said set fires at three churches in Brooklyn over a three-day period. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.
A man was charged Tuesday with punching a 70-year-old woman in the face in a Brooklyn subway station.
The boy was with his aunt at around noon on Beverley Road and Flatbush Avenue when the shooting took place.
The Brooklyn Nets have launched a search for the borough's best.
The Brecht Forum, a well-known New York City education center focused on political thought, will close its doors this month.
According to authorities, a 30-year-old man and a 20-year-old man were walking on New Lots Avenue near Montauk Avenue at around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday when the suspects ran up behind them and fired three to five rounds.
Attorney Oliver Storch said at the 29-year-old's arraignment that weapons recovered at his Brooklyn home were actually "inoperable props.''
The fire started around 10 a.m. on the second floor of the apartment building on Lafayette Street between Clinton and Vanderbilt streets.
