Love Stinks? Tours Of Brooklyn Sewage Treatment Plant Popular On Valentine's Day
The plant had to offer an extra tour this year due to popular demand, according to Newtown Creek Wastewater treatment plant superintendent Jim Pynn.
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The plant had to offer an extra tour this year due to popular demand, according to Newtown Creek Wastewater treatment plant superintendent Jim Pynn.
More than 300 couples who have been married for half a century or more are gathering in Brooklyn to celebrate their love in a special Valentine's Day ceremony.
A 13-year-old boy was struck and critically injured by a van Wednesday in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway overpass.
The community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, was devastated by Superstorm Sandy, and now, residents who still have no heat are seeing astronomical electric bills as they run space heaters during this bitter winter.
Striking school bus drivers were blaming non-union drivers Wednesday for a school bus crash in Bushwick, Brooklyn that left 14 people injured – including 11 children.
Alexis McIntyre was charged Wednesday with criminal possession of a weapon.
Police were responding to a report of gunfire from a rooftop on Atlantic Avenue just after 9:35 p.m. Monday when they encountered two suspects.
Police shot and wounded a 31-year-ol d man Tuesday after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers, only a mile away from the scene of another police-involved shooting less than 24 hours earlier.
A sergeant and an officer responding to reports of gunfire from a rooftop on Atlantic Avenue near Monaco Place in Brownsville were canvassing an adjoining rooftop, authorities said.
The victim landed on the tracks and within minutes, she was killed after being hit by a Manhattan-bound No. 3 train at Utica Avenue station in Brooklyn.
Prosecutors said Pride and four others plotted to rob a drug dealer who lived in a basement apartment in Brooklyn, but were interrupted by police.
Police are giving some residents in New York City a heads-up.
If you're sick and tired of sweet-smelling flowers and sappy imagery at Valentine's Day, the city Department of Environmental Protection Agency is bringing back a special tour by popular demand with some odors that aren't so romantic.
Police said the suspects have struck at least six times between Dec. 30 and Feb. 4.
An 8-year-old boy was killed early Saturday when a fire broke out at his home in the Flatbush-Ditmas Park section of Brooklyn.
The goat made his escape in the wee hours of the morning. An officer on patrol spotted him galloping down Atlantic Avenue wreaking havoc, and called for backup.
Lamont Pride is accused of murder in the December 2011 death of Officer Peter Figoski.
During his closing argument, prosecutor Ken Taub said while the defendant's intent may have been to get away from a bungled robbery, he was also intent on killing any police officer who got in his way.
In addition to the hazardous toys, authorities said the five Queens residents also imported and sold knock-offs of toys featuring popular characters including the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dora the Explorer and Mickey Mouse.
The incident happened near East 25th Street and Clarendon Road shortly before 10 a.m. That's when police said a 70-year-old man and his 63-year-old sister had a violent argument.
The hunt continued Monday for a rapist and robber who struck in broad daylight in Flatbush-Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, and neighbors were on edge as they learned about the horrifying attack.
A Brooklyn man is dead, two days after he was stabbed in front of a building in the Cooper Park Houses development.
The incident was caught on tape twice – a man forcing a woman down an alley in the middle of the day in Flatbush-Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, then raping and robbing her.
The firearms were turned in at the Church of the Open Door; in all fifty-six revolvers, thirty-four pistols, eight rifles, one assault rifle, three shotguns, and eleven other assorted weapons were surrendered.
Community leaders, youth advocates and the Brooklyn District Attorney attended a conference at St. Francis College Saturday, discussing ideas to prevent teenagers from being forgotten at school and to prevent young people from turning to gun violence.
