Gotham Gossipist: Bay Ridge Residents Outraged Over New Reality Show
I was just thinking to myself, "You know what the world needs more of? Reality shows that stereotype the Italian-American community as trashy, foul-mouthed, thugs."
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I was just thinking to myself, "You know what the world needs more of? Reality shows that stereotype the Italian-American community as trashy, foul-mouthed, thugs."
For many people in Brooklyn, riding the F and G trains has meant a mad dash across six busy lanes of 4th Avenue in Park Slope. Not anymore!
A parking scheme has allegedly been in effect in Park Slope, Brooklyn for over a year, and frustration is building.
1800 Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn drew the attention of narcotics investigators after a was killed by a stray bullet while picking up her child from school.
A passerby found the bag that looked like it had hair coming out of it around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on Lott Avenue and about a block away from P.S. 165.
Police say two employees were inside when the suspect walked in with a gun and said "if you want to live don't do anything."
The Barclays Center under construction at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn will become the home of the NBA's Nets, and the fans will need somewhere to park their cars.
Police say the suspect walked into a 99 cent store on Irving Avenue at Stockholm Street in Bushwick back on Jan. 25 and began stuffing merchandise down his jacket sleeve.
When I looked down, to the floor, I saw so much blood, that's when I started, I became hysterical," Agripina Camacho said.
Police say around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, 81-year-old Agripina Camacho was hit in the cheek while she was inside her Brooklyn apartment watching television.
Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, EMS was called to a building n West 33rd Street near Surf Avenue in Brooklyn. When they arrived, they found a baby girl, believed to be about 5-months-old, in the hallway of the seventh floor.
Police said the suspects -- two men and two women -- stop to ask their victims for directions and then steal jewelry, cash and other items before fleeing.
A Muslim convert from Brooklyn who ran a website that posted threats against the creators of the television show "South Park" for supposedly insulting the prophet Muhammad has entered a guilty plea.
Parents said it was bad enough when Tyleek Brooks was allegedly caught last month trading child porn on the Internet. On Tuesday the FBI raided his home, searched his computer, and allegedly found child porn he actually produced.
Four people are facing hate crime charges after allegedly targeting a man for a violent robbery in Rockland County because he was Jewish.
There was a problem with the center's oxygen delivery system which impacted any patient who was hooked up to a ventilator.
Victims of the crash were taken to Belluvue Hospital.
The victims told police the suspects were armed and wearing ski masks when they entered the Brownsville apartment.
The confirmed preseason NHL game next season at the Barclays Center is part of a larger initiative to get the Islanders and owner Charles Wang to consider permanent relocation to Brooklyn, WFAN.com has learned.
2011 was the first time since 1963 that murders in Brooklyn dropped below 200.
Cops say the suspect is seen on surveillance video pointing his gun at a gas station attendant and a customer.
Witnesses say the driver, a woman, ran a red light in Sunset Park Wednesday night. Her car slammed into the man near 50th Street and 6th Avenue.
Officer Kevin Brennan is in critical but stable condition and doctors say he's expected to make a full recovery. Meanwhile, the suspect, Luis Ortiz, has been charged with the attempted murder of a police officer.
Some Brooklyn residents who want to curb crime on their street by installing surveillance cameras say that the city is standing in their way.
They have street names like "Tiger," "Gunner," "Dancer," "Swerve," and "Bones." Federal prosecutors charge they are as reckless as they are ruthless in their turf wars.
