Police Find Body In Brooklyn Trash Fire
Police discovered the body just before 4 a.m. Thursday on Hendrickson Street after getting a call about a garbage fire.
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Police discovered the body just before 4 a.m. Thursday on Hendrickson Street after getting a call about a garbage fire.
Police say that criminals targeting the elderly have struck twice over the last week.
Maksim Gelman pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in a February 2011 spree that included fatally running down a pedestrian, carjacking and attacking a subway rider.
Police arrested 40-year-old Gurmeet Singh Tuesday following a sting operation. Investigators say they believe Singh raped two female passengers last year.
If Gov. Andrew Cuomo succeeds in making table gambling legal in New York, where do you think casinos will crop up? Some are betting on Coney Island.
Swastikas have been scrolled in white grease paint on the windows of a Japanese bookstore and clothing store on 41st Street and 6th Avenue, where several rabbis and Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer gathered Tuesday to say 'enough.'
Gurmeet Singh, 40, of Highland Avenue in Queens is charged with rape, robbery, assault, menacing and sex abuse.
A wrestling match between two friends ended in tragedy. Marcquel McDuffy was found bleeding to death in the stairwell of a building in Fort Greene on Friday night.
Police say 49-year-old Ju Xiang Chen, a food delivery man, was on a scooter when he was hit by a Nissan Altima at Gerritsen Avenue and Avenue V.
The freeloader not only broke in, he moved in, eating in one of her chairs, watching TV, setting up an XBox, all while Joyce King was visiting family between Christmas and New Year's.
It puts, for the first time, the city's 1,500 call takers and dispatchers in one place and upgrades its technology.
It's not nearly so grandiose as the waterfalls under the Brooklyn Bridge, but one group wants to add light and color to a pedestrian area under the BQE in Brooklyn.
The New York City man charged with firing the shot that killed a police officer responding to a report of a break-in says in court papers he didn't mean to fire the gun and he is sorry that it happened.
A man was killed by a hit and run driver near the intersection of Rutland Road in Brooklyn early Sunday morning, according to police.
Police say the suspect followed his victim into her apartment building in Fort Greene.
Brooklyn has been slowly gaining world-renowned chefs, and now boasts a couple of the nation's top restaurants. Here's a list of some of the haunts you should be checking out over the East River.
A Long Island fire department is holding a blood drive in honor of a firefighter badly burned in a blaze in a Brooklyn brownstone.
All three robberies occurred within hours of each other on Tuesday and are believed to have been carried out by the same man and woman who were wearing somewhat distinctive clothing.
We're at number 3 on the WCBS Newsradio 880 countdown of the top 11 Tri-State area news stories of 2011, and a major political scandal.
New Yorkers are living longer and experiencing less crime. Now, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city is on track to have an all-time record low in traffic fatalities for 2011.
At WCBS Newsradio 880, we've been counting down the top 11 Tri-State Area news stories of 2011. Number 8, suggested by a listener on our Facebook page, is the most horrific story most of us can remember covering.
At the Rolex Deli on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, you can get a sandwich, chips, and a soda for under $10, but nowhere do you see diamond-studded watches.
Police are hunting for the person who struck and killed a 23-year-old early Monday morning in Bedford Park.
Christmas morning proved tragic for one woman in Brooklyn.
Experience your own personal Yule Log during the holiday by checking out one of these bars with fireplaces.
