Brooklyn Subway Sign Defaced To Read 'Avenue Jew'
The latest act of vandalism comes in the wake of last week's bias incidents on Ocean Parkway.
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The latest act of vandalism comes in the wake of last week's bias incidents on Ocean Parkway.
With a distinct sound that some say exude Jeff Buckley and Roy Orbison, Daniel Wayne has been making a name for himself as a musician in New York.
People living in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish communities are complaining of harassment and anti-Semitic slurs written on walls and even parking meters.
Franco Rodriguez, 40, has been charged with graffiti as a hate crime for allegedly spray painting swastikas on a library, synagogue and church in Jackson Heights.
When Carol-Anne Church was injured in a 2004 accident in Brooklyn, a man followed her to King's County Hospital and offered her a network of attorneys and doctors and free taxi service to each appointment. She knew it was fishy.
An engineer says shoddy materials and construction techniques caused a fatal collapse at a building site in Brooklyn last week.
Another stand has opened for getting livery service, on the up and up.
A safety redesign has added the equivalent of 1.5 acres of new pedestrian space to Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza.
Detectives say he approached the victim from behind then grabbed her before running away.
Firefighters frantically searched through the pile of concrete, pulling five workers out. Investigators said concrete being poured between the metal pillars buckled the building.
Tiara Walkes had been missing since Thursday morning. Friday, WCBS-TV learned she was found.
11-year-old Taiheen Shuler was last seen inside of his school bus as he was getting off just before 4 p.m. Wednesday. He was found Thursday.
Sources told 1010 WINS that Kyanna Thomas met the man accused in her death, Rashad Salaam, on the Internet.
The suspects, including doctors, allegedly worked with people posing as patients to defraud Medicare of more than $95 million, officials said.
It's rarely easy finding a spot in New York City, but now a new proposal could make your life a lot less stressful. City residents may soon be given neighborhood parking permits.
Police say the suspect followed his 70-year-old victim into her apartment building in the Kensington section of Brooklyn.
Janna Kennedy Hyten had no idea when she started a haunted house for friends and neighbors 17 years ago that her Brooklyn residence would quickly become the place to visit during Halloween, drawing crowds of 5,000 each year.
"A gang of police officers who should have been keeping guns off the street --- instead smuggled 20 firearms into the city," U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said at a news conference today.
Zurana Horton died instantly when bullets hit her in the face and chest, but thanks to her, 11-year-old Cheanne McKnight was only shot in the cheek and arm.
Levi Aron's defense attorneys said authorities told him what to write down when he allegedly confessed to the crime.
"We're still watching many buildings fell down. We feel very bad. We're watching what's going on there," said Brooklyn resident Riza Atas.
Investigators say Benyamin Simantov-Linkov of Crown Heights, Brooklyn who went missing near his family's second home in upstate Sullivan County, was found Sunday, safe and sound.
A scarecrow painted to have dark skin was hanging by a rope from a tree in front of a home in Kensington.
Police are questioning Joshua Flecha in nearly 20 or more gropings of women, and believe he may be one of the men in six sketches of suspects posted around Brooklyn.
"I like to say that music is the language of our friendship," Heather Robb says of her band, The Spring Standards, who will perform at the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival Tuesday evening.
