Police Talk Man From Jumping Off Williamsburg Bridge
It took almost a dozen NYPD officers about three hours to talk a 39-year-old man from leaping off the Williamsburg Bridge on Saturday morning.
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It took almost a dozen NYPD officers about three hours to talk a 39-year-old man from leaping off the Williamsburg Bridge on Saturday morning.
While President Obama was meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington, a protest was held at the Israeli consulate in Midtown Manhattan.
The push for so-called "crossover" mirrors to compensate for blind spots in large trucks is taking on added urgency after last week's death of a 4-year-old who was hit by a truck while riding his tricycle in Williamsburg.
When Michael Nilsen told his parents he wanted to go to West Point, they were less than thrilled. But he's convinced this is right.
Authorities said a 53-year-old woman whose Brooklyn apartment had no electricity was killed when a fire swept through her candlelit home.
Madison Square Garden is undergoing a renovation, which means the New York Liberty WNBA team will be playing at the Prudential Center in Newark.
It looks like Brooklyn has the biggest share of fire house closings due to New York City budget cuts and the outspoken borough president isn't happy about the news.
For one graduating West Point cadet from Brooklyn, defending his nation has a personal connection.
Talk about fantasy sports. The Austrian Pillow Fight League and Punk Rock Pillow Fight are coming together Tuesday night to host the first ever Pillow Fight World Cup.
TLC Commissioner David Yassky said the new plan would add 1,500 standard taxis and up to 6,000 cabs that would exclusively serve areas outside Midtown and Downtown, where it's hard to get anything but a livery cab.
When a reporter asking about cell phones on the subway mentioned panhandlers, the Mayor quipped "there aren't very many panhandlers left in all fairness to the MTA, come on."
Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, 51, was already was serving a life sentence for an attempted murder conviction in 2007.
A spark of fire turned a four-story building into a raging inferno Friday night in Brooklyn, trapping victims inside before firefighters could begin to help them.
Federal law enforcement officials tried to break down barriers with the Muslim community in Brooklyn on Saturday, with a special program designed to foster a culture of understanding.
It was an extreme makeover of a backyard variety as volunteers helped to turn a neglected Brooklyn backyard into an oasis of green.
The blaze started at a three-story building on Covert Street in Bushwick around 9 p.m. Firefighters struggled to knock down the flames, but brought the fire under control around 10:30 p.m.
Brooklyn's 3rd Ward is teaming up with Makerbot, a company that's been named one of the top New York City-based start-up companies. Their project, the Makerbot Thing-O-Matic, is a robot that, as the name suggests, makes things for you.
A city-wide search was underway Thursday for a taxi driver who allegedly raped a passenger who had passed out. In an unexpected twist, cabbies are working to help police solve the case.
The Brooklyn sculptor initially posted the large sign with red letters outside her Coffey Street home as a protest of the Iraq war.
Police are searching for three people wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Brooklyn last weekend.
At 11 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a man shot in front of 55 Linden Blvd. in the Flatbush section where officers found a 23-year-old black man shot in the torso.
Police said 46-year-old David Fernandez, of 60 Division St., suffered one stab wound to the leg at the corner of Roebling Street at 8:42 p.m.
A 22-year-old was stabbed and killed on Friday night in Brooklyn. Police have one woman in custody.
Officials said over $1.5 million in heroin was seized and 10 members of an alleged narcotics trafficking ring were arrested yesterday in Fort Lee.
Doctors working to bring down the ever-growing rate of premature birth say prevention starts with the parents.
