Push For Police Reform Leaves NYPD In Difficult Position As Gun Violence Grips City; 'We Need Some Clarity'
The latest NYPD numbers show a whopping 142 percent increase in shootings last week, compared to the same time last year: 63 versus 26.
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The latest NYPD numbers show a whopping 142 percent increase in shootings last week, compared to the same time last year: 63 versus 26.
Police said five people – three women and two men – suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Surveillance video shows one suspect throw something at the storefront, then kick and punch in the glass door.
The NYPD is looking for a suspect in an attack on a subway conductor in Brooklyn. The assault left the transit worker seriously hurt, and also disrupted service.
Romeo Hunte has his own brand and designs for a list of celebrities, including Zendaya, Beyonce, and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
Police responded shortly after 10 p.m. to an apartment on Lefferts Avenue in East Flatbush and found Edill Gonzales with multiple stab wounds.
A vacant home with more than 200 violations is still upsetting neighbors after years of complaints in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
A homeowner on Clarendon Road in East Flatbush has racked up fines totaling more than $300,000, but that owner is nowhere to be found.
n abandoned property in Brooklyn has racked up more than 200 violations with the city and owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
Police say the boys found the fireworks near 57th Street in East Flatbush around 4:30 p.m.
Police are searching for the driver of the car she was in, who allegedly ran from the scene and left two passengers behind.
They're wanted in six incidents between Oct. 7 and Nov. 21 in the Flatbush and East Flatbush sections.
It happened around 5 a.m. Sunday at East 55th Street and Foster Avenue in East Flatbush.
The 57-year-old victim told investigators she was standing inside her apartment when she heard gunshots, looked down and realized she had been hit.
Police say the vehicle was not damaged and "additional resources will be deployed to address the conditions in the neighborhood."
Firefighters responded to Linden Boulevard and Troy Avenue in East Flatbush around 3 a.m.
Who the boy is and where he was supposed to be were all a mystery up until late Sunday afternoon when police said his mother showed up to the 67th Precinct in East Flatbush.
It happened on East 49th Street in East Flatbush around 11:40 a.m. on Aug. 25.
In an effort to keep up with the times, the Brooklyn Public Library system undertook a multi-million dollar project more than a decade ago. But many East Flatbush residents say their branch was left behind.
A car crashed into a pedestrian on Church Avenue near 94th Street in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn on Friday morning.
The crash happened shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Nostrand and Flatbush avenues in East Flatbush.
One person was killed when a car slammed into a tree on Avenue D and Kings Highway in Brooklyn.
It happened around 3:30 a.m. near Tilden Avenue and Kings Highway in East Flatbush.
Samuel Joseph, 15, was shot and killed on Feb. 22 in East Flatbush. Investigators said he was not the intended target.
In East Flatbush, one such fire was especially dangerous due to its proximity to a utility pole that was holding up wiring.
