Firefighters battle blaze in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park as NYC’s unprecedented dry stretch continues
A wildfire broke out in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Friday night amid historically dry weather, officials said. According to the FDNY, firefighters responded to the fire burning in a rolling meadow known as Nethermead in the middle of a popular green space. The fire broke out on Friday night. Michelle Padge/X The FDNY first received calls […]
Brooklyn’s unknown Black history revealed: ‘Slaveholding capital’
Long before Brooklyn became a go-to borough for hipsters and commuters, it was once America's third-largest city and separate from Manhattan and New York City, says Pretty. Kanakamedara explains in Brooklyn People: The Remarkable Story of a Free Black Community. Shaped a Borough” (NYU Press). But it was also the place where one in three […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs placed on suicide watch at NYC Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center
Sean “Diddy” Combs, 54, is reportedly on suicide watch in a Brooklyn jail where he is awaiting trial on sex crime charges due to unclear mental health. The rapper was added to the watch list as a “precautionary measure” days after his arrest on charges of sex trafficking, extortion and transportation to prostitution, sources said. […]
NYPD cop shot as gunfire erupts in Brooklyn’s Brownsville
A shooting in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon left at least one man dead and two others injured after a New York Police Department officer was shot and wounded, police sources said. Sources said the bloody clash began with a report of a mentally ill person carrying a knife and escalated into […]