At least 6 shot in NYC near West Indian Day Festival parade route: cops
Brooklyn's joyous West Indian Days Parade turned bloody on Monday with at least six people shot along the route, authorities said. Police said shots were fired around 2:35 p.m. in the 300 block of Eastern Parkway, where a colorful celebration of Caribbean life was taking place. One male victim was shot in the head, another […]
Family mourns 75-year-old hit-and-run NYC victim as dump truck driver charged
The family of a 75-year-old Russian aspiring poet mourned her death in a hit-and-run and called for justice on Monday after a dump truck driver was charged in Friday's incident. “It's so heartbreaking,” Alex Gervorskaya, 49, said of his aunt, Elena Gervorskaya, who was hit and killed by a car on Aug. 4 at the […]
NYC West Indian Day Carnival festivities kick off with J’Ouvert pre-dawn party
An annual celebration of Caribbean culture and traditions returns to Brooklyn with dancing, elaborate costumes, steel band floats and an early-morning party with calypso music. The early-rising tradition, named “J'Ouvert,” which means dawn, began at 6 a.m. Monday along Empire Boulevard and Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush. The parade will begin at the intersection of Empire […]
Booted NYC bar patron comes back with a gun, shot by off-duty parole officer early Monday
A violent shootout broke out at a Bronx bar on Monday when a booted patron returned with a gun, shot and killed the cook, then was shot by an off-duty parole officer who tried in vain to flee in an SUV. The violent Labor Day shootout happened at Cutty Bar and Lounge on Boston Road […]
Alarming video captures NYC building super kick tenant, beat him with wrench
A Manhattan building manager has been arrested after being caught on shocking video violently kicking and punching a resident down a two-story staircase, authorities said. According to the criminal complaint, Nick Valentin, 45, was seen kicking a 26-year-old tenant down the stairs at about 8 a.m. Saturday in a building on 112th Street near Third […]
NYC towers put final touches on major upgrades as they buck downtown malaise
The bad news about Downtown is well known: 30% of the offices are vacant, Water Street is a near ghost town, and some of the older buildings are at risk of foreclosure. But there's good news, too. And it's not just the World Trade Center and Brookfield Place. Two large buildings on Liberty Street have […]
19-year-old woman Giselle Flores killed in NYC moped crash sought to live in the moment: twin sister
A 19-year-old woman, one of two young people killed in a tragic moped crash on the Cross Island Expressway, was living in the moment in a race against time, the victim's grieving twin sister said Sunday. The victim, Giselle Flores, had planned to drive home early Saturday morning and meet up with her twin, Sharic […]
SUV fatally strikes cyclist before crashing into parked vehicle in NYC
A man riding his bicycle on a Brooklyn street on Sunday morning was killed when an out-of-control SUV struck him and crashed into a parked car seconds later, police said. According to authorities, around 11:30 a.m., the driver of a black Volkswagen SUV was traveling north on Union Street near Lynch Street in Williamsburg when […]
Man Wanted After Machete Attack on NYC Subway
The 54-year-old man is accused of attacking another man with a machete while riding the Bronx subway just after 1 a.m. Saturday. Police sources said the suspect, identified as Lunadieo Jordan, is wanted after the incident happened on northbound Platform 2 near the Allerton Avenue station. Reported Sunday. The suspect was confronted by a man […]
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander trying to woo mayoral voters with office ‘survey’ but he may be using public resources for it: critics
“How are you?” City Comptroller Brad Lander, a candidate for City Hall, is following in the footsteps of the late Mayor Ed Koch. Office “Survey” He will be asking New Yorkers questions about his work as the city's chief auditor and watchdog. But the intelligence review raises concerns that Trump is using public funds to […]