New York City Fire Department responders blocked the intersection while a tow truck pulled the vehicle out of the hole.

Professor Susan Herman, a longtime constitutional law scholar and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union, was the featured guest at a Fireside Chat hosted by the Appellate Division ...

In federal court in Brooklyn, a jury convicted Demetrius Johnson on all counts of an indictment charging him with racketeering, narcotics trafficking and firing a gun in connection with those crimes.

As a federal judge continues to consider taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control, a jail expert hired by the city says that current Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley ...

GOWANUS/BAY RIDGE — PETRI PLUMBING, a 119-year-old family-owned business based in Bay Ridge since 1906, has opened a new location at 355 Butler Street in Gowanus to reduce customer wait times.

STATEWIDE — 14 CANINE OFFICERS graduated from the MTA Police Department’s explosives detection and anti-terrorism training during a ceremony at Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday, the agency ...

BROOKLYN — THE NYC PARKS DEPARTMENT has quietly ended its program allowing residents to request street tree plantings via 311, something residents have been able to do since the late 2000s ...

NEW YORK CITY COULD LOSE APPROXIMATELY 19,300 HOUSING UNITS BY 2040, with nearly a third — about 6,250 units — in Brooklyn.

GREEN-WOOD HEIGHTS — Brooklyn-based funeral director Amy Cunningham is leading a new type of old funeral these days: green burials. Green burials are gaining traction among people who like ...

CITYWIDE — THE MTA IS encouraging public transit use for the Sunday, May 4 Five Boro Bike Tour, as more than 32,000 cyclists are expected. Bike restrictions on LIRR and Metro-North will be ...

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Brooklyn-based funeral director Amy Cunningham is leading a new type of old funeral these days: green burials. Green burials are gaining traction among people who like “all ...

FORT GREENE — About 400 people, dressed in “elevated Brooklyn chic” per the dress code, attended the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s (BAM) 2025 Trailblazers Gala on Wednesday, April 23.