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Building Superintendent Killed In Brooklyn Elevator Accident
Investigators said the worker and the tenant were trying to retrieve a cell phone that was dropped into the elevator pit.
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Investigators said the worker and the tenant were trying to retrieve a cell phone that was dropped into the elevator pit.
Cellphone video caught the brutal beating. A man with a baseball bat is seen hovering over his victim, who was on the ground with his bike.
The driver remained at the scene and does not appear to be facing charges.
Authorities said officers were initially called to Lenox Road between Bedford and Rogers avenues for multiple reports of a man with a gun.
The NYPD closed an entire block of Lenox Road between Bedford and Rogers Avenues in Prospect Lefferts Gardens after shots were fired around 6 p.m. Monday.
Citizen video shows the scene at Nostrand Avenue and Hawthorne Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, where gunfire erupted around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Police said 21-year-old Nickalus Thompson, also known as Nick Blixky, was shot in his torso and buttocks.
The young boy has a thrift store and sells clothing to help families save money.
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An 18-year-old is accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens section of Brooklyn. Julio Ayala is being held on $500,000 bail following his arraignment.
A man was facing charges Saturday after police say he crawled through an apartment window and raped an 11-year-old girl in Brooklyn.
It happened around 2:25 p.m. on Flatbush Avenue near Winthrop Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Police are still looking for more information about a man they say reached through a second-floor open window and groped a sleeping woman in Brooklyn, then claimed to be a police officer.
It happened around 4:40 a.m. on May 12 at an apartment building near Clarkson and Rogers Avenues in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Police officers responded to a 911 call about a robbery at 263 Winthrop Street and found the victims with multiple stab wounds.
It was a daylong ordeal for New Yorkers, who gingerly traipsed over messy streets and sidewalks to get back into their usual routines.
Brooklyn residents were wondering when they would be able to get back inside their homes on Wednesday.
As suspect was in custody in the stabbing death of a 22-year-old woman in Brooklyn, Saturday.
One person was killed, and nine other people were hospitalized, in an extra-alarm fire in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn Monday evening.
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A serial spitter was being blamed Tuesday night for more than a dozen incidents in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn – including at least one involving a pre-schooler.
Two children were hospitalized Saturday when a fire broke out in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn.
Bronx residents said they were frustrated by the closures of the Crotona Park pool and Van Cortlandt pool during the hot holiday.
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Bronx residents said they were frustrated by the closures of the Crotona Park pool and Van Cortlandt pool during the hot holiday.
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People from across the Tri-State Area have been flocking to the beaches to beat the heat and humidity. Several beaches in our area had already hit capacity by midday.
The NYC weather forecast calls for rain today, but this map shows when the skies are expected to clear for the 4th of July fireworks.
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Steven Schwally, the man accused of being intoxicated when he crashed into a nail salon on Long Island, killing four, appeared in court Monday.
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The Boys & Girls Club of Harlem was not approved for replacement funding for a lapsed state after-school budget.
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"We can serve payers very effectively from the footprint that remains," CEO Tim Wentworth says of the coming Walgreens closures.
The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy came as the U.S. grappled with another summer weekend marked by deadly mass shootings.
One bill being fast-tracked would make abortions free in New Jersey by eliminating co-pays.
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Ann Wilson, lead singer of rock band Heart, says she has cancer.
Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" celebrated its 35th birthday Sunday with a block party on Do The Right Thing Way in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
Usher accepted the lifetime achievement award at the 2024 BET Awards, and Will Smith debuted a single as he continued his comeback from slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars two years ago.
His recently uncovered photographs, long thought lost, are the basis of the former Beatle's book, "1964: Eyes of the Storm," and an exhibition currently at the Brooklyn Museum.
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Andrew Abbott took a two-hit shutout into the seventh inning and reliever Fernando Cruz got Aaron Judge to ground into a pivotal double play, pitching the Cincinnati Reds past the struggling New York Yankees 3-2.
James Wood singled home the go-ahead run in his third major league game, Luis García Jr. hit two homers and the Washington Nationals rallied to beat the New York Mets 7-5 on Wednesday night.
Rookie Alonso Martínez scored a goal in each half and Matt Freese had three saves to lead New York City FC to a 2-0 victory over CF Montreal.
The Yankees' 5-4 defeat on Tuesday marked their 11th loss in their last 15 games.
The Boys & Girls Club of Harlem was not approved for replacement funding for a lapsed state after-school budget.
A nonprofit recycling center in Brooklyn says it has seen a sharp increase in people who collect cans and bottles to make a living.
Queens residents who lost their homes in an apartment building fire six months ago say they are again searching for somewhere to live as their temporary housing agreements expire.
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.
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