EMS has transported a 52-year-old man to Bellevue Hospital after an apparent stabbing that occurred at the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on Cadman Plaza West Tuesday evening. The victim was reportedly stabbed in the neck and ab... »
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage. An elderly woman was fatally struck by an ambulette van dri... »
Some restaurants have that "C" feel to them and some don't.Listed below are a few Brooklyn restaurants that have managed to rack up a surprisingly large number of violation points on their Dept. of Health inspections.Violation points are given for filt... »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Aaron ShortThe Brooklyn PaperA law designed to protect loft-dwellers from eviction won’t save the residents of a Williamsburg building because they signed away their rights before the legislation came into effect,... »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Eli RosenbergThe Brooklyn Paper88th Precinct Fort Greene–Clinton Hill Mean girls A swarm of young women robbed a teenager on Grand Avenue on April 15. The 15-year-old victim told cops that two girls asked her if s... »
The stakes are high as the trial began for 43 year-old George Villanueva today at Brooklyn Supreme Court. He’s accused of pushing Officier Alan Schaberger to his death off a stoop in Boerum Hill last [...] »
We've known that former Bronx State Senator Pedro Espada loves to (allegedly) eat $100,000 in meals by using public money from his publicly-funded health clinic, Soundview Health Clinic. Last month, federal prosecutors said that Espada and his family s... »
The first court appearance in the union lawsuit to halt hiring decisions at 24 turnaround schools ended with the judge telling the city and unions to resolve their dispute out of court. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Joan Lobis urged the city and teache... »
