Brooklyn news

Intense new video shows the electrical substation explosion that knocked out subway service for multiple lines in Brooklyn Wednesday night, trapping thousands of riders underground for hours.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling for an investigation into the subway meltdown that stranded thousands of riders for hours below ground Wednesday night, demanding the MTA do a deep dive into what went wrong. Con Edison is also investigating. The MTA says power was lost around 5:30 p.m. between Jay Street-Metrotech and Hoyt-Schermerhorn station...

A raging fire at a posh Brooklyn hotel sent plumes of smoke and bright flames into the nighttime air early Wednesday. Authorities responding to a call about the blaze at the Moxy Brooklyn Williamsburg on Bedford Avenue encountered fire on the first floor of the 12-story building around 2 a.m. The hotel’s outdoor dining space apparently caught...

They may be just a few weeks old, but four kittens already have quite a life story. The young felines are recovering after they were rescued from inside a bag thrown in the trash in Brooklyn.

New York’s attorney general announced an investigation Friday into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by an unmarked police vehicle in Brooklyn.

An NYPD traffic agent is recovering after a driver, who was unhappy with a parking ticket, struck him in the face on Wednesday in Brooklyn, police said. The attack happened near Avenue U and East 8th Street in Sheepshead Bay around 9:30 a.m The Traffic Enforcement Agent was in uniform on-duty when he was approached by a man who began…

A Brooklyn monsignor whose church had been subpoenaed amid the Eric Adams corruption investigation has been relieved of many of his duties after allegedly mishandling $2 million in church funds and using a church credit card for personal expenses, the Diocese said in a statement Monday. Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, was ...

Authorities have made an arrest in the case of a father and daughter who were found dead with their throats slit inside a Brooklyn home over the weekend, police said Monday. The 91-year-old man and 66-year-old woman were discovered on the kitchen floor of the two-story family home in Cypress Hills on Sunday afternoon, according to police. The famil...

The body of a man was found on a Coney Island beach after washing ashore, according to police.

A 2-acre brush fire broke out in Prospect Park on Friday night amid a lengthy drought and windy conditions that have led to red flag warnings for nearly the entire tri-state area.

A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for a scheme that involved killing and dismembering a woman after fraudulently taking out a life insurance policy in her name to collect the benefits, federal prosecutors said.

Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an “interagency operation” aimed at cleaning up the troubled New York City federal jail in where Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held, the Bureau of Prisons said.

Authorities are investigating a deadly stabbing aboard a subway in Brooklyn. According to police, officers responding to a call about an assault on a southbound N train at Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday found a 54-year-old man stabbed in the back. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police say they&...