Brooklyn news

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&...

The coach of a Brooklyn youth travel baseball team sexually abused multiple teenage boys who played for him, repeatedly insisting the players expose themselves and at times even refusing to stop difficult training exercises until they did so, according to the district attorney.

City crews paved over the beloved Bed-Stuy Aquarium, the makeshift pond that used to be home to dozens of goldfish, upsetting neighbors and leaving some remembering the community site. It happened late Thursday near Tompkins Avenue and Hancock Street.  “Everyone is grieving, it gave a community a sense o...

The Bed-Stuy Aquarium, the divisive sidewalk puddle full of goldfish near a leaky hydrant that has alternately been destroyed — and resurrected as a neighborhood icon — is no more, forever this time. The city paved it over. The makeshift animal home at the corner of Tompkins Avenue and Hancock Street found virality online over the summe...

Fans wanting to celebrate the New York Liberty‘s first-ever WNBA Finals win can buy championship merchandise starting Monday online and at Barclays Center. The New York York Liberty’s online store has a selection of hats, T-shirts, sweatshirts and other merchandise available for sale already. The Liberty’s team store at Barclays C...

New York has some of the best drinking water in the country, and it shouldn’t be taken for granted. As climate change and public policy make the necessary substance scarce in some parts of the country and the world, local scientists and artists have partnered up for the “Water Stories” exhibit at the Brooklyn Army Terminal to brin...

One person died and three people were hurt when a fire erupted in a Brooklyn apartment building early Wednesday, authorities say. Firefighters responded to Brighton 3 Street, between Brighton Beach Avenue and Brightwater Court, after getting a call about the blaze shortly before 4 a.m. The fire started on the second floor. It was under control with...

Two men have been arrested on manslaughter charges in the beating death of a homeless man who was accosted while sleeping in a supermarket parking lot in Brooklyn.

A man walking a Brooklyn crosswalk early Thursday morning was mowed down by a high-speed driver caught on video blowing a red light and sending the man flying to his death. Police said the driver is still being sought after running down Felix Mendez, a 49-year-old Brooklyn man trying to walk the crosswalk around 3 a.m. at the intersection of…...

Police are looking for a the driver behind a deadly hit-and-run in Brooklyn. News 4 New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

The Nassau Police Commissioner announced the arrest of two Brooklyn men who were charged with assault, robbery and kidnapping in relation to an incident that was caught on camera back in August. Police believes the subjects are involved in other robberies. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Chang reports.