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The smoke was visible for miles, from Van Cortlandt Park over the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. The FDNY used drones overhead to pinpoint and target hot spots from four separate fires inside the park. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

Firefighters worked to put out a large brush fire in the Bronx, sending smoke into the air that was visible for miles. Chopper 4 was over the scene of the fire, which was burning in a wooded area of Van Courtland Park, near the Major Deegan Expressway and not far from a number of homes in the area. The fire,…

Heavy smoke can be seen for miles Monday morning from a brush fire burning near the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx.

A man in a pirate costume is accused of robbing and assaulting a person inside a Bronx subway station, the NYPD said. The violent robbery occurred Sunday at 4 a.m. inside the Brook Avenue 6 Train station, which is located at the intersection with East 138th St. Police said the suspect approached a 32-year-old person at the turnstile and punched…

Authorities are investigating a triple shooting in the Bronx that left a woman and two men dead. Officers responding to a call about three people shot in a home on Southern Boulevard shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday encountered the trio. They say a 57-year-old woman had been shot in the head, a 57-year-old man had been shot multiple times throughout…

There are no arrests at this point.

A woman who owned a New York City daycare center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Tuesday. More than a year after the September 2023 death of 22-month-old Nicholas Dominici, Grei Mendez entered the guilty plea in Manhattan to charges including conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death. Earlier this month, her husband, Felix...

The New York Yankees are on a quest to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their 28th World Series, and former Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon believes his old club will have to use their lineup’s depth in order to capture another championship. Damon spoke with NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino leading into the series. Linda Gaudino: You being...

Two-time World Series champion and Yankees legend Johnny Damon chats with NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino on this year’s historic LA & NY match-up and what’s needed for the Bronx Bombers to clench the win.

Former President Donald Trump visited a barbershop in the Bronx Thursday ahead of his scheduled appearance at the noted Al Smith dinner in the city later in the evening. A large security detail, including a huge tent, was seen being set up outside King of Knockouts barbershop in Castle Hill. Sharpshooters could be seen on the roof of the building....

Donald Trump and other high-profile politicians will meet in Midtown for the annual Al Smith dinner. Vice President Kamala Harris is opting to focus on her battleground blitz. News 4 New York’s Tracie Strahan reports. 

A man who hid a stash of fentanyl beneath the floorboards of a Bronx daycare center was sentenced to 45 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a toddler’s fatal opioid overdose.

A former nursing assistant at a Bronx Veterans Affairs hospital was sentenced after stealing the credit card of a paraplegic veteran and using it to buy herself hundreds of dollars’ worth of food deliveries, shoes and other items, according to the Bronx district attorney.

The attack occurred after 3 p.m. Thursday at the Jose Mini Mart on Southern Boulevard between East 149th Street and Avenue St. John in the Longwood neighborhood, police said.

Police are looking for the driver of a tow truck that allegedly struck and killed a man in the Bronx. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports

Residents in Bedford Park woke up to strong smell of gas on Sunday following a natural gas break. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

A man who opened fire inside a waiting room at a Bronx hospital, leaving a man shot in the arm while other patients and staff were sent running in fear, was sentenced to more than a decade in prison, according to the district attorney.

Officers stopped a man for drinking from an open container in the Bronx only to later find out that he was wanted for the murder of a homeless man over the summer, police said.

An argument between two people arguing over a parking spot in the Bronx ended with a man and a woman getting shot, according to law enforcement officials.

A man and a woman were shot during a fight over a parking spot in front of an apartment building in Crotona Park East. Two men were involved in the dispute and both took out guns, then one of them pulled the trigger. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.