Brooklyn

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 family had…

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

Police identified the father and daughter found dead with their throats slashed inside their home in Cypress Hills. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A father and daughter were found dead with their throats slit inside a Brooklyn home over the weekend, law enforcement sources say. 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 family had lived in the home for more than 30 years….

A man was arrested on Saturday accused of grabbing a young child and trying to abduct him from his father while the family walked down a Brooklyn street.

Police said a 28-year-old Crown Heights man was arrested this weekend for trying to kidnap a 6-year-old boy from his dad while the family walked down a sidewalk.

The FDNY said it took crews three hours to get the brush fire under control. News 4’s Greg Cergol reports. 

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 Brooklyn man is facing a litany of charges for allegedly staging a car crash as part of an insurance fraud scheme by cutting off another driver on the Belt Parkway, forcing the driver to stop and then reversing into the victim’s car — an incident that was caught on the victim’s dash cam and soon became a viral...

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.

After the city cemented over its beloved goldfish puddle one week ago, Bed-Stuy neighbors dug up a new pond. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

A makeshift aquarium built beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been revived. Industrious Brooklynites have taken waterproof liner, bath tiles and concrete blocks and fashioned a new pond in a tree bed next to the now repaired hydrant. Dozens of people passed by Friday to see the roughly 40 goldfish darting around their new environs, which included...

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.

Romney Smith reporting on the hunt for the killer in a Brooklyn subway stabbing. 

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’re...

Romney Smith reports.

Sarah Wallace reporting on new evidence in a controversial 1986 murder conviction. 

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.

Federal investigators launched an “interagency operation” at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where Sean “Diddy” Combs is incarcerated.

The so-called Bed-Stuy aquarium is back in the news, but this time it’s because of what has become of it. What was once a pool of water from a leaking hydrant used to make a goldfish pond, has now been paved over to prevent the pond from returning — upsetting those who maintained the attraction. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield...