Prospect Park

Firefighters across the tri-state are responding to at least half a dozen fires responsible for filling the skies with smoke and worsening air quality. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

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.

Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Zoo is welcoming its first guests since devastating flooding back in September. The zoo has been closed for 239 days, as crews worked to repair exhibits and other infrastructure. Tropical Storm Ophelia flooded the zoo with as much as 25 feet of water. The 12-acre zoo’s 400 animals were OK, but the zoo’s infrastructure was on life…

After closing due flood damage, the Prospect Park Zoo is reopening with some new furry friends to show off! NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

It’s not often a part of New York City that hasn’t been open for nearly 30 years will be reopened to the public — and right in the heart of a beloved destination for tourists and locals alike.

A section of Prospect Park that’s long been closed to visitors has reopened.

Police in Brooklyn are on the hunt for a sexual predator who they say tried to rape a woman earlier this week in Prospect Park. The attack happened Monday night near two popular areas of the park: Dog Beach and Fallkill Falls. The woman was walking in the area around 9:15 p.m. when the man came up from behind. Police…

News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A teenage swimmer was pulled from a Brooklyn lake Tuesday afternoon, but despite the best efforts of good Samaritans, the boy is struggling to survive. Law enforcement sources say the swimmer was a 13-year-old boy, who was taken to the hospital in grave condition after he was pulled from the water in Prospect Park. Emergency responders rushed to the lake…

A teenage swimmer was pulled from Prospect Park, but despite the efforts of good Samaritans the boy is struggling to survive. News 4’s Chris Jose reports.