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Cops search for gunman after fatal Christmas Eve shooting in Brownsville

By Lloyd Mitchell

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Man arrested for alleged antisemitic assault in Crown Heights

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Cypress Hills house fire displaces 27 people as FDNY battles three residential blazes in one night

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

Suspect in Brooklyn assault sought for attacking boy, smashing head through windshield

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Brooklyn assault: Cops hunting for man suspected of smashing 10-year-old boy’s head into windshield during argument

The skeletal remains that were found along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in the confines of the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood in August has been identified as a Brooklyn woman and the investigation has been reclassified as a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

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Skeletal remains found in Ridgewood identified as Brooklyn woman: NYPD

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Brooklyn man gets 25 years to life for fatal shooting near Barclays Center

By Gabriele Holtermann

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12-year-old in critical condition after stabbing at Brownsville park

By Robb Pozarycki & Dean Moses

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‘Suspicious devices’ found after Williamsburg fire deemed non-hazardous

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

Police outside the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Dec. 14, 2025.

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NYPD investigates wave of assaults on Jews in Brooklyn days after antisemitic Australia terrorist attack

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Five-alarm fire at Brooklyn matzoh factory injures firefighter, three others

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‘Treat us equally’: FDNY EMS union makes final push for wage equity as Adams prepares to leave office

By Gabriele Holtermann

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NYPD officers struck by hit-and-run driver during Brooklyn traffic stop

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Brooklyn murder mystery: Man’s suspicious death in his apartment ruled a homicide

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Six teens injured in Cypress Hills mass shooting

By Dean Moses & Lloyd Mitchell

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East Flatbush man gets 15 years for kidnapping, near-fatal stabbing of ex

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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NYC subway crime dropped in November, over past 11 months, compared to 2024: NYPD

Firefighters battle Sunset Park house fire as blocked hydrant, freezing temps hamper efforts

By Lloyd Mitchell

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Brooklyn mass shooting: Six teens injured in early-morning hail of bullets outside event space

Police investigate a double stabbing in Brooklyn that left a man dead and a woman in critical condition on Thursday, December 11th.

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Suspect sought for fatally stabbing man, injuring woman in Brooklyn attack

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Brooklyn subway slashing: Man attacked on A train after argument over seat bump, cops say

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