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Man struck, killed by train at Prospect Park station after argument on platform

By Dean Moses

Two Brooklyn men are charged with staging a motor vehicle accident for orchestrating this notorious 2024 crash on the Belt Parkway in Rosedale after several scammers were caught on the victim's dashcam, which was posted to TikTok, where it was viewed by millions worldwide.

QNS

Brooklyn men charged with orchestrating staged car crashes on Queens highways for insurance scams: DA

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Bushwick

Suspect in custody after early-morning Bushwick shooting

By Robert Pozarycki

FILE - Police at a Brooklyn crime scene

AMNY

Teen found wounded in mysterious Brooklyn shooting: cops

An officer in the Quality of Life division patrols Coney Island.

AMNY

Teenage Brooklyn brawlers busted for attacking cops near the Coney Island boardwalk

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AMNY

Brooklyn shooting: Two young men seriously wounded in early-morning gunfire, perp on the run

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Brooklyn man sentenced to 38 years for stabbing, slashing former partner

By Olivia Seaman

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News

‘Never forgotten’: Investigators renew push to solve 1973 disappearance of Brooklyn teens

By Eric J. Greenberg

suspects in new lots avenue mta assault

Police arrest second woman suspected of assaulting MTA worker in East New York

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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84th Precinct: Dumbo clothing store robbed twice in two days

By Kirstyn Brendlen

three men apprehended in dark ICE courtroom.

AMNY

ICE in courts: Arrests go on in Lower Manhattan as leaked video shows immigrants detained in squalid conditions

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Bushwick

Man accused of torching NYPD vehicles in Bushwick re-arrested for misdemeanor after release from federal custody

By Dean Moses

Alleged Brooklyn arson suspect

AMNY

Arsonist who torched 11 NYPD vehicles in Brooklyn faces federal charges

A view of Breukelen Playground near the intersection of Stanley and Louisiana avenues in East New York, where a man was found fatally stabbed early Sunday morning

AMNY

Man found with multiple stab wounds near Brooklyn park dies of injuries: NYPD

Detectives investigate shot fired at DeKalb Avenue and Bedford Avenue.

AMNY

Police investigating shots that rang out in Brooklyn

Tom Donlon sworn in as interim NYPD commissioner in September 2024, a role he now claims in a federal lawsuit was undermined by systemic corruption and political interference

AMNY

Bombshell lawsuit: Ex-Police Commissioner Tom Donlon claims Mayor Adams and NYPD leaders ran department as ‘criminal enterprise’

man in tanktop sought for beating Brooklyn straphanger with cane

AMNY

Irate Brooklyn straphanger beat senior with his own cane over train delay: cops

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

‘Brazen’ Brooklyn smoke shop killer sentenced for shooting mother-of-four and her dog

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Bath Beach

Bath Beach apartment building fire injures 4 as firefighters rescue trapped residents

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

Police car and officer setting up crime scene on street where woman was shot

AMNY

Senior woman shot on Brooklyn street corner amid barrage of bullets: cops

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