Brooklyn

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the stomach and a 14-year-old punched in the face by a pair of thieves who met them in a Brooklyn subway station under the auspices of buying clothes and robbed them instead, police sources say. Authorities responding to the Bushwick Avenue station mezzanine area shortly before 9 a.m. Friday found the injured victims. Both…

A worker was killed after a partial roof collapse inside a building in Brooklyn, according to fire officials. The FDNY said it got reports just before 9 a.m. Thursday of a person trapped in a building collapse on Quentin Road in Marine Park. The two-story building appeared to be home to a steakhouse on the first floor, where workers were…

Two gang members, including rapper CoachDaGhost, were sentenced to decades behind bars for the ambush shooting in broad daylight that killed a 17-year-old and left two others injured, the local district attorney said. Culture Bermudez, 31, a.k.a., CoachDaGhost, of Brooklyn, and Naquan Pruitt, 30, of Pennsylvania were sentenced last week. Bermudez to 60 years to life in prison, and Pruitt…

Amy Butowicz is clinging to her 8-year-old cockapoo, Fritz, one week after a vicious dog mauling near their home in Sunset Park.

A frustrated pet owner in Brooklyn is facing an issue that many others have dealt with: her dog was badly injured by another animal. Police say they can’t take action because a dog-on-dog attack is not considered a crime. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports. 

Authorities are looking for a man they say randomly stabbed a woman on a Brooklyn D train last week, leaving her with lacerations to her torso and shoulder, according to police. Officials say the woman was on a northbound train entering the New Utrecht Avenue and 55th Street station in Borough Park around 2 a.m. last Thursday when the stranger…

Police in Brookyn are releasing photos of a man who allegedly attacking a woman on a moving subway.

A woman was struck and killed by and a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn after getting into a fender bender with the suspected driver, according to police sources. The incident occurred after 11 p.m. Saturday, at Lafayette Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bed-Stuy, police said. A maroon Chevrolet was traveling on Van Buren Street and turned onto Marcus Garvey Boulevard…

The leader of an eastern European neo-Nazi group has been extradited to the United States on charges that he instructed an undercover federal agent to dress as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and racial minorities.

A man fell to his death after something went wrong with a rescue ladder as firefighters were trying to pull him out of a burning building in Brooklyn, sparking an investigation. Neighbors said 53-year-old Ashiq Hussain plunged to his death Monday morning while an FDNY firefighter was working to save him from the flames coming from inside the Sunset Park…

A man fell to his death during a rescue attempt from a burning building in Sunset Park. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Officials said the runner made it through the first eight miles of the course before experiencing a medical incident.

Officers found the 25-year-old man wielding a knife inside the Brooklyn apartment, according to police. Within seconds of entering, the man pulled the weapon from his waistband and moved toward the police. One officer deployed a Taser, which was ineffective. As the man got closer to them, the officer’s partner fired two shots, striking the man in the chest, police...

Police were called by a woman who said she had received a threatening phone call from an ex. Responding officers found a 25-year-old man wielding a knife at the Brownsville apartment. When the man lunged at them, one of the officers shot the man in the chest. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A man armed with a knife inside a Brooklyn apartment was shot and killed by NYPD officers responding to a 911 call about a domestic dispute, according to police. Officers were called to an apartment building on Christopher Avenue in Brownsville just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, police said, after a caller said she had received a threatening phone call from…

Police say a killer is still on the run following a deadly stabbing aboard an MTA bus in Brooklyn. According to law enforcement, 41-year-old Alvin Francis and a second man got into an argument on a J90 shuttle bus in Cypress Hills. Police said the fight broke out between the two men over a seat on the bus. The incident…

Michael Pitt’s lawyers have denied allegations that the actor choked his ex-girlfriend and attacked her with a cinder block during a sexual assault.

Long Island judge Joseph Nocella Jr. has been appointed by President Donald Trump to head the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn. Nocella was sworn in as acting US attorney for the Eastern District late Monday.  The US attorney oversees federal criminal and civil cases covering Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island. Nocella takes office over the objections of Senator...

The popular music venue in Brooklyn was set to reopen for its 2025 season upon completion of some multi-million dollar renovations.

A mission to save century-old trees that have been decimated by a deadly disease. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal report from Prospect Park.