Man jumps from Brooklyn Bridge into East River
A man walking on the Brooklyn Bridge climbed over the beams and jumped into a shallow section of the East River on Friday morning, officials and witnesses said. The man, described as between 25 and 30...
View ArticleOut-of-state travelers breeze into Penn Station amid COVID-19 crackdown
Dozens of passengers exited three Eastern Seaboard trains into the Midtown transit hub to find several city workers waiting to greet them.
View ArticleNYPD cop removes possum from Manhattan window ledge
Cops used a riot shield to block the animal from moving while one of them -- wearing work gloves -- grabbed the possum by the tail before the officers carted it away in a crate.
View ArticleMan shot walking in Harlem
A 28-year-old man was shot while walking in Harlem Thursday morning, according to police and a witness. The man was shot just after 11:45 a.m. on E. 106 Street near 1st Avenue, according to cops. EMS...
View ArticleRocky raccoon: NYPD rescues critter trapped on windowsill for hours
NYPD arrived after the masked marauder apparently climbed up the drain pipe of the Chelsea apartment building only to be too frightened to get back down.
View ArticleHarrowing video shows homeless man being torched to death in stairwell
A homeless man who had been set on fire while he slept inside a Manhattan stairwell has died of his injuries, police said.
View ArticleSerial shooter who allegedly killed two homeless men is also homeless, family...
Gerald Brevard III, 30, was taken into custody early Tuesday in the capital and charged with first-degree murder in the March 9 shooting and stabbing death of 54-year-old homeless man Morgan Holmes.
View ArticleAccused subway shooter Frank James bought smoke bombs, other fireworks in...
The crazed man accused in the Brooklyn subway shooting had stocked up on smoke bombs at a store miles away from the site of the 2020 Kenosha shootings.
View ArticleMan with knife on NYC subway tracked down by fellow rider, arrested
An unhinged subway passenger accused of menacing other riders with a large knife on a Manhattan subway Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleBronx man shot after gunmen in FedEx uniforms forced their way into his...
The 23-year-old victim was shot once in the chest in a building known as the Haven on East 135th Street in Mott Haven, according to police.
View ArticleUkrainians seeking refuge in NYC reflect on 6 months of Russian invasion
In the half-year of war that has devastated Ukraine and razed its cities, an estimated 12 million people have been forced from their homes.
View ArticleDog falls from open window, dies in Manhattan in gruesome incident
A dog was killed after it fell three stories from the window of a Manhattan apartment -- and now the pup's owner is being evaluated in the hospital, according to cops and video.
View ArticleGood Samaritan rescues woman pushed onto NYC subway tracks
A 38-year-old woman was pushed onto the subway tracks in Brooklyn following an early-morning dispute, police said.
View ArticleHomeless NYC woman screams as she tries to snatch boy from stroller
The disturbing incident occurred in front of 253 First Ave. in Manhattan around 9:30 a.m. when suspect Victoria Parkes, 39, walked up to the baby and his grandma and made the claim, bizarrely adding,...
View ArticleNYC food vendor attacked with tire iron in alleged $20K shakedown outside...
A longtime City Hall food vendor was smashed in the legs and back multiple times with a tire iron on Saturday – allegedly by a rival’s enforcer trying to shake him down for $20,000 eyewitnesses said.
View ArticleRoaming rooster captured by cops in lower Manhattan
A feisty all-white rooster ruffled feathers Wednesday when he was spotted strutting his stuff on the streets of lower Manhattan — prompting cops to cart him away in a box.
View Article4 dead, 2 critically injured in NYC e-bike store fire
Four people were killed and two others left clinging to life when a massive early-morning fire ripped through a Lower Manhattan e-bike store early Tuesday, officials said.
View ArticleBoy, 11, attacked by aunt’s therapy dog inside NYC apartment in ‘terrifying’...
“So I guess their strength was too much for the dog,” the aunt said. “I’m assuming that that must have been what happened.”
View ArticleDisturbing video shows moment beloved activist, poet is randomly stabbed to...
The girlfriend of Ryan Carson, 32, raises her hand to stop the attacker, who then turns on her, spitting in her face. He then kicks Carson’s mortally wounded body on the ground and storms away.
View ArticleSerial thief busted breaking into NYC woman’s apartment: cops
Ruddy Portorreal, 35, entered through the window of an apartment on Second Avenue near East 29th Street and allegedly snatched up unspecified items around 10:10 a.m., cops said.
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