A 16-year-old man behind the wheel of a minivan died early Saturday after a chain reaction crash caused the vehicle to flip and eject the driver, authorities said. Investigators said the minivan was traveling at a high rate of speed when it collided with a vehicle on the Belt Parkway around 2 a.m. That’s when … Read more
NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT — June 16 celebrations will take place across all five boroughs and the tri-state area this weekend in honor of the newly recognized federal holiday. “Juneteenth” marks the day in 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation was presented to enslaved people in Texas, more than two years after President Abraham … Read more
A subway passenger has died after his foot got caught in the gap between the train car he was exiting from and the platform, the MTA reported. “We do not believe this is an incident at the gate,” said NYC Transit President Richard Davey. “We think he was trapped between the platform and the train.” … Read more
NEW YORK — Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with hate crimes related to an attack on a Jewish man in Brooklyn, according to police. Police said in May that a man approached the 18-year-old victim wearing traditional Jewish garb near the corner of East 18th Street and Avenue M in Midwood and demanded … Read more
NEW YORK – A subway passenger is fighting for his life after his clothes got stuck in a train door while getting off a car at a Brooklyn station, he was dragged onto the tracks and struck by another train. The victim, in her 30s and whose name has not been released, was getting off … Read more
Police are looking for two suspects in the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in the face and neck at a Brooklyn subway station earlier this week. The victim was waiting for an A line train at the Broadway Junction station around 10:20 pm Sunday when the two suspected attackers approached and stabbed him multiple times, … Read more
The man suspected of opening fire on the random Mexican subway passenger and taking his life as the train moved over the Manhattan Bridge in late May has been charged with murder and other charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced. Andrew Abdullah, 25, was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession … Read more
Police authorities are looking for two subjects, suspected of stabbing a 16-year-old minor in a subway station in Brooklyn. The attack took place on Sunday, around 10:20 p.m., at the Broadway Junction station. The victim was on the platform waiting to board an A line train when the suspects approached him and stabbed him in … Read more
With motif of the Immigrant Heritage Monthmusical cast members ¡AMERICANO! held an outdoor presentation in one of the neighborhoods with the largest Hispanic presence in New York: Sunset Park. The concert in the park was an initiative of the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs and was carried out with the support of some politicians and … Read more
The twenty-one crosses with the names of each of the children and their teachers, all murdered in an elementary school in Texas, was a scene that shook the audience. The sculpture of a child hiding under a desk is shocking but at the same time It provides a powerful message, said the organizers of the … Read more