Two people were injured in a fire in a NYCHA building in East Harlem. The fire occurred yesterday around 1:00 pm in an apartment located in the NYCHA “Wagner Houses” complex, at 2375 First Avenue. The emergency was met with a large mobilization of firefighters who controlled the fire in less than an hour. The … Read more
Two girls were hit by a car yesterday as they crossed the street with a family member in Brooklyn. Fortunately, the children suffered only minor injuries. According to police, two cousins, ages 6 and 8, were crossing the street at the intersection of 57th Street and 7th Avenue in Sunset Park around 2pm yesterday when … Read more
Residents of a neighborhood in Mott Haven, Bronx, say they were shocked after learning of an act of violence that took place in their neighborhood on Halloween night. According to police, a 53-year-old man in charge of the building next door where Jessica Giraldo lives stabbed a 38-year-old tenant in the chest, killing him. “It … Read more
Police are looking for a subject suspected of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl in Brooklyn. It happened on Friday around 5:30 pm. The child was standing in front of a building located at 1321 38th Street in Borough Park when the individual approached and dragged her into the club. Once inside, the individual showed him … Read more
A school area is once again the scene of a shooting, this time on Staten Island, where a teenager was shot in the leg near a high school. The 14-year-old injured his right leg. The incident occurred near Huguenot High School around 2pm. Medical personnel transported the injured teenager to Staten Island University North Hospital … Read more
The MTA announces the hiring of security guards as part of an effort to prevent subway passengers from avoiding paying the fare. The agency’s president, Janno Lieber, assures that this would help improve safety in the city’s public transport system. “The vast majority of criminals are tariff evaders, so if we do a decent job … Read more
The NYPD is investigating a double shooting in Brooklyn that appears to have been a murder and suicide case. The incident was recorded yesterday around five in the morning, in Crown Street and Franklin Avenue, in the Crown Heights sector. This Citizen App video shows the emergency teams on the scene. Police say they found … Read more
Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s Manhattan residence is vandalized. According to the uniformed officer, the incident occurred Friday at noon at 452 Madison Avenue. Apparently, The suspect threw a wrench at the outer glass door that protects the main entrance to the Manhattan property. Cardinal Dolan lives right behind St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown and was not … Read more
According to police reports, two men were shot, one of them fatally wounded, inside a restaurant in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The shooting took place on Thursday morning just before 9:00 am. One of the injured was a 46-year-old subject who was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead in hospital. The other injured is a 45-year-old … Read more
So far this year 9 people have lost their lives in the subway, and yesterday, except for the rapid intervention of the police present at the station, it could have been another. The presence of multiple police officers in the New York subway saved the life of a 62-year-old man who fell on the train … Read more