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Crown Heights Fire Breaks Out Across The Street From Planned Homeless Shelter
Here's the cause of all the smoke and sirens Friday afternoon near Rogers and Crown.
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Here's the cause of all the smoke and sirens Friday afternoon near Rogers and Crown.
When the victim of a random Manhattan subway groping told her attacker to leave her alone, he pushed her into the train bed, cops say.
Here's where all that smoke is coming from.
Have you seen a guy on a motorcycle handing out Nazi propaganda in Williamsburg this week?
Weird solidarity on the L train.
A pair of alleged L train tunnel trespassers is to blame for your ugly Wednesday night commute, according to the MTA.
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No, it's not Juliana's. Or Grimaldi's.
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"We just don't want you to Donald Trump us," one Rogers Ave. resident told flustered city officials at a packed emergency meeting Wednesday.
Cuomo and Brown released an adorable joint statement Tuesday — a foreshadowing, one hopes, of their eventual move toward joint secession.
City officials have been pushing to move 104 homeless men into a new shelter on Bergen Street. Not so fast, a Brooklyn judge said Tuesday.
Here's an hour-by-hour forecast for this cold, wet Tuesday in New York City.
Also on the 2017 ballot: New air-conditioning systems for three local schools where the warmer months have become unbearable.
Also on the 2017 ballot: A much-needed, $220,000 makeover for the student and staff bathroom area at P.S. 15 in Red Hook.
Also on the 2017 ballot: A water fountain for "Froggy Park," real-time bus arrival clocks outside subway stations and a 3D printer for kids.
Also on the 2017 ballot: An extended curbside in front of a local school and distance markers every quarter mile along Prospect Park Drive.
Also on the 2017 ballot: A $500,000 makeover for Midwood High's community school yard, complete with a brand-new playground.