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A wild scene unfolded in Brooklyn over the weekend when an off-duty NYPD officer, in a suspected booze-fueled trip, fired his gun at a bystander after crashing into several parked cars. The chaos unfolded around 2 a.m. Saturday in Bed-Stuy. Sources said officers responded near Tompkins Avenue and Vernon Avenue for a 911 call of shots fired. Witness...

The 82-year-old woman had reportedly ‘died,’ at a nearby nursing home.

The Danny Meyer-founded chain calls its latest specialty menu an effort to bring an ingredient traditionally found in fine dining restaurants to the masses.

The earthquake was widely felt, but no major damage was reported.

Starting Feb. 5, the New Jersey-bound tube of the Holland Tunnel will be closed off to traffic during the overnight hours. The closure, which goes from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. six nights a week, will last through 2025,

A man allegedly armed with a gun and wanted in connection to a reported assault in the Bronx was shot and critically wounded by NYPD officers Sunday afternoon, top brass said. NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said a group of officers initially engaged the suspect after a woman approached the uniformed members around 2:20 p.m. reporting an attack fro...

Students at a middle school were served chicken and waffles, with watermelon as a dessert, on the first day of Black History Month.

An overnight fire sent four people to the hospital, three with critical injuries, and is the latest in the city sparked by e-bike batteries, the FDNY said. The “all-hands” fire kicked off around 1:30 a.m. Sunday on Sherman Avenue in Inwood, according to fire officials. It took roughly an hour for crews to get the fire on the fifth floor...

A teenage girl has been blamed for sparking a Bronx fire last week that claimed the life of a 27-year-old man and left another covered in serious burns. The NYPD announced Sunday the arrest of a 15-year-old for the deadly Jan. 29 Soundview arson. The suspect, not identified due to her age, faces charges of murder, assault, arson, reckless endangerm...

Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park ‘Exonerated Five,’ formally announced his run for New York City Council. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.

A 65-year-old man being detained at Rikers Island has died, the New York City Department of Correction said. Marvin Pines was pronounced dead around 6:15 a.m. Saturday in the North Infirmary Command, the DOC said in a press release. The man’s cause of death is under investigation and will be determined by the medical examiner. Pines was place...

Police in a New Jersey borough bordering the Hudson River shot and killed a man allegedly armed with a knife and exhibiting “threatening behavior,” its mayor said Saturday. The incident unfolded around 8 a.m. at a John Street townhouse in Fort Lee, Mayor Mark Sokolich said. Limited details are known about the man, but he may have been i...

The woman, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at Waters Edge Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Jefferson around 11:15 a.m. Saturday.