Brooklyn

The assistant superintendent of the building near Prospect Park was found trapped under the elevator by crews responding to the scene, and was later pronounced dead. He was attempting to get a cell phone that had dropped in the elevator shaft. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

A Brooklyn building assistant superintendent was killed by a moving elevator on Friday afternoon after going into the building’s basement to retrieve a dropped cell phone, city officials said. The 64-year-old man, a well-liked maintenance figure in the building for years, was fatally injured when the building’s elevator was called by someone in the building to a different floor....

An FDNY paramedic needed four stitches to the face after being bitten by an emotionally disturbed patient in Brooklyn — an attack she will recover from physically but that will leave her scarred for life, a top EMS official said Friday. The attack happened the night before, when emergency medical services members responded to a 911 call about a patient…

The founder of the anti-crime patrol Shomrim Society in Borough Park was arrested on charges he allegedly coerced a 15-year-old to engage in sexual conduct, among other crimes, according to federal prosecutors. Jacob Daskal, 62, was arrested Thursday morning in Brooklyn pursuant to a federal indictment charging him with coercing a 15-year-old minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct, transportation…

The founder of the anti-crime patrol in Brooklyn is facing federal charges, accused of transporting a minor for the intent of having having sex. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

A goat found himself in a situation that could have ended “baaaadly” if it weren’t for a good Samaritan that brought the animal to safety. According to police, Officer Knepper took care of Billy the Goat until he was sent off to the New York City Animal Care Center for further care. “Billy the Goat” was found wandering the...

New York City police have arrested a man accused of killing a 46-year-old man and stabbing three others during what police say was a foiled robbery attempt at an illegal gambling den in Brooklyn. William Smith, 45, was charged Sunday with murder, robbery and three counts of assault, according to the NYPD. Three of the victims were found lying on…

A robbery at an apparent gambling den in the basement of a Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn turned deadly when one of the suspect’s stabbed a good Samaritan who police say tried to stop a fight that spilled out onto the street. The incident happened Friday night around 9:30 p.m. in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn. According to police...

Police in New York City say a “good Samaritan” was killed in a violent stabbing spree at an apparent gambling den in Brooklyn. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Don Draper can be found by the restaurant’s bar, naturally, while Michael Strahan, Jimmy Fallon, Al Roker and Audrey Hepburn are seated at tables that have to remain empty under New York’s coronavirus restrictions

New York’s two largest vaccination sites to date, opened in Brooklyn and Queens on Wednesday, have expanded appointment eligibility to their entire boroughs after targeting residents of hard-hit ZIP codes with low vaccination rates in the first week of operation. Both vaccination sites, run jointly by FEMA and the state, have the capacity to administer 3,000 shots per day. The…

The robbery happened in an apparently illegal gambling operation in the basement of a Chinese restaurant. Myles Miller reports.

Police said the suspect tried to rob three men but they fought back, which is when the suspect stabbed the victims.

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Ten people were hurt, five of whom suffered serious or life-threatening injuries, after a seven-car crash involving an MTA bus temporarily shut down a Brooklyn highway, police said

A witness’ quick thinking could help lead police to make an arrest after a dog was stabbed at a Brooklyn park in an unprovoked attack. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

New York’s two largest vaccination sites to date, both run jointly by FEMA and the state, opened Wednesday in Brooklyn and Queens, the first in a series of launches under a new federal program targeting historically underserved communities. The two boroughs are the third and fifth deadliest COVID counties in America, respectively, according to Johns Hopkins University data. They...

After two of the hardest hit boroughs got new vaccination sites opening Wednesday, NYC middle schoolers will be returning to their classrooms Thursday. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

While the brother of Daniel Prude said video recorded by Rochester police body cameras offered irrefutable proof of a crime and was in disbelief over the lack of charges, Prude’s son said the outcome wasn’t surprising given other findings in police deaths involving Black people

A young child was struck and killed by a school bus driver in Brooklyn who fled the scene Wednesday, law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case said. According to the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad, at around 8:28 a.m. a full-size yellow school bus picked up a 9-year-old boy on South Fifth Street in Williamsburg, when a second 6-year-old...