East Harlem

A 5-year-old girl and her dad’s 36-year-old girlfriend, along with three dogs, died when a fire broke out at a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan early Wednesday, authorities say, which was sparked by an e-bike battery. Authorities responding to a blaze at the NYCHA-owned Jackie Robinson Houses on 129th Street between Lexington and Park avenues around 2:40 a.m. found...

An East Harlem fire killed two people, including a 5-year-old girl, and left others hurt overnight. Gaby Acevedo reports.

A transit worker is being praised for his quick actions in stepping in to help an NYPD officer involved in a bloody brawl with a teen inside a Manhattan subway station.

An MTA worker was honored Thursday for stepping in during a subway brawl between a 16-year-old and an NYPD officer, Chris Glorioso reports.

A teenager has been arrested in the deadly shooting of a 14-year-old boy outside an East Harlem deli who was saying goodbye to his old neighborhood, police said.

A Manhattan subway station tussle between NYPD officers and two teens started as a fare evasion incident, but ended in a bloody brawl and arrests.

A teenager was arrested on Saturday after what started as fare evasion ended in a bloody brawl with police. Checkey Beckford reports.

The 14-year-old boy who was shot in the head outside an East Harlem deli while saying goodbye to his old neighborhood has died, police said, while another teen is recovering from injuries he suffered as well.

Two teens were victims of a targeted shooting outside a Harlem deli. Ida Siegal reports.

Two teenagers were shot in East Harlem, leaving one of them critically injured after being struck in the head, according to police.

A man found himself knocked down to the tracks of a New York City subway station after trying to intervene in a fight Saturday, police said. The 64-year-old moved to step in at the 125th Street Station in East Harlem, approaching the group on the northbound 6 train platform, the NYPD said Sunday. Instead, the man found himself shoved down…

A baby missing for several hours Monday morning has been found safely in the care of family after carjackers stole a father’s vehicle with the 1-year-old boy still inside, authorities say. Police were looking for two suspects believed to have stolen a vehicle near East 117th Street and First Avenue around 6 a.m., the NYPD said. The carjackers allegedly...

They Might Be Giants singer-guitarist John Flansburgh was seriously injured in a car crash this week while being driven home from the alternative rock band’s first gig on a pandemic-delayed tour, prompting the postponement of shows at least until late August.

Investigators say two young boys were shot and rushed to a Harlem hospital Saturday afternoon. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Police in New York City were on the hunt Saturday for the driver responsible for sending a teen to the hospital and fleeing the scene of a crash. Emergency officials responded to the hit-and-run reported around 1:30 p.m. at 113th Street and 2nd Avenue in East Harlem. Authorities said a gray Audi struck a 13-year-old boy who was riding a…

An 86-year-old woman is fighting for her life after having been struck by an electric scooter in Manhattan on Friday — an impact that left her with head trauma. Police say they received a 911 call shortly before 5 p.m. and when they responded to the scene near the intersection of East 104 Street and Third Avenue, they found the…

Police arrested the man wanted in a brutal attack that left a McDonald’s worker in a coma, fighting for his life after being stabbed in the chest, neck and arm as he tried to break up a dispute. Cops arrested 28-year-old Ezekiel Dunn-Jennings late Monday on attempted murder charges. The department previously identified the Manhattan man as the suspect...

Police released the first look of the man wanted in a brutal attack that left a McDonald’s worker in a coma, fighting for his life after being stabbed in the chest, neck and arm as he tried to break up a dispute. New video released by the NYPD shows 28-year-old Ezekiel Dunn. The department identified the Manhattan man as...

NBC New York Adam Harding reports.

A man was seen on surveillance video allegedly stab his own father inside of a parked car in East Harlem Friday afternoon, and was still on the run from police hours later.