Gravesend

The Good Samaritan said he had seen the suspect in the area before and believes the man may be emotionally disturbed, and for that reason said he didn’t believe the attack was racially motivated — but recent violence against Asian Americans are at the front of his mind

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

The owner of a New York City bar has been arrested for allegedly violating the social distancing order after police found at least a dozen people inside, drinking and gambling. As bars and restaurants across the city and state have been ordered to extend their closure to April 15 to stop the spread of the coronavirus, police say they discovered…

NBC New York’s Myles Miller and Ida Siegal report.

A 34-year-old woman and her 4-year-old son were attacked in Brooklyn Thursday by someone who yelled anti-Semitic slurs and hit the mother in the head, the latest in a spree of hate during the Jewish holidays that has the community and city officials alarmed. Andrew Siff reports.

It was the latest in a string of possible anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn and Manhattan. All have happened in a matter of days. Erica Byfield reports.

A 34-year-old woman and her 4-year-old son were attacked in Brooklyn Thursday by someone who yelled anti-Semitic slurs and hit the mother in the head, the latest in a spree of hate during the Jewish holidays that has the community and city officials alarmed. Police say the woman and her son were walking out of a Dunkin’ Donuts in Gravesend…

In at least the fourth attack on a Jewish person since the start of Hanukkah, a mother in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn was walking with her 4-year-old son when a stranger hit her over the head, shouting slurs. NBC New York’s Michael George reports.

A 44-year-old man has been convicted of murder and other crimes for shooting the owner of Brooklyn’s famed Spumoni Gardens restaurant in an ambush attack outside his own home more than two years ago. Andres Fernandez, of Melville, Long Island, was found guilty last week of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession in the June 30, 2016 killing of 61-year-old…

Police officers knocking on a burglary suspect’s door knew they were at the right place when a dog the man allegedly stole trotted out as soon as it opened.

A woman has been arrested for allegedly leaving the scene after fatally hitting a 56-year-old mother in Brooklyn, police said.

A 56-year-old woman walking home with bags of groceries was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in a crosswalk in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, police say. Francine Labarbara was struck down in the crosswalk on Avenue Y in the Gravesend neighborhood. Police say a white Ford Econoline van traveling south on West 2nd Street was trying to turn left onto…

A serial burglar who sneaks into apartments through back windows has robbed at least three more homes, police said Sunday.

A man who police say used a brick to break into a clothing store was seen on surveillance video making the sign of the cross and saying a prayer before his crime rage.

An explosion at a Brooklyn apartment Saturday morning blew a hole in a building and injured four people, fire officials said.

Police think the motive was robbery, although no money was taken. Ida Siegal reports.