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At least four men were hurt in a drive-by shooting in Brooklyn late Friday — and the search is still on for the gunman responsible. Police said the gunfire erupted in the borough’s Greenpoint neighborhood around 8:30 p.m. along Russell Street. The bullets flew outside a motorcycle club, but it wasn’t clear if any of the victims were bikers....

NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

It’s the story that made Sara Fulton a local celebrity for what she did at Temkin’s Bar in Greenpoint , where she’s known as a hero for saving all the terrified bargoers from a terrifying… opossum.

Police have arrested Tariq Witherspoon, a 30-year-old FDNY EMT, for a hit-and-run that killed beloved Brooklyn teacher Matthew Jansen last May. According to police, Jansen, a teacher at P.S. 110, was crossing McGuinness Boulevard against traffic in Greenpoint on his 58th birthday, May 18, when he was hit by Witherspoon’s Rolls Royce. Witherspoon allegedly fled the scene. Witherspoon, a Bushwick...

In Greenpoint, Brooklyn 4-year-old pooch Lala was electrocuted by an exposed metal plate during walk on Bell Slip near Commercial Street. Officials say this was likely caused by salt eroding cables underneath the plate. Rana Novini reports.

The dog was being walked when it stepped on a metal grate and let out a sharp yelp, getting electrocuted due to a deadly combination of melting snow, salt, and stray voltage. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Melting snow, salt and stray voltage combined for a deadly incident in Brooklyn, as a dog died while walking on a Brooklyn sidewalk Monday evening, police said.

A 41-year-old Brooklyn woman who had returned home from a night out early Friday and forgot her keys was attacked by a stranger in his 20s who punched her, said, “I’m going to get you naked,” and tried to rape her, according to police. Rana Novini reports.

A 41-year-old Brooklyn woman who had returned home from a night out early Friday and forgot her keys was attacked by a stranger in his 20s who punched her, said, “I’m going to get you naked,” and tried to rape her, according to police. The woman was waiting outside her Greenpoint apartment for someone she had called to bring...