Brooklyn DIY staples Palisades and Silent Barn are just two of many nightlife spaces that have been subject to a Multi-Agency Response to Community Hotspots, or…
Bushwick City Council Rep Denounces Trump’s Latest Series of Executive Orders
On the heels of President Trump signing three executive orders “designed to restore safety in America,” City Council Member Antonio Reynoso is condemning the actions as…
Protesters Demand That Greenpoint Police Captain ‘Take Rape Seriously’
NYPD Captain Peter Rose caused a stir last week when, addressing a rise in Greenpoint sex attacks, he seemed to tell DNAinfo that the NYPD was less…
Crime Stats Show 2016 Wasn’t a Total Bummer for Brooklyn
As long as we can keep breathing for the next 40 hours or so– oh, and dodge any breakaway scaffolding flying overhead, and reject your roommate’s…
We Cool? NYPD Tries to Make Nice-Nice with Expansion of Community Outreach
On Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office revealed plans for an expansion of the NYPD’s Neighborhood Coordination Officers program. Two patrol areas in the downtown area–…
Protesters Occupy Streets in Response to Police Killings of Black Men
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of New York City last night, halting traffic and chanting throughout midtown Manhattan to protest the police shootings…
LES Man Robbed By Duo Posing as Cops
A Lower East Sider was attacked and robbed by two men posing as police officers, the NYPD says. The incident happened around 5 p.m. on…
‘Suspicious Luggage’ in Chinatown Sets Off a Bomb Scare, But No Bomb
Police were called to check out a piece of “suspicious luggage” in front of 39 Eldridge Street in Chinatown at around 1:45 pm this afternoon.…
Chinatown Bus Law Aims to Curtail Complaints, But NYPD Is Asleep at the Wheel
Intercity buses — also known as “Chinatown buses” because of their location, or “hell on wheels,” as I’ve taken to calling them after a recent…
Afternoon Gunfire Took Out a Bus and Injured a Passenger in Bushwick
Gunfire stopped an MTA bus in its tracks as it was driving through Bushwick this afternoon, and sent a passenger to the hospital.