A 44-year-old woman was struck and later died near Ocean Avenue and Avenue O in Brooklyn Thursday morning; police say the vehicle fled and may have been an ambulance.

A new 10,300‑sq‑ft club‑theater is headed to 421 Troutman Street in Bushwick; the Empyrean Club will fold a 299‑seat stage into sushi, bars and late‑night programming and open with American Psycho in 2027.

A man in his 30s was critically injured in a stabbing on St Johns Place in Crown Heights; police say no arrests have been made.

Pop Smoke's family is opening Pop's Place in Canarsie and is hiring experienced baristas. A recent pop-up offered a preview of merch and menu items.

Zhan "Johnny" Petrosyants, a longtime associate of Eric Adams, was arrested March 31 and indicted April 1 on federal health‑care fraud and money‑laundering charges.

A judge vacated Carl Miller’s decades-old conviction in the 1979 Crown Heights killing of Rabbi David Okunov, ruling Miller "actually innocent." Prosecutors say they are reviewing the order.

An early-morning blaze on Lott Avenue in Brownsville left multiple people injured and drew a heavy FDNY and EMS response.

NYPD photos show pills and cigarette butts at Anne Burrell's Brooklyn apartment, and police records reference a suicide note and journal entries. New videos also show her returning home with her husband hours before she died.

Excavators have started digging at 280 Bergen Street as crews begin foundations for a multi‑building residential project that will add hundreds of homes to Boerum Hill. The work follows a 2022 rezoning and a $166M construction loan that financed the package.

DOT’s Commercial Street rebuild will add a raised two‑way bike lane, but locals say the nine‑foot path and broad driving lanes still give too much space to cars. The plan’s 2028–2030 timeline and narrow cross‑section have opponents asking for bolder, faster changes.

A state report found prosecutors could not disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that officers' deadly force in a May 2025 Brownsville shooting was justified; no criminal charges will be filed.

FDNY crews fought a large blaze on the 800 block of Brooklyn Avenue in East Flatbush Tuesday night; no injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation.

A new bipartisan DRIVE caucus led by David Carr and Vickie Paladino vows to target speed and red‑light cameras and press to roll back certain bike and bus lanes across the city.