A lithium‑ion battery sparked heavy smoke at the Williamsburgh branch of the Brooklyn Public Library Sunday; FDNY extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported.

A Bushwick bookstore has launched a $50K fundraiser to buy the Bureau of General Services — Queer Division, which faces an April closure. The campaign has raised about $16,655 so far.

Two men were left in critical condition after a shooting in Cypress Hills Sunday evening. Police say a person of interest is in custody as detectives investigate.

NYPD Crime Stoppers released photos after a March 30 Sunset Park attack that left a 28-year-old robbed and beaten; eight suspects are being sought.

An Audi SUV crashed into a Sheepshead Bay home Saturday afternoon, injuring one person and displacing residents while inspectors and utility crews checked the damage.

A 68-year-old man was seriously injured after being punched near Flatbush and Atlantic. NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering up to $3,500 for tips leading to an arrest.

An NYPD officer was struck and injured in a hit-and-run Saturday night in Williamsburg; police are searching for a white Infiniti that fled the scene.

A moped rider was rushed to Brookdale in critical condition after a crash with an SUV at Hinsdale and Pitkin in Brownsville.

Police are seeking tips after a 33‑year‑old woman was exposed and groped near 64th Street and 15th Avenue in Bensonhurst; the suspect fled east on 63rd Street.

NYPD 73rd Precinct says Neighborhood Safety Team officers seized suspected narcotics in Brownsville and arrested a person, calling the haul 'poison off the streets.'

EDNY says a defendant admitted supplying precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl as prosecutors push upstream against suppliers and brokers.

FDNY crews contained two early-morning fires that struck separate multi-family buildings in East New York; no injuries were reported and Fire Marshals are investigating.

Choice Brooklyn, a family‑run Clinton Hill cafe, opened a second outpost at 2040 Broadway last week, bringing house‑baked pastries and sandwiches to the Upper West Side.