Tag: Brooklyn

Brooklyn Woman Killed in Ambulance Hit-and-Run

Brooklyn Woman Killed in Ambulance Hit-and-Run

Yesterday, April 2, 2026, around 6:40 in the morning, a woman died after being struck by an ambulance in Brooklyn.  According to police, the woman was hit while attempting to cross the street at the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Avenue O in Midwood. Video recordings obtained from a nearby gas station show the ambulance […]

Baby in Stroller Killed in Brooklyn Drive-By Attack

Baby in Stroller Killed in Brooklyn Drive-By Attack

Yesterday, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, a baby in Brooklyn was struck with a stray bullet and killed in what police are calling a “gang-motivated” shooting. The incident took place in Brooklyn, near East Williamsburg, where two men on a moped apparently opened fire on a group of people on the sidewalk.  According to NYPD Commissioner […]

5-Alarm Fire Tears Through Brooklyn Factory

5-Alarm Fire Tears Through Brooklyn Factory

Early yesterday morning, a large fire broke out on the Brooklyn waterfront. Firefighters were quickly dispatched and arrived to find a factory engulfed in flames. The burning building, located in the Sunset Park neighborhood on 53rd Street between First Avenue and Dead End, was identified as Universal Food Distributors, Inc. The situation rapidly escalated, and […]

Beloved New York Icon Makes Appearance in Super Bowl Halftime Show

Beloved New York Icon Makes Appearance in Super Bowl Halftime Show

Bad Bunny’s halftime show during yesterday’s Super Bowl LX was full of symbolism and surprises, but something most viewers missed was an appearance by an iconic New Yorker. Owner of the Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn, Maria Antonia Cay, better known as Toñita, can be seen serving Bad Bunny a drink during the show. Bad […]

Man Armed with Sharp Object Shot by Police in New York Presbyterian Hospital

Man Armed with Sharp Object Shot by Police in New York Presbyterian Hospital

At 5:27 pm last night, New York Police Officers received multiple 911 calls about a man armed with a sharp object inside the New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. This man was threatening to cut himself and others with what callers believed to be a knife.  Officers arrived at the scene around 5:33 pm and […]

A Mother’s Gift: Why Breast Milk Flavored Ice Cream Is A NYC Craze

A Mother’s Gift: Why Breast Milk Flavored Ice Cream Is A NYC Craze

Where does Ice Cream come from? Cow’s Milk obviously. It’s always been the source for commercial dairy products. Goat Milk has also been a secondary option but the former continues to reign supreme.  However, let’s say this: what happens when you pull it from another source? One that is out of the ordinary or maybe, […]

A Cardboard Time Machine: Danny Cortes Re-creates Nostalgic New York Memories With Amazing Miniatures

A Cardboard Time Machine: Danny Cortes Re-creates Nostalgic New York Memories With Amazing Miniatures

It was the middle of the 1980s, Micheal Jackson and Whitney Houston ruled the airwaves, the crack epidemic raged outside his front door, and a young Danny Cortes looked up at the television set as the usual commercials interrupted his favorite Saturday morning cartoons. Most kids would see nothing but the latest G.I. Joe action […]

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