16+ hour, 19+ min ago   (103+ words) Sep 12, 2026, 5:07 PM A semi-truck burst into flames beneath the Gowanus Expressway in Bay Ridge on Saturday afternoon, according to the FDNY. Officials say 79 fire and EMS personnel were called to 6502 6th Ave. just before 3 p.m. Citizen app footage taken near the chaotic…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (199+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 8:35 AM The season’s second human case of West Nile virus was confirmed Wednesday in Suffolk County. The Suffolk County Health Department says the patient is over 50 and resides in the Town of Islip. The patient began experiencing symptoms in…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (194+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 6:23 AM A child is in critical condition after a car unexpectedly accelerated, hitting three people at a park in Mercer County. Hamilton police responded to Veterans Park on Klockner Road on Monday at about 4:35 p.m. after reports of people being…...

3+ day, 10+ min ago   (133+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 5:07 AM A driver was killed in a head-on collision in Suffolk County Wednesday afternoon. Suffolk Police Seventh Squad officers responded to investigate the crash around 1:30 p.m. on Rocky Point-Yaphank Road near Industrial Way in Rocky Point. David Maiman, 44, of Middle…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (171+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 8:17 AM A spa employee accused of forcibly touching a woman during a treatment nearly nine months ago was arrested, Suffolk County police said. According to investigators, Steven Dunn, 39, inappropriately touched the victim as she lay on a massage table…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (66+ words) Sep 9, 2026, 9:42 PM Nearly a year and a half after a deadly shooting inside a Clinton Hill apartment, police may have found the man who pulled the trigger. Police say Dominique Heard is wanted for fatally shooting 31-year-old Jordan Amador in…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (128+ words) Sep 10, 2026, 5:19 AM An 18-year-old has died after he was shot near a convenience store in Williamsburg on Wednesday night, police said. Police identified him as Jayden Velasquez, of Brooklyn. The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. in front of 160 Havemeyer St. Video…...

4+ day, 44+ min ago   (117+ words) Sep 9, 2026, 8:43 AM The Office of Emergency Management has issued an alert for life-threatening rip currents in New York City. Officials say all people entering the surf zone are likely to encounter the currents from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 8 p.m. Thursday. The agency urges…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (320+ words) Sep 8, 2026, 5:52 PM As students return to school, some districts have moved to eliminate courtesy busing to try and save money and fill budget gaps, leaving more children walking or biking two miles to school. Some lawmakers are now calling this…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (81+ words) Sep 9, 2026, 6:35 AM A police officer fired their gun during an investigation into an armed carjacking incident Tuesday night in Midwood. Police sources say officers responded to a report of a victim’s car being taken at gunpoint near Avenue O and…...