A driver struck and killed a 47-year-old pedestrian crossing a Brooklyn street, then left the scene, police said Sunday. The crash happened around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday at Broadway and Suydam St., on the Bedford-Stuyvesant-Bushwick border, cops said. Police found the man dead at the scene, then determined that an unknown vehicle struck him while … Read more
Two men were wounded, one fatally, in a spray of bullets during a gathering in a Brooklyn playground early Sunday, police said. The victims were hanging out in Powell Playground on Glenmore Ave. near Powell St. in Brownsville when shots rang out about 12:35 a.m., police said. Medics rushed a 42-year-old man shot in the … Read more
An ex-con who went to prison for shooting a teenager to death during a birthday party went on to go into business as a gun trafficker in Queens after his release on parole, federal prosecutors say. James Strong used his new lease on life to allegedly sell pistols and rifles to two buyers he thought would … Read more
A Brooklyn ballet dancer who stopped into his local 99-cent store to buy balloons — only to be attacked with a razor by a 79-year-old worker accused of spewing homophobic slurs — says the suspect appeared to be trying to stab his eye out. Nathaniel Platt was in a hurry to make a dance performance … Read more
A woman was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for the cold-blooded execution-style slaying of a longtime friend on a Brooklyn sidewalk where mourners had gathered to light candles and pay tribute to a mutual pal. Claudia Banton, 46, had attended the same funeral as victim Delia Johnson a day before the 2021 … Read more
An elderly orthopedic surgeon admitted his love of birds turned into a dark obsession, telling a Brooklyn judge that he’s done with collecting stuffed endangered species for good. John Waldrop, 76, of Georgia, amassed a staggering collection of 1,401 taxidermy mounts and 2,594 eggs, most of them through smuggling or unauthorized means, before federal authorities … Read more
A Brooklyn hospital is facing scrutiny over an array of issues from potential overtime abuse to allegations of improper selling of equipment, the Daily News has learned. The probe at South Brooklyn Health — formerly known as Coney Island Hospital — started several months ago following a meeting between a trio of city Health and … Read more
The decomposing bodies of a 33-year-old woman and 7-year-old boy were discovered in a Brooklyn apartment Wednesday, police said. Cops were called to the apartment on Dumont Ave. near Hinsdale St. in East New York just after 2:05 p.m. in response to reports of a foul odor, police said. When they arrived, officers made the … Read more