The assault happened late on Saturday, around the corner from The Metropolitan, sending two young men to the hospital. More from Gothamist: The incident took place at 12:55 a.m., Sunday, September 23rd. According to the NYPD, the suspect approached the two men in front of 540 Metropolitan Avenue and “made anti-sexual orientation statements and assaulted […]
Man was killed by a hit-and-run driver this AM in Williamsburg
UPDATE: Cops fatally shoot hit-and-run driver who killed man in Williamsburg crash Terribly sad news. The victim’s name has not been released. A driver hit and killed a man on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg before dawn on Monday, then sped away, police said. The motorist behind the wheel of a Sport-Utility Vehicle, who cops have […]
Shooting at Williamsburg’s D & G Deli captured on video
Video captured the horrible incident, which occurred Tuesday night at D & G Deli on Division Avenue in Williamsburg An 18-year-old a month away from attending college in Boston on scholarship was among two men shot and wounded at a deli in Brooklyn… The man, identified by a cousin as Jordan Byrdsell, was shot three […]
Woman raped in Bushwick, NYPD releases video of suspect
Have you seen this man? If so, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). (via) Police are searching for a man who entered a Bushwick apartment Saturday night and raped a 24-year-old woman who was asleep in her bed… which took place inside a residential building near the intersection of Halsey Street and Central Avenue around […]
Send some relief to the wife of the Greenpoint resident George Carroll who was brutally murdered on Friday
You’ve probably already heard about the horrible stabbing that occurred on Friday by McGolrick Park. If not, here’s what happened: One of the last things that George Carroll saw near the end of his too-short life was a pair of strangers who seemed like trouble. They were. Seconds later, one of them, unprovoked, plunged a […]
Armed robbers steal $2,000 from The Meatball Shop on Bedford Ave
Early Wednesday morning a pair of armed robbers took $2,000 from a safe in Bedford Avenue restaurant The MeatBall Shop after forcing a worker into a freezer. From DNA info: The duo walked into the popular restaurant at 170 Bedford Avenue at 3:01 a.m. Wednesday, with one of them brandishing a gun, and demanded that […]
Video: a woman was punched at Alligator Lounge last weekend
The victim is named Molly and the attack occurred on Saturday at Williamsburg’s Alligator Lounge. She was attending a birthday party when she was approached by a stranger. Gothamist has more: Before she could get her first drink, she says a strange man “made a beeline for my friend” and tried to kiss her on […]
Authorities release suspects in alleged Greenpoint rape due to “inconsistencies” in victim’s account
We were horrified to hear about the alleged rape that occurred Monday in Greenpoint in broad daylight. Police initially detained two suspects, but have since released them: Police declined to charge two men detained for raping a woman in a portable restroom Monday afternoon because of “a lot inconsistencies” in the woman’s account, the NYPD […]
22-year old fatally shot at Bushwick’s Brooklyn Asylum
Dance floors blues at @brooklynasylum A post shared by Brooklyn Asylum (@brooklynasylum) on Dec 22, 2014 at 12:09pm PST We have few details, and no arrests have been made, but the tragic shooting occurred in the Bushwick club last night at 5:20 AM: A 22-year-old man was fatally shot in the face inside an illegal […]
Video, photos, and more details on yesterday’s shooting in Greenpoint
As we mentioned yesterday, there was a shooting on Greenpoint Ave. Police now have the suspect in custody — a 51-year-old, retired cop named Gene Barrett. He’s being charged with attempted murder, robbery, assault, burglary and menacing. Around 2:30 p.m. Monday, on Greenpoint Avenue near the intersection of McGuinness Boulevard in the Greenpoint section, police […]
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