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Firefighters battled a fatal three alarm fire at 2064 St. Anthony Ave. in the Bronx on Feb. 12, 2025.

Bronx

Two people dead in Bronx fire at Buddhist temple and home; blocked hydrant hinders FDNY efforts

Posted on February 12, 2025

NYPD detectives are looking for a deviant who attempted to rape a woman after she visited a doctor in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn creep claiming to be ICE agent tried to rape woman moments after she visited urgent care doctor: sources

Posted on February 12, 2025

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QNS

Outpost Club: The affordable housing solution for renters in NYC looking for flexibility

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn apartment fire kills Navy vet, FDNY warns against blocking hydrants

Straphangers say they commute in rush hour alongside sleeping homeless.

‘Everyone feels unsafe’: Homeless continue to make beds on rush hour subway trains as NYPD vows to address underground issues

Posted on February 11, 2025

Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa with a homeless man on board a subway train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Dec. 29, 2024.

SOS Staten Island: State program battling homelessness set to hit borough’s ferry and railway

Posted on February 11, 2025

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QNS

Queens gang leader convicted of murder for 2020 shooting death of Bronx man: DA

Mayor Eric Adams (left) and Rev. Al Sharpton (right).

Politics

‘Crossed the Rubicon’: Rev. Al Sharpton suggests he may pull support for Mayor Adams after Trump DOJ moves to drop charges

Posted on February 11, 2025

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QNS

Kuwait Airways joins international lineup at JFK Terminal 6 in 2026

Frishberg discovered some of New York's secret treasures and now she's sharing her knowledge with everyone.

Travel

‘Secret New York’: Author of new travel guide helps reveal hidden gems of the Big Apple

Posted on February 11, 2025

Governor Kathy Hochul announces new steps to protect consumers from sky-high utility costs that are making New York less affordable.

Business

‘Intolerable’: Hochul pushes back at Con Edison’s proposed rate hikes, says it makes New York less affordable

Posted on February 11, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Family and friends mourn Jonathan Campos, Brooklyn-born pilot killed in D.C. plane crash

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Brooklyn Paper

Facing ‘unsustainable’ low enrollment and financial struggles, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy will close in June

Goose In Concert – New York, NY

QNS

Billboard names Forest Hills Stadium one of the top music venues on the East Coast

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QNS

New York legislators propose bills to protect students from rising harassment and antisemitism on college campuses

Mayor Eric Adams.

Mayor Adams Indictment

Mayor Adams claims vindication in address after Trump’s Justice Department moves to drop charges

Posted on February 11, 2025

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Steve Bannon pleads guilty felony to online fraud in ‘Build the Wall’ fundraiser, wants his political enemies investigated

Posted on February 11, 2025

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Sign of progress: How this new MTA program will keep New Yorkers with hearing impairments connected to public transit

Posted on February 11, 2025

Silvercup Studios Motion Picture Technical High School Tour

QNS

Silvercup Studios partners with local schools to foster next-generation filmmakers in Queens

Suspects in Brooklyn shooting that wounded teen

Brooklyn

Brooklyn shooting suspects sought for wounding teen in broad daylight

Posted on February 11, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

MCNY exhibit invites visitors to cast a vote for Shirley Chisholm, explore Brooklyn pol’s legacy

Zak Nissanov, owner of Big Apple Jewels, celebrates resiliency and style ahead of Valentines Day.

News

Big Apple Jewels: Telling a story of love, hope and resilience this Valentine’s season in the Diamond District

Posted on February 11, 2025

Cosmic Con 2025 is set to highlight the role of comics with panels and workshops in NYC on Feb. 15-16.

NYC comic fans! Prepare for ‘Cosmic Con 2025’, a show geared for personal expression and tolerance

Posted on February 11, 2025

Mayor Adams at Trump inauguration

Politics

Trump’s Justice Department ordering Mayor Adams’ criminal indictment dropped in memo

Posted on February 10, 2025

Suspect in string of Manhattan drug-induced robberies

Trio convicted in 2022 Manhattan string of drug-induced robberies that killed two men

Posted on February 10, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

21 Brooklyn neighborhoods among NYC’s most expensive in 2024: report

NYC taxi driving in congestion pricing era

NYC yellow cab trips up 10% after launch of congestion pricing: TLC

Posted on February 10, 2025

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MTA features Kenan Thompson in subway announcements ahead of SNL’s 50th anniversary special

Posted on February 10, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

Firefighters battle two-alarm blaze at Brooklyn restaurant

Teen wrongfully suspected by NYPD of shooting in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

NYPD apologizes to Brooklyn teen for naming him as suspect in deadly West Indian Day Parade shooting – but with condition

Posted on February 10, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

City Hall to meet with Brooklyn childcare centers fighting closure as providers, pols slam Mayor Adams

A electric car parked at a curbside EV charger

Power up NYC: Here’s where new electric vehicle charging stations will open in 2025

Posted on February 10, 2025

brooklyn

QNS

Brooklyn man arrested in Forest Hills after four-month burglary spree across six Queens neighborhoods: DA

Cops investigate scene where Manhattan man was stabbed by barefoot suspect

Hell’s Kitchen

Barefoot suspect stabbed man in Manhattan apartment before fleeing onto snow-covered streets: cops

Posted on February 10, 2025

"I know how important my life is, and I know that being me is not hurting anybody," said Naim, a TfS student.

Gay City News

Thousands rise up for trans youth at Union Square rally

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Law

Raising the bar: Applications to NYC law schools soar above last year’s numbers

Posted on February 10, 2025

A police officer at a Brooklyn shooting scene

Bronx

Suspect charged for shooting Bronx man to death over parking spot

Posted on February 10, 2025

NYC mayoral race Zellnor Myrie and Dan Goldman

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Goldman backs Myrie on national TV, giving campaign a potential boost

Posted on February 10, 2025

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Rail refinement: New exhibit at transit museum features vintage ads that uncover uncouth behavior

Posted on February 9, 2025

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at a podium in an education classroom

Politics

New York’s schools and students would suffer major economic and academic losses if Trump erases Department of Education, pols warn

Posted on February 9, 2025

Brooklyn Paper

National Pizza Day | ‘The real Brooklyn Slice’: How Luigi’s Pizza became a Park Slope staple

A police officer at a crime scene in Harlem.

Brooklyn mother charged after 6-year-old daughter found dead in bathtub

Posted on February 9, 2025

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QNS

St. John’s University lacrosse team travels to Newark to take on NJIT in highly-anticipated season opener

City Council Member Joann Ariola (Queens) was elected as the body's new Republican minority leader on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.

Politics

Ariola elected council GOP minority leader after Carr’s election not recognized

Posted on February 7, 2025

QNS

Flushing woman and Bronx accomplice indicted in deadly U-Haul hit-and-run and identity theft scheme: DA

Gay City News

‘Do not be complicit’: Pols speak out at NYU Langone after hospitals restrict gender-affirming care

queens

QNS

Crunching the Queens crime numbers: Rapes rise while robberies and grand larcenies decline

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

Adams faces fierce backlash over city guidance that workers should yield to ICE if they feel ‘threatened’

Posted on February 7, 2025

More from around NYC

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Bronx Defenders reach tentative deal to end brief strike, but other nonprofit legal services remain in jeopardy

A former employee at the DBK4 Amazon warehouse in Maspeth was criminally charged for allegedly stealing 1,838 pairs of work boots and sneakers and reselling them online for nearly $225,000, according to the Queens DA's office.

Former Amazon employee at Maspeth warehouse charged with theft of nearly $225K worth of footwear: DA

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84th Precinct: Dumbo clothing store robbed twice in two days

A teenager looks into the camera while facing the sun in a close-up view.

‘Diciannove’ captures a 19-year-old’s journey to adulthood