Five teenage boys were arrested for climbing one of the Williamsburg Bridge towers on Wednesday night, police said. Four 16-year-olds and a 13-year-old were seen by passersby on the Brooklyn-side tower of the bridge around 7 p.m., cops said. Several witnesses called 911 to report the dangerous stunt and police responded. Police escort the five […]

Fontbonne opened its varsity softball season in Marine Park with a 5-1 win over Queens rival St. Francis Prep.  Before the game, Fontbonne head coach Frank Marinello assembled the Bonnies and the Terriers in a prayer circle to remember Joe Lewinger, the 2020 Girls CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens softball commissioner from The Mary Louis Academy. As this […]

A group of gun-toting thugs stormed into a Brooklyn home before dawn Saturday, stealing thousands in cash and leaving the residents bloodied — as cops are probing if the same suspects may have struck in Queens just a few hours later. Five gunmen in ski masks forced their way through the ground floor window of […]

What better way to end the month of March than by marching down Third Avenue! The Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade is finally here, with Grand Marshal Hon. Matthew D’Emic and his deputies stepping off “on the avenue” on Sunday, March 26 at 1 p.m. D’Emic will lead Deputy Marshals Scott Lloyd, Jimmy Nealon, […]

This bovine busted a mooove in Brooklyn on Tuesday — escaping a slaughterhouse and wildly running through the streets of Canarsie. Video posted to social media captured a host of people chasing the renegade black calf through the neighborhood, including a man in an apron who tried to tug on the cow’s tail to stop […]

It’s finally here! Winter, that is. On the heels of the first nor’easter of the season (which was still tame locally by modern standards), art lovers are ready to officially “Embrace Winter” this weekend with the annual Embrace Winter Festival Art Walk! The event, sponsored by Bay Ridge Arts & Cultural Alliance (BRACA) in partnership […]

The former top editor of a Brooklyn-based newspaper was hit with federal felony charges Thursday for allegedly assaulting a police officer and pulling other suspected rioters through a door at the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, according to prosecutors. Elliot Resnick, the ex-chief editor of The Jewish Press, was arrested in Manhattan Thursday […]

The first express ferry from Bay Ridge to Manhattan sailed from the American Veterans Memorial Pier March 8. Although the estimated travel time is 21 minutes, bad weather lengthened the trip to half an hour. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The express runs weekdays from 6:15 to 10:15 a.m. and stops only at Atlantic Avenue/Pier 6 […]

Mayor Eric Adams is opening another two big emergency migrant shelters as the southern border crisis continues to push New York City to its limits — and President Biden has still not jumped in to help. One is set to open in Times Square’s vacant Candler Tower office building, which was once home to a 24-hour McDonald’s restaurant long billed […]

Seamus, the lovable labradoodle who served as mascot of the Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade, died March 3, just a few days before his 16th birthday. The beloved canine was also a familiar face at local pet shop Paws Truly, which was run by his owners, Deirdre and Michael Butler, and he was named […]

A New York judge with a history of going easy on criminals has come under fire for cutting a gangbanger a break in an attempted murder case — leaving him free to allegedly open fire near a school this week, wounding two teenagers. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew Sciarrino ignored prosecutors’ request to keep career […]

A second new library will begin to go up in Bay Ridge this spring, according to plans laid out for a branch at 73rd St. and Ridge Blvd., to replace a 70-year-old building at that site. Last week it was announced that a McKinley Park branch would begin to be built in April. The Board […]