Crown Heights

A Brooklyn bakery owner who was mugged last week outside his own shop was fatally shot Tuesday night in front of his home. Police say Mervyn Johnson, 68, was gunned down at about 8:30 p.m. in front of his Brooklyn Avenue apartment building, near Lefferts...

A man who was convicted of violating the civil rights of a Jewish student who was stabbed and killed during the Crown Heights riots of 1991, was violently assaulted Sunday following a possible road rage incident police say. Lemrick Nelson was stabbed...

State Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. is joining forces with Sen. Eric Adams, and Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson to get get youngsters to raise their pants. They spoke outside the Bronx Police Athletic League, on Webster Ave., in the Bronx. Espanda unveiled a...

A gunman shot and killed a member of the St. Lucia soccer team early Monday in Brooklyn while the man celebrated the winning goal he scored earlier that day. Police arrived at 361 Utica Avenue in Crown Heights and discovered two people suffering...

There was a march Saturday in memory of then 16-year-old honor student Chanel Petro-Nixon, who disappeared on Father's Day in 2006. Her murder remains a cold case. The march/rally kicked off Saturday morning from 1605 Fulton Street, at Marcus Garvey...

The video above is a beautifully presented piece about the schools under Mayor Bloomberg who has now served nearly two terms. All his ads are expensive, polished productions, free of peeve. Um, say -- is that school bus in......

Police are seeking public assistance in identifying a man they believe sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl. According to cops, the man approached the girl on July 11 at 7:50 a.m. inside the premises of the Kingsborough Houses, located at 1880...

Two men are under arrest after kidnapping, torturing and raping a 14-year-old girl who was held prisoner in a Brooklyn basement for two weeks, police say. Anthony King and Kevin Evans, both 24, picked up the girl and her female friend on April 27, and...

CROWN HEIGHTS, NY -- Two men are under arrest after kidnapping, torturing and raping a 14-year-old girl who was held prisoner in a Brooklyn basement for two weeks, police say. Anthony King and Kevin Evans, both 24, picked up the girl and her female...

Police say there is a serial butt-slapper terrorizing subway trains in Brooklyn. According to authorities, they have received nearly a dozen reports of a man slapping the buttocks of women riding the subway in and around Crown Heights. The incidents...

Tens of thousands of revelers gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate Caribbean culture Monday at the West Indian American Day Parade, as bright beaded costumes and feather headdresses also provided a lively backdrop for New York City politicking. With...

CROWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. (WPIX) -- A Utica Avenue bodega in Crown Heights was the scene of a deadly robbery Wednesday night that left the owner and his son dead of gunshot wounds. Police say 50-year-old Mohammed Monsoor Abuzaid and his 18-year-old son Abdul...