Sheepshead Bay

John “Jack” Henry Stouffer, 84, of Cheyenne, Wyo., died March 2, 2013, in Cheyenne. He was born Aug. 27, 1928, in Hagerstown, Md., to Robert F. and Margaret V. Stouffer. In September 1944, at age 16, he enlisted in the U.S. Merchant Marine...

The sights and sounds are familiar on Beach 128th Street in the Rockaways.   Whole lives being ripped out of homes.  But rather than despair, here in the the Belle Harbor section, there is hope. “When I showed up here on Wednesday, I already had...

Disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner, who was at the center of a sexting scandal, has returned to Twitter -- and it was Hurricane Sandy that brought him back. After nearly a year and a half of going off the grid, Weiner's Twitter handle, @repweiner, came...

A 31 year-old woman is suing her doctor for telling her she tested positive for the deadly HIV virus - because she didn't want to know. A lawsuit filed against Dr. Pavel Yutsis claims he violated state law because he tested her without consent and...

Matt Asen ate his first oyster at age 5 at Lundy's in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He's since become an oyster aficiando of sorts, trying over 387 varities of oysters around the world and amassing one of the largest collection of oyster shells. In honor...

Ben Akselrod is a relative newcomer to the Brooklyn political scene – and has strong support within the Jewish Community. But just weeks before he faces off against an incumbent in the Democratic Assembly Primary, Akselrod is learning a valuable...

Con Edison is warning Brooklyn customers that, because of problems with electrical equipment, voltage is being reduced by 5 percent in certain neighborhoods. The neighborhoods affected are: Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bedford Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort...

It was a close call early Easter Sunday morning when four NYPD officers were shot during a wild gun battle in a 6th-floor apartment, where an out-of-control, ex-con menaced his pregnant girlfriend and their 4-year-old son. Three of them were shot in...

Detective Kenneth Ayala was holding on to the shield tightly, as if his life depended on it. That's because it did, as did the lives of the half a dozen ESU officers with him trying to peacefully end a hostage situation in Sheepshead Bay early Easter...

The last officer who cheated death in a wild Easter Morning shootout is going home today. As he was flanked by fellow officers from the elite Emergency Services Unit of the NYPD, he reached up to shake hands and smile back at the faces beaming at him....

For the second time this week an accused cop shooter will be in a Brooklyn courtroom.  Lamont pride is just one in string of of thugs accused of shooting cops in the city over the last year. On tape he said his gun accidentally fired when he shot...

Landlords look out. Brooklyn renter, Bryan Eisenburg, says he's the victim of a vicious landlord so he's getting him back - online! Too bad, for the landlord, Eisenberg knows what he's doing. He's an internationally acclaimed social media marketing...