Police are currently investigating the death of an unidentified person who apparently fell or jumped from the St. George Tower at 111 Hicks St., landing at the adjacent 60 Pineapple St. UPDATE: TUESDAY MORNING: The New York Daily News reports: A young man jumped to his death from a Brooklyn luxury high-rise and crashed through […]
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Marc Hermann is a Brooklyn Heights native who works as a photographer and photo editor for the New York Daily News. Starting out as a teenager who would chase the local fire companies to emergency scenes, Marc's first news photos appeared in the Packer Collegiate Institute's school paper, before he made the jump to the Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn Eagle, and, finally, the Daily News. "weegee" is a tribute to the moniker of legendary New York press photographer Arthur Fellig,Author Archive | weegee
Sunday Stabbing At reBar in DUMBO
Photo by M. Hermann/BHB A man was assaulted with a knife and his assailant taken into custody shortly after 1:00 this morning at reBar, 147 Front Street, near Jay Streeet in DUMBO. The 25-year-old victim, whose left foot was bandaged, reportedly called 911 to report that he had been stabbed, while others held the perpetrator […]
Fatality at Boro Hall Station
Police are on scene at the Borough Hall Station at Court St. & Joralemon St. where a person was struck and killed by a train shortly before 5:30 p.m. Preliminary reports indicate that the person was not the victim of a crime. Traffic on the 4/5 lines is stopped on the southbound side, and northbound […]
DEVELOPING: Shooting Victim on Willow Street
NYPD is operating on Willow St. near Clark St., where a vehicle has crashed on the sidewalk. An occupant of the vehicle was found to have been shot, with a suspect fleeing toward the Promenade. Officers have a suspect in custody on Columbia Heights. UPDATE: The victim was shot once to the neck, and is […]
Brooklyn Bridge Sandblasting Wreaks Havoc
Motorists heading across the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon were taken by surprise when their rear windows suddenly shattered. Eight cars on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge in the left-hand lane were passing an area where construction is ongoing, and sandblasting was in progress, when some sort of debris started hitting them. At least two […]
Cops Credited with Bridge Grab
Our gang over at the 84th Precinct made a good grab this afternoon on the Manhattan Bridge, when they responded to a report of an emotionally disturbed person standing on the span’s outer edge. P.O. Anthony Brooks, an 18-year veteran of the department, engaged the person, a 38-year-old male, in conversation. Shortly after seeing the […]
Why Your Lights Just Dimmed
The FDNY reports a generator at the outdoor ConEd substation on Water St. caught fire, but has been put out by the automatic extinguisher system. Share this Story: Tweet
Stabbing at Fulton Mall
Police are at 374 Fulton Street, near Smith Street, where a person has reportedly been stabbed. A suspect is in custody, and units are searching the storm drains for a possible weapon. No word on the victim’s condition. Share this Story: Tweet
Motorcyclist Thrown from BQE
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an accident that occurred around 1:00 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Initial reports indicate that a motorcyclist was going at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the bike near the curve after the Columbia Heights overpass and was thrown over the […]
DEVELOPING: Fire in Concord Village
FDNY is operating at 235 Adams Street at what has initially been reported as a fire on the ground floor, in the vicinity of the elevator. The signal for a high-rise residential fire has been transmitted, which brings a host of specialized units. Update below the jump. Share this Story: Tweet
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