Porsche bursts into flames at NYC auto show
The Big Apple’s annual auto show was “lit” on Thursday — thanks to a smokin’ hot Porsche 911 Turbo that burst into flames in the middle of the Javits Center. The pricey sports car caught fire as...
View ArticleFalling glass from Midtown hotel injures woman
A woman suffered minor injuries when she was struck by glass that fell from a Midtown hotel on Thursday afternoon, officials and witnesses said.
View ArticleWoman slammed by taxi near NYU
A yellow cab plowed into a woman on a sidewalk near NYU Thursday after the driver got sick and lost control of his vehicle. The unidentified pedestrian was left in critical condition. “She looked...
View ArticleBicyclist dies after being struck by car
A 34-year-old bicyclist was fatally struck by a car in Brooklyn on Friday morning, according to police. Lauren Davis was traveling southbound on Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill at about 8:40 a.m. when a...
View ArticleNYPD detectives help hundreds during prom dress giveaway
Queens cops played fashion police on Saturday, coming to the rescue of more than 200 girls investigating prom dresses. Prospective prom goers and their moms flocked to the 113th Precinct station house...
View ArticleCops shoot deranged knife-wielding man
A police officer shot a deranged man in Brooklyn on Sunday as he charged at cops with a bizarre, three-sided dagger modeled from an action movie, sources said. Authorities were responding to a call for...
View ArticleRikers Island guards busted in massive smuggling ring
Seventeen people were busted Thursday for orchestrating an elaborate smuggling ring at Rikers Island that included two correction officers, a cook and six inmates, officials said. The jail workers were...
View ArticlePilot dies after plane crashes into Hudson River
A vintage WWII fighter plane crashed into the Hudson River Friday night and the pilot was unaccounted for.
View ArticleThis bird looks and acts a lot like Donald Trump
The call came in to 311 from Queens, reporting that “Donald Trump was in their back yard.” But this was no campaign stop. Meet Donald the pheasant — a bird with the best, most amazing, most tremendous...
View ArticleTourist castaway takes nightmare voyage when makeshift dock breaks loose
A London tourist turned into a modern-day Gilligan when he became marooned on a makeshift dock that snapped free from a New Jersey marina and was carried more than two nautical miles in a wild sea...
View ArticleSharpton protests for feds to probe Eric Garner’s death
The Rev. Al Sharpton joined some 200 protesters in Brooklyn on Saturday in calling on federal prosecutors to jump-start an ongoing civil-rights probe into the police-chokehold death of Eric Garner....
View ArticleSix charged in Black Lives Matter march attended by Susan Sarandon
Six protesters were slapped with criminal summonses for blocking traffic during a Black Lives Matter march in Brooklyn that was attended by actress Susan Sarandon, police said Sunday. The Academy...
View ArticleQueens imam and his assistant executed in broad daylight
A beloved imam and his assistant were gunned down execution-style in broad daylight Saturday as they walked home in their traditional robes after prayers at a Queens mosque — and some members of the...
View ArticleSandy-ravaged Breezy Point braces for Hermine
Breezy Point residents are bracing for one of the biggest tropical storms to hit New York City since Hurricane Sandy. “I’m very concerned,” said Kathleen Fitzsimmons, a retired teacher whose family has...
View ArticleParty boater goes into cardiac arrest after falling overboard
A party-boat passenger was in grave condition Saturday after he fell overboard near Governors Island, according to police. The victim, 30, fell at about 1:30 p.m. over the railing of the Jewel, a yacht...
View ArticleGrisly crime-scene video showing slain landlord is played in court
Gruesome crime-scene video was played in Brooklyn court Thursday showing notorious landlord Menachem Stark’s charred, snow-covered body inside a Great Neck dumpster — and even his accused murderer had...
View Article‘This American Life’ creator’s home infested with bed bugs, rats: lawsuit
His American life includes living with bed bugs and rodents in a rundown Chelsea apartment, a new lawsuit says. Ira Glass, the creator of the famed National Public Radio weekly broadcast “This American...
View ArticleSUV crashes into Citibank
An out-of-control SUV plowed into a Citibank in Brooklyn on Thursday morning – and miraculously no one was seriously injured, officials said. The gray Lexus RX 350 crashed through the front window of...
View ArticleCity schools pull pizza after ‘dark spots’ pop up on pies
Pizza has been sliced from city school menus after kids complained that dark spots on their pies looked moldy. The Department of Education reported that testing showed the suspect slices were simply...
View ArticleFeisty granny tries to fend off attackers during stabbing
Three people were stabbed inside a Harlem housing complex Saturday morning, including a gritty 71-year-old grandmother who tried to fend off the attackers, police sources said. “We just had a little...
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