Sources: Principal Reassigned After Boy, 14, Is Sexually Attacked By Fellow...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police on Wednesday were investigating allegations that a 14-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by a group of bullies at an East Flatbush, Brooklyn high school, sources said....
View ArticleSuspect Attacks Man With Glass Bottle Aboard 2 Train, Police Say
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are looking for a man they say assaulted another man with a glass bottle aboard a subway in East Flatbush, Brooklyn earlier this month. Investigators say the suspect and...
View Article4-Alarm Fire Rips Through Commercial Building In East Flatbush, Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A fast-moving fire ripped through a commercial building in Brooklyn early Sunday. It began around 2 a.m. in a single-story structure home to several businesses on Schenectady...
View ArticleCops Release Surveillance Footage In Bid To Nail Salon Thief
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are hoping to nail a thief who’s been ripping off salon employees in Brooklyn. Cops say on September 19, the woman stole $600 cash and bank card from an employee’s...
View ArticleCaught On Video: Man Robbed Of $10,000 In East Flatbush
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are searching for two suspects accused of robbing a man of $10,000. On Nov. 10, a 55-year-old man was about to get into his car on Clarendon Road in East Flatbush when he...
View ArticlePig Roast In Basement Blamed For Brooklyn Fire; Building Super Arrested
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An extra-alarm fire in East Flatbush, Brooklyn Sunday was caused by someone roasting a pig, the FDNY said. The building superintendent who allegedly started the fire was...
View ArticleFamily Sues City, Says Mentally Ill Son Was Wrongfully Shot Dead By Police
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A mother is suing the City of New York, alleging that an officer was not prepared to deal with mentally disturbed people and wrongfully killed her son. As WCBS 880’s Mike...
View ArticleDA: Gang Members Arrested In Brooklyn Used Basketball Code To Discuss Shootings
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – More than a dozen alleged gang members were arrested this week in East Flatbush, Brooklyn in connection with multiple shootings. Officials say they used a unique code to...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Suspicious Death Of Woman In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Officers conducted a wellness check around 6:45 a.m. Saturday at her apartment building on...
View ArticleSublet Roommates Missing After Nurse’s Body Found Stuffed In Closet
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police say while the medical examiner does not yet have a clear cause of death, a murder investigation is underway after the body of nurse was found stuffed in the closet of her...
View ArticleNYPD: Off-Duty Officer Shoots Gun-Toting Wheelchair-Bound Suspect In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An off-duty police officer shot a wheelchair-bound suspect after police say the suspect opened fire outside a party in Brooklyn early Sunday morning. Police say the 30-year-old...
View ArticleWintry Weather Blamed For Spate Of Manhole Explosions In Brooklyn, Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Saturday’s wet and wintry weather was being blamed for an array of underground problems in the outer boroughs, where firefighters were called to several manhole explosions. As...
View ArticleMan Charged With Murder In Deadly Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Boy In Brooklyn
Updated at 7:30 a.m. on March 6, 2019 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A man was charged with murder Tuesday in the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old boy last month in Brooklyn. Samuel Joseph, 15, was shot and...
View ArticleCar Bursts Into Flames After Crash In Brooklyn; 2 Seriously Hurt
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Two people were seriously hurt when a car slammed into a pole and caught fire early Monday in Brooklyn. It happened around 3:30 a.m. near Tilden Avenue and Kings Highway in East...
View Article1 Dead When Car Slams Into Tree In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A 19-year-old was killed when a car slammed into a tree on Avenue D and Kings Highway in Brooklyn. It happened at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. (credit: CBS2) According to police,...
View ArticleWoman Fatally Struck By Tractor-Trailer In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A tractor-trailer truck fatally struck a 67-year-old woman early Wednesday in Brooklyn and fled the scene, police say. It happened shortly before 4:50 a.m. at the intersection...
View ArticlePedestrian Hit In East Flatbush
A car crashed into a pedestrian on Church Avenue near 94th Street in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn on Friday morning. CBS2’s Dan Rice reports.
View ArticleThere’s Light At End Of Tunnel Of Long Brooklyn Public Library Branch...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — In an effort to keep up with the times, the Brooklyn Public Library system undertook a multi-million dollar project more than a decade ago. But many East Flatbush residents say...
View ArticleMultiple Vehicles Damaged As 2 Exchange Gunfire In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are searching for a man who was caught on camera firing a gun and damaging several vehicles in Brooklyn. It happened on East 49th Street in East Flatbush around 11:40...
View ArticleMom Facing Charges After 5-Year-Old Found Riding His Bike Alone In Brooklyn...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Brooklyn mother is facing charges after her 5-year-old child was found alone riding his bike. Who the boy is and where he was supposed to be was all a mystery up until late...
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