The Latest Breaking News from Brooklyn

Tommy Brown, Last Living Member of 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, Dies at 97

He was MLB's final link to its tumultuous World War II years.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 15, 2025

New York City shutters sprawling migrant tent camp on remote former airfield

New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex erected on a remote former airport and announced the closure of other major shelters housing asylum seekers in its latest efforts to shrink an emergency housing built up in response to a surge of migration that’s now receding

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025

4 men charged in a Brooklyn synagogue tunnel scuffle are awaiting trial in April

Four members of the Hasidic Jewish community accused of damaging a historic Brooklyn synagogue during a melee over an illegal tunnel are set to stand trial later this year

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025

LiveWire Has a New EV Motorcycle Coming Soon, But Who Is It For?

Full stop, I loved the first Harley-Davidson LiveWire. I rode it on the Brooklyn Formula E track way back when it first debuted, and me and one of the brand's marketing leads—what's up, Laurence!—had an absolute ball hanging at the back of the pack and shredding the track. It had power.…

RideApart · Jan 6, 2025

'There were many radical nuns': Andrea Modica's photographs document 1980s all-girls Catholic schools in Brooklyn

Andrea Modica’s ‘Catholic Girls’ looks back to her own childhood

Wallpaper · Jan 6, 2025

Woman set on fire and killed in New York subway car identified

Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey, identified as victim who was killed after being set alight in Brooklyn

The Guardian - US · Dec 31, 2024

Efforts to Identify Woman Set on Fire in NYC Subway Have Made 'Some Progress,' Brooklyn DA Says

A suspect who allegedly set a sleeping woman alight on the subway in New York City has been charged with and indicted on numerous homicide charges, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney.

Latin Times · Dec 27, 2024

Man charged with murder and arson in New York subway killing

Sebastian Zapeta is accused of setting woman alight on stopped subway train and then watching from platform

Evening Standard · Dec 27, 2024

Man indicted on murder charges in burning death of woman inside New York City subway train

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arrested following the harrowing incident on Sunday morning on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2024

New York subway killing suspect charged with first-degree murder

Grand jury upgrades charges against Sebastián Zapeta, 33, with possibility of life sentence without parole if convicted

The Guardian - US · Dec 27, 2024