The Latest Breaking News from Brooklyn

Sacramento police had to cut Saturday's event short because of the "overwhelming response." Meanwhile, a buyback event in Brooklyn gave iPads to people who dropped off certain types of firearms.

A 30-year-old man crossing the finish line at the Brooklyn Half Marathon collapsed and died Saturday morning, officials in New York said. The runner was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, fire department spokesperson Frank Dwyer said. It was unclear what caused the runner to collapse,…

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s once-a-decade redistricting process has played out in protracted court battles, sowed confusion among voters as well as candidates and exposed deep divisions within the Democratic Party.

NEW YORK — The ink has barely dried on New York’s much-revised House map, but a radically transformed 10th Congressional District has set the stage for an unruly political scramble in lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn ahead of the August Democratic primary.

NEW YORK — A 32-year-old runner collapsed at the Coney Island finish line of the Brooklyn half-marathon race and died at a nearby hospital on a sticky Saturday morning where 16 other participants were injured, authorities said.

NEW YORK — A 30-year-old runner collapsed at the finish line of the Brooklyn half-marathon and later died on a sticky Saturday morning, authorities said.

The Brooklyn Half race is organised by New York Road Runners and weaves around the New York City borough

In compelling new documentary Hold Your Fire, a siege that pitted black robbers against white US police led to an unlikely outcome

A federal judge in New York on Friday granted a two-week delay in sentencing for R. Kelly after his lawyer said experts she’d hired had been unable to get access to the singer in the federal lockup in Brooklyn.

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he will run for Congress in a redrawn district that includes his Brooklyn home

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s considering a run for Congress after a legal battle over the state’s political maps opened up a seat in Brooklyn