The Latest Breaking News from Brooklyn

Guatemalan man pleads not guilty to setting woman on fire in Brooklyn subway. Mayor expresses shock, suspect faces potential life sentence.

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.…

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

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.

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

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

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

Tragic stabbing incident at a Brooklyn homeless shelter raises safety concerns in the neighborhood due to the conversion of hotels into shelters.

Tragic incident in Brooklyn subway involving a deported migrant reignites debates on sanctuary policies and public safety.

The Metropolitan Detention Center in NYC faces criticism for poor conditions and high-profile inmates like Diddy. Inadequate living conditions, violence, a...