Weitao Shi, via his firms FBL Development and Golden Stone Management, has filed to raze a dormant gym and replace it with a 30-story, 158-apartment tower at 245 Duffield Street—his first Brooklyn outing. Amid Downtown Brooklyn’s growth spurt since …
Despite Governor Kathy Hochul’s confident pronouncements on subway safety and a fresh $77 million for extra NYPD patrols, a 31-year-old conductor was punched and relieved of her train keys by a masked assailant at Brooklyn’s Hoyt–Schermerhorn station on Sunday, the latest in a spate of attacks that leave both the statistics—and our sense of security—jostling uncomfortably for space on the platform.
After a month of courtroom drama in Brooklyn, the jury remained firmly split on all 19 counts against Linda Sun, a former top aide to Governors Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul, prompting Judge Brian Cogan to declare a mistrial. Prosecutors allege Sun steered New York policy to please Beijing in exchange for millions, but for now, federal ambitions to convict seem as gridlocked as New York traffic in rush hour.
Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist who unseated Andrew Cuomo to become New York City’s (newly renumbered) 112th mayor, plans to take his oath on January 1st amid a block party stretching along Broadway from Liberty to Murray Streets. We note the event requires online registration—presumably a concession to modern crowd control, or perhaps just a sign that even revolutionaries can’t escape Eventbrite.
Police charged Brooklyn resident Armani Charles with hate crimes after he allegedly stabbed a Jewish man during an antisemitic altercation in Crown Heights, days after the NYPD boosted synagogue security following Sydney's deadly attack. While New York's hate crime investigations jumped 50% last month, incidents fell in this local precinct—a statistical morsel barely enough to satisfy anyone worried about the city’s appetite for prejudice.
After a weeklong hunt, the NYPD arrested Armani Charles, 23, in East New York for allegedly stabbing a Jewish stranger, Elias Rosner, in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights after antisemitic outbursts—an assignment requiring dozens of officers and significant local anxieties. Community leaders say they’re relieved but cautious, reminding us that in the churn of headline-grabbing hate crimes, everyone sleeps more soundly when suspects find surrender preferable to pursuit.
A four-alarm fire swept through a three-story Humboldt Street building in Brooklyn early Monday, mustering scores of FDNY firefighters and leaving several injured in the melee. While the 494 address now boasts more char than charm, first responders managed to contain the blaze—proving yet again that, in New York, neither sleep nor routine ever stands much chance against the city’s more combustible tendencies.
