"I don’t have if it’s a gun or not ... but I called the cops," one 911 caller said. "Hell yeah I called the cops."
"They murdered my son and I want justice for him," said Lorna Vassell, the dead man's mother. "They had no right to shoot him down."
NYPD officials released video of Vassell pointing a metal pipe at strangers in the moments before he was shot dead by police.
"An unarmed Black man was murdered by NYPD Wednesday night,” NYC Shut It Down organizers said. “Join us as we demand justice."
Saheed Vassell died after being shot by police officers at Montgomery Street and Utica Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, the NYPD said.
The first cherry blossoms to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden were heralded as a harbinger of spring. Then the snow came.
Jerome Spence had been several times when NYPD officers found him lying unconscious in a Sterling Street apartment building, said police.
After Nixon visited Diann Wise, whose granddaughter died from asthma, the gubernatorial candidate declared NYCHA in a "state of emergency."
More than 100 firefighters rushed to Prospect Place Monday morning to extinguish a massive fire in a three-story townhouse, officials said.
In Patch's quest to name the worst grocery store in New York City, we'd like to know which chain grocery store you hate most.
A burglar stole jewelry and clothes worth more than $3,000 from a Crown Heights home.
Police released a photo Tuesday of the man they believe shot a stranger in the back in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens earlier this month.
Police are looking for two teens who snuck up behind an elderly man, choked him and stole his cash and ID.
Deyshawn James shot his victim, a father of four, twice in the face and six times in the back, prosecutors said.
Two homes in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens will be torn down so developers can build a seven-story apartment building, city records show.
The city has filed plans to begin redeveloping the Bedford-Union Armory, records show.
Two armed muggers robbed a Crown Heights man who was carrying $1,000 in cash last month, police said.
Protesters will gather at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to protest a 42-story building that could cast a dark shadow over the grounds.
Police are looking for three women who punched, kicked and swung an umbrella at a 16-year-old girl in a Brooklyn subway station last month.
The actress spurred outrage when she tweeted that a "Hasidic man in a grey van" tried to hit her in a Prospect Heights crosswalk.
Take a look inside the new, big grocery store next to the Q Train.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden no longer offers free admission on Tuesday and Saturday mornings.
Citi Bike is launching a new initiative to redistribute bikes that relies on the help of Bike Angels.
Firefighters rushed to Rutland Road where a construction worker was trapped underneath a collapsed ceiling, said FDNY.
Two tenants associations are suing landlords who either ignore dangerous conditions or send incapacitated workers to repair them.
"David Bowie is" opens at the Brooklyn Museum Friday and those willing to pay $2,500 can get a private tour.
Officers found the man unconscious and not breathing outside the Armory Men's Shelter in the Crown Heights neighborhood.
The bloom isn't usually expected until early April.
Brandon Darbeau has been missing from his Prospect Place home since just after midnight on Thursday, police said.
Seeds In The Middle hopes City Council will help bring back the popular farmers market that closed, because of a lack of funding, in 2014.
Owners of Slow Loris, a Korean eatery named after a primate with poisonous armpit glands, plan to open in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens in March
Mohammed Kamara, who has been running American Star Hardware for about 20 years, needs $23,400 to buy his building or face eviction.
A new study shows where your vehicle is at most risk. The results might surprise you.
Thierno Barry was shot multiple times outside his Crown Heights apartment complex Friday morning, said police.
The man and woman were found on Winthrop Street.
Do you feel lucky? This guy does.
Find out if you can afford an "affordable" home.
The contractor that restored building's in Crown Heights and Brownsville was ordered to pay $650,000.
Ascend Public Charter Schools announced it hopes to open two new schools in central Brooklyn in 2019.
Police are looking for three men who held up four Brooklyn delis on Sunday.