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One of the Bronx's only 2 movie theaters is closing. Here's why.
NEW YORK -- The Bronx will be down to just one movie theater for the entire borough after the Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas closes. The Bronx Borough President's office received a statement from Showcase Cinemas in April confirming the theater on 161st Street is closing, citing "failure to come to terms with a new lease agreement."The statement reads in full:Showcase Cinemas confirms the closure of Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas after failure to come to terms with a new lease agreement. The cinema will cease operations following the close of business on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Members of our Starpass loyalty program...
Couple dead in Brooklyn murder-suicide witnessed by killer’s own mother
A man shot his 29-year-old girlfriend to death before turning the gun on himself in a horrifying murder-suicide that the gunman’s own mother witnessed in the Brooklyn apartment the family shared, the distraught woman told the Daily News. The double shooting took place in a fourth-floor apartment on Avenue I near Ocean Ave. in Midwood just after 10 a.m. Monday, according to police. Teddy ...
New York City under flood watch, states brace for tornadoes as Memorial Day storms hit East Coast
At least 21 people have died, including two children, in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky after violent storms ripped through the central US over Memorial Day weekend.At least 11 tornadoes swept through affected states on Sunday, with severe weather forecast to continue throughout Memorial Day. On Monday, a staggering 120m Americans were at risk of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes as storm systems moved towards the Gulf Coast and East Coast, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.The storms could bring gusts up to 70 miles per hour and quarter-sized hail.Meanwhile, record-high temperatures are feared in...
‘Landmark’ NYC ice cream parlor faces eviction as locals say it’s a sign neighborhood just isn’t the same
An iconic, decades-old Brooklyn ice cream shop is set to be evicted this summer – leaving neighbors and longtime customers distraught over the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. “We have been here since May 1984 – 40 years,” said Anthony “Tony” Fongyit, 74, the owner of Scoops Ice Cream Parlor on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. “A lot of people have been upset. It’s heartbreaking right now to see what’s going on with this lease situation,” he told The Post. Fongyit was ordered to vacate the storefront within four months when his landlord brought him to civil court earlier in May, following about five...
Juvenile Busted While Joy-Riding in Stolen Vehicle in Elmont, Officials Say
The Fifth Squad reports the arrest of a male juvenile for an incident that occurred on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 12:40 pm in Elmont. According to Detectives, Officers received a 911 call for a stolen vehicle from Belmont Boulevard. Prior to police arrival, officers observed a 2020 white Volkswagen matching the vehicles description traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on Elmont Road.
Brooklyn man fatally shot by police was mentally ill, father says, calling response excessive
The man shot to death by police in Brooklyn over the weekend was suffering from mental illness, according to his father, who criticized the cop response as excessive. Andre Mayfield’s father believes his son was going for a walk when he tapped on the window of an NYPD vehicle, where two officers inside had just finished up responding to a domestic violence call on Eldert St. near Central Ave. ...
Storm System Now Sweeping Through With Drenching Downpours, Gusty Winds: Here's Latest
"This will bring the potential for isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and 1-inch hail, and a localized flash flood threat," the National Weather Service said in a Hazardous Weather Outlook issued at 2 p.m. Monday. "The flash flood and severe threat appears to be highest to the west of the Hudson River."
New York City resident John Huff dies in motorcycle crash on I-90 in Auburn, Mass.
A New York City resident was killed in a motorcycle crash on I-90 in Massachusetts Sunday afternoon, according to Massachusetts State Police. Queens resident John Huff, 64, crashed on the highway in Auburn around 4 p.m., state police said in a press release. Initial information suggests that Huff was riding a Harley Davidson east on the road when — for reasons still unclear to investigators — he lost control of the motorcycle and veered to the right.
Men wanted for blasting NYPD traffic agent in face with fire extinguisher in Harlem
A group of men pulled up alongside an NYPD traffic enforcement agent in Manhattan and blasted him in the face with a fire extinguisher, police said Monday. The trio were in a gray sedan when they approached the 43-year-old traffic agent, who was sitting in a marked NYPD vehicle near the corner of Saint Nicholas Ave. and W. 118th St. in Harlem around 6:50 a.m. Thursday, cops said. Video posted ...
Lunatic ex-con who torched NYC straphanger grimaces as judge sets bail at $250K
The crazed firebug who allegedly torched a straphanger on a subway train over the weekend gave a vacant grimace in Manhattan court Monday as a judge set his bail at $250,000 — and prosecutors revealed he’s an ex-con with a lengthy rap sheet. Nile Taylor, 49 — who’s accused of tossing a flaming can of alcohol at Petrit Alijaj, 23, Saturday — has previously done prison time for gun and forgery busts, prosecutors said in Manhattan Criminal Court. Evidence in the case of his latest fiery attack is overwhelming, assistant District Attorney Aryan Ahmadian said. “This is a strong case,” Ahmadian told Judge...
Another chance for rain mid-week in tri-state area
NEW YORK (PIX11) — It was a stormy end to the holiday weekend as a cold front swept across the tri-state region. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued Monday afternoon and continued into the evening for New York City and points west. The atmosphere was primed for producing storms that could contain damaging winds along with drenching downpours. Another round of rain could move in late on Wednesday and it may linger into Thursday with the passage of another frontal boundary.
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