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Long-Range Summer Outlook For Severe Weather, Temps Released: Here's What To Expect
Spring has sprung, but the thermometer must not have gotten the memo, as plenty of raw days have made it feel more like fall. But when it comes to the summer, in the words of Ron Burgundy, expect things to escalate really quickly. According to AccuWeather's brand-new outlook for the...
Farmingdale Couple Dies In Crash; GoFundMe To Transport Body
The Long Island natives and Farmingdale High School sweethearts were killed in a car crash in Washington State on Thursday, May 2. Details about the wreck were not immediately available. Their deaths came just two days after the 28-year-old Cullen, a Petty Officer in the US Navy stationed outside of...
NYPD detectives jump over glass barrier to save distraught woman on ledge of 54-story NYC building, dramatic video shows
Heart-pounding footage shows the moment highly trained NYPD detectives climbed over a glass wall to rescue a distraught woman on the edge of a 54-story rooftop in Manhattan last week. The dramatic rescue of the 33-year-old woman took place last Wednesday at a Midtown building on East 29th Street. When members of NYPD’s emergency service unit (ESU) responded, they were initially separated from the woman by a glass divider, forcing police to undergo a rope operation to reach the victim, bodycam footage shows. Park Avenue vacancy rate lower than before pandemic after recent large deals The ESU team received a call around...
Career criminal arrested for randomly attacking woman on NYC subway — only to be set free next day
A career criminal was arrested Sunday after he allegedly slugged a woman in a Brooklyn subway car in a random attack — but was back on the streets the next day thanks to New York’s lax bail laws. Michael Crosland, 68, was hit with multiple charges after he allegedly launched an assault on a 39-year-old woman aboard a Q train at the Stillwell Avenue station around 7:30 a.m., according to police and a criminal complaint. The suspect allegedly punched the victim multiple times in the right shoulder and kicked her several times in the stomach, the complaint states. Following the attack, the maniac...
NY weather: Coastal flood statement issued for Nassau County until Monday night
On Monday at 5:10 a.m. a coastal flood statement was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Monday between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. for Nassau County. The weather service states, "Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline."
Fugitive ringleader of NYC migrant moped gang caught after 3 months on the run — because of helmet violation: sources
The fugitive ringleader of an interstate migrant moped gang that wreaked havoc in the Big Apple was busted by NYPD cops in the Bronx after three months on the lam, The Post has learned. Victor Parra, 30, a bigwig in the ruthless crew that peddled stolen goods from the five boroughs to cohorts in Florida – and to contacts in South America, was nabbed riding a moped without a helmet last week and is now in custody, law enforcement sources said Monday. The scooter had Texas plates, according to the sources. Parra and Franco Alexander Peraza Navas, who was picked up by New...
NYC DOC pulls body cameras after Rikers captain burned
NEW YORK -- New York City correction officers have been told not to wear their body cameras after one caught fire at Rikers Island. Department of Correction officials said a captain was burned Friday night when her camera suddenly ignited.The department is pulling all body cameras offline, pending an investigation. Body camera burns Rikers captainIn a statement to CBS New York on Sunday, the DOC said the fire happened Friday at the George R. Vierno Center. The injured captain was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital to be treated for burns and smoke inhalation. "Our thoughts are with our Captain who was injured in...
Person struck by train in Queens; No. 7 subway trains delayed: MTA
SUNNYSIDE, Queens (PIX11) – No. 7 subway service resumed its normal schedule Monday morning after a person was struck by a train in Queens, according to the MTA. It happened at the 40th Street-Lowery Street subway station in Sunnyside. The man who was struck was taken to a hospital in critical condition, according to the […]
Second Incident Reported at Spuyten Duyvil Railroad Bridge, Delaying Thousands of Commuters
For the second time in six days, thousands of Metro-North riders were delayed or left stranded as problems were reported at the Spuyten Duyvil Railroad Bridge that connects The Bronx with Inwood in Manhattan, carrying trains over the Hudson River on the Metro North’s Hudson line. In the latest...
1515 Surf Avenue Nears Completion in Coney Island, Brooklyn
Construction is nearing completion on 1515 Surf Avenue, a two-tower residential project along the Coney Island waterfront in Brooklyn. Designed by Studio V Architecture and developed by LCOR, the 16- and 26-story structures will span 470,000 square feet and yield 324 units in one- and two-bedroom layouts, with 139 apartments designated for affordable housing, as well as 10,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property is located on a 1.5-acre plot bound by Surf Avenue to the south, West 15th Street to the east, and West 16th Street to the west.
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