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Volunteers ventured into the overgrown abandoned railway line in Forest Park to clean up debris and leaves.

IMAGES of the deadly Oklahoma tornado were roaring across her TV screen, but Marissa Bernowitz was worrying about a man she had never met.

Brooklyn, New York ---The Spirit of Malabo, a 24' ocean rowboat, arrives in Brooklyn, New York next week aboard MSC Krystal, a container shipping carrier, that left from Brazil on May 4. The vessel will be the engine behind a global HIV testing campaign during a transatlantic row later this year from the Canary Islands to New York's Brooklyn ... (more)

The number of reported violent hate crimes against LGBT people in New York continues to escalate, as the city's Anti-Violence Project is now investigating the assault of a transgender woman on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, NY.

Shady developer Moses Stern spent two weeks vacationing on this private island in the Florida Keys.

On the turf of former State Senator Carl Kruger and embattled State Senator John Sampson, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch came before a group of concerned citizens with a message: don't despair, not everyone is corrupt, be you must be active and involved to ensure the best from your elected leaders.

Jerry Wolkoff and his son David Wolkoff, owners of 5Pointz, the iconic graffiti-splashed old factory in Long Island City want to tear down the building for a luxury development.

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced on Tuesday that Manchester City FC and the New York Yankees have teamed up to create the league's 20th team.

The world has some very sick individuals in it. A male teacher was arrested for repeatedly having sex with a 13-year-old student in the bed he shared with his wife.

St. Ann's Warehouse will present a colossal celebration of tiny art, Great Small Works ' Tenth International Toy Theater Festival , June 14-23. As it has with great success in 2005, 2008 and 2010, Great Small Works will transform the vast and versatile St.

In Lake Success accident cleared on The L.I.E./I-495 EB west of x34/New Hyde Park Rd.

Filled with slapstick humor and the usual Bronson charisma, the visuals to "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" shows the Queens-bred rapper cavort around in the parody of a rapper's lifestyle.

Police hope evidence gathered from a backyard in South Jamaica will help them catch the person or persons who killed 14-year-old Daja Robinson, who was riding a public bus when she was hit by a stray bullet.

More than six months after Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg will soon be delivering a major address to unveil his plans for how the city can prevent a repeat of the flooding and devastation in a future storm, and what the mayor is proposing may surprise you.

The rain may have shut down The Great GoogaMooga on Sunday, but it didn't keep the crowd from showing off their best summer styles on Saturday.

Brooklyn, NY 11237 ; 929-210-9531; fritzlslunchbox.com Cooking method: Griddled Short Order: A worthy pub-style burger in a neighborhood lacking in good burger options Want Fries With That? Absolutely Price: Hamburger, $8; cheeseburger, $9; fries, $3 with a sandwich In residential Bushwick, the steamroller of gentrification rolls forward, bringing ... (more)

In Queens accident. right lane blocked on The Cross Island Pkwy SB at The Southern State Pkwy/X25a. Slow traffic from Linden Blvd/X25b In Queens accident.

If you want to fight gridlock, predict that the worst will happen to ensure that it won't. Given the technological advances of video conferencing, the laptop and the cellphone, not to mention all-news-all-the-time, this tactic has worked during storms, construction projects and political conventions.

Closed on The L.I.E./I-495 EB between X62/Nicolls Rd and X63/North Ocean Ave in Medford In Greenvale construction work on NY-25A WB after Glen Cove Rd and before Rt-101/Port Washington Blvd in Manhasset In Manhasset construction work on NY-25A EB after Rt-101/Port Washington Blvd and before Glen Cove Rd in Greenvale In Yaphank construction work on ... (more)

A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed by an apparent stray bullet last night when a gunman opened fire on a bus in New York City.