Security measures heightened for J'ouvert and West Indian Day Parade

J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day Parade bring homemade dishes, colorful costumes, steel pan music, and up to two million revelers to Crown Heights.

NYC West Indian Day Parade: NYPD security preparations underway

The Labor Day tradition sees over two million people turn out along Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, and begins early Monday morning with J'Ouvert celebrations honoring Caribbean culture.

1 dead, 1 injured after Brooklyn double shooting

Police say a 26-year-old man was shot and killed, while a 29-year-old man was shot in the thigh and in stable condition.

5 women sought in NYC assault, robbery spree

The NYPD is looking for five women they said were involved in a series of assaults and robberies across Brooklyn and the Upper East Side.

NYPD: 2 teen bystanders shot in Brooklyn, suspects on the run

Both suspects fled the scene on foot before police arrived to the scene. Police have so far issued only vague descriptions.

Brooklyn teen rescued from vault inside abandon building

Emergency crews in Brooklyn rescued a teenager who had gotten locked inside a vault in an abandoned building Thursday.

‘Unintentional tragedy’: AG won’t file charges against NYPD officers in man's death

"It was determined that Mr. Smith’s death was a horrible and unintentional tragedy," a spokesperson with the attorney general’s office said in a statement regarding their investigation.

Homeless man arrested for shoving 66-year-old man onto subway tracks: NYPD

Police say 44-year-old Corey Walcott was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault for allegedly shoving a 66-year-old man onto the subway tracks in Brooklyn.

66-year-old man shoved onto subway tracks in Brooklyn

A 66-year-old man, was at the President Street station when another man allegedly pushed him onto the tracks, unprovoked.

2 dead after separate fires in Bronx, Brooklyn

A pair of fires, just minutes apart, killed a 54-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man in the Bronx and Brooklyn on Tuesday night.

4 holiday light experiences in NYC

Do you love holiday lights? If so, here are four immersive and expansive light-themed experiences going on in New York City during the holiday season.

Arrest made in murder of high school basketball star in Brooklyn

The NYPD has arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the deadly shooting of a high school basketball star in Brooklyn last month.

Exclusive: Subway attack victim credits Gwen Stefani for survival

A woman spoke exclusively to FOX 5 NY about her experience after she became yet another victim of violent crime in the New York City subways.

Man stabbed to death in Brooklyn

Police say Kerwin Cox, 35, was stabbed to death in Crown Heights early Saturday morning.

High school basketball player fatally shot in face in NYC

A 17-year-old girl was shot in the face and died as she hung out on a Brooklyn street with her friends.

81-year-old NYC woman has jaw broken in attack by sex offender

An elderly woman was choked and punched unconscious in a brutal attack by a neighbor who is a convicted sex offender, the NYPD says.

Video: Group attacks man at West Indian Day Parade

The NYPD is investigating a violent attack that happened during the West Indian American Day Parade on Monday.

Video:  Brutal bat attack in Brooklyn

A man is hospitalized in critical condition after a disturbing bat attack on a Brooklyn sidewalk.