The Brooklyn girl whose life was tragically cut short when a cop allegedly ignored her frantic mom's pleas for help was laid to rest yesterday at a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners -- all dressed in white. Briana Ojeda, 11, had... Read Full Story
The mattress police really will come after you if you don't have those tags on your bedding. Just ask Brooklyn Sleep Products of South Williamsburg. Federal authorities yesterday requested that a judge shut down the company...
A 10-year-old boy watching television in his Brooklyn home last night was hit twice by stray bullets from a gang shootout, cops and witnesses said. Khalil...
There's a secret ingredient in New York's tasty water supply -- tiny crustaceans that are nearly invisible to the naked eye. Called copepods, the creatures --cousins to shrimp -- are found in fresh water, scientists say. New...
With tropical storm season in full swing and Hurricane Earl soon approaching, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D – Queens and Brooklyn) today called on the U.S. Army Corps...
A star soccer player for the St. Lucia national team was senselessly shot dead early yesterday in Crown Heights just hours after booting the winning goal to send his squad to the championship. A single bullet ripped through...
A sobbing father said it was definitely an NYPD cop who fatally delayed his 11-year-old asthmatic daughter's desperate dash to a hospital -- but police cast doubt on the grieving family's claims. Michael Ojeda said yesterday his...
They call him "Detective X." His work as an undercover NYPD cop is so stellar -- including getting 153 illegal guns off Brooklyn streets in one year -- that...
A firefighter carrying a tenant to safety suffered first-degree facial burns early yesterday as a Brooklyn brownstone erupted in a fire that the FDNY suspects...
An 11-year-old Brooklyn girl died after her mom was detained by a man in uniform as she tried desperately to rush her to a hospital. "She was my angel. I cannot believe my baby is gone," the devastated mother, Carmen Ojeda, said...
A Brooklyn bank was robbed at gunpoint this afternoon by two men, who fired their weapons before they carjacked a vehicle, police and witnesses said. The...
NEW YORK — Fire officials say four people, including one firefighter, were injured in a house fire in Brooklyn. They say the fire erupted on the top floor of...
State Senate Democrats have bowed to pressure from furious labor leaders and returned a controversial $15,000 campaign contribution they received from Walmart, The Post has learned. The action came just days after last week's...
The geese must die. An epic battle is looming between the forces of goose and evil. New York's militant animal-rights activists are outraged by the...
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When Chris Vega took over as the Lincoln boys soccer coach three years ago, he had to start recruiting – within the Coney Island school. “There were a lot of players in the school, but not a lot came out for the team,” he said. Aided by his...
Automotive’s first varsity season could have easily been its last. Four years ago, the Pistons went 0-10 in their debut and scored a total of one touchdown the entire season. Coach Haseeb Khawaja, the program’s architect, had more than a few doubts....
Mike Lightfoot was excited to start his seventh season as an assistant coach at Grand Street Campus a few months ago when something completely unexpected happened. Head coach Ed Gazzillo, who started the program in 1999, had to step down after...
Danny Landberg will never forget the day three years ago when Bryant Hardy, one of his players at Erasmus Hall, came to him after school. Hardy’s best friends and teammates – Wayne Morgan and Shaquell Jackson – were in trouble. They were going to...
Taylor Ford is about doing whatever it takes. No task or play is too small for the Nazareth forward as long as it aides in her squad coming out on the winning end of the scoreboard. Ford is tenacious on the boards, dives on the floor and finishes...
Xaverian is daring to dream big. Coach Joe DeSiena recently asked his team what their goal for the season was and the answer was unanimous and unwavering. “Everyone in our meeting said championship because we know we can make it to the [AAA]...
Sam Retas was in attack mode, her game flowing as easily as the points were coming. The Bishop Kearney senior was set to drive along the left side later in the second half when Red Hook Lady Ravens and Tigers coach Rocco Sellitto called timeout....
By the end of last season, Canarsie’s once-proud football program was thought to be in decline. The Chiefs lost four straight to close the year, missed the playoffs for just the fifth time in 20 years under coach Mike Camardese, and graduated 23...
It wasn’t much, but it was home for Ryan Patrick Woerner. The Breezy Point native spent nearly a week of his life during March sleeping on the couch in the Cornell men’s basketball office and enjoying its great DVD collection. “It allowed me to...
The James Madison football team will be virtually unrecognizable from the one that went 2-16 the last two seasons. The players are new, the system on...
Steve Basile was asked to name his stars, the players that might strike fear into the rest of the city. The Midwood football coach paused. “This year...
Andrew Vital’s junior season could hardly be described as a disappointment. The signal-caller led Lincoln to a 6-3 record – five more wins than the Railsplitters amassed the previous season – and a PSAL City Championship division quarterfinal...
Grady is the only team that went winless last year in the PSAL City Championship division yet remained up at the highest level. There’s good reason for...
Wayne Morgan’s smile disappeared when asked about his summer. There wasn’t much fun, he said, not many beach outings. Relaxation was at minimum. “I’m anxious to play,” the highly touted junior quarterback/free safety said. “That’s why I didn’t have...
Kyle McKenna has already made one thing known to his players: Last year’s success will not necessarily carry over. Brooklyn Tech might have gone 6-3, made the playoffs and defied expectations in the coach’s first season. But that was 12 months ago....
Doing nothing just isn’t Shannon Rhodes’ style. The Packer Collegiate rising junior was forced to do just that early last spring after suffering a contusion sprain of her ankle playing at a college showcase tournament for her Manhattan Kickers...
What a difference a year makes for Danielle Chambers. The former St. John’s University and Bishop Loughlin star returned to basketball last summer,...
Aaliyah Lewis views the game like a quarterback. Picture an imaginary offensive line standing in front of the Bishop Ford point guard as she dribbles the ball calmly at the top of the key. She isn’t in a rush to move, but is aware of everything...
If opposites do indeed attract, then Teyvon Myers and Wesley Myers (no relation), rising sophomores at Boys & Girls, are like salt and vinegar. Teyvon is an emotional pure shooter prone to outbursts with the swagger of a pro. Wesley is an...
Travel to one of the city’s many streetball locations, and it will be almost impossible not to spot a high-school team. The ones not spending hot and muggy summer days together are in the minority. Where did this pattern start. Boys & Girls Mike...
The indie pop band plays Union Hall; Backwords, Tatters and ...
With tropical storm season in full swing and Hurricane Earl soon approaching, Rep. Anthony Weiner...
Read OnBrooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's chain gang isn't on death row yet. Both the Beep and...
Read OnA historic 19th-century open-air building in DUMBO is set to become a major source of cultural,...
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