A 20-year-old charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon after a fatal shooting Monday morning attempted to casually flee the scene by slipping under the police tape an officer was setting up. Video surveillance shows suspect Salvador Avelino ducking underneath the tape outside the Donut Shoppe at Avenue U early Monday morning. According to the Post, "local residents quickly told cops that he could be involved in the shooting, sources said, and police took the 20-year-old man into custody." Good thing so many locals had such sharp detective skills! more ›

A chain-reaction car crash claimed the life of a Marine Park senior on Monday. Edith Shaller, 88, was walking home from the doctor's office on Avenue U near the corner of Hendrickson Street at around 3:30 pm when a black Lexus sedan rammed a green Chevy van onto the sidewalk, pinning the grandmother against a light pole. more ›

Yesterday evening, a 19-year-old was fatally shot on a northbound Q train. According to witnesses, Trevell Belton was shot as the train pulled into the Avenue U stop. Belton collapsed on the platform, while the shooter and his friend ran away. more ›

Two weeks ago, our friends over at Bostonist posted a very scary map plotting more than 50 Dunkin Donuts locations within a five-mile radius of their city’s Downtown Crossing. The actual number of New York Dunkin Donuts locations, parameters widened to include Port Authority based kiosks and airport locations, is likely to be more than a baker’s dozen for any given five mile radius. So yeah, sure, it seems America runs on Dunkin and all that, spokespersonality Rachael Ray is somewhere yummo-ing™ with a Vanilla Bean Coolatta®, and the donut war is over. Resistance is futile. Your donuts will herewith be stale and taste like cake mix. more ›

Octopus Garden is a specialty seafood market located along the far reaches of Avenue U in Bensonhurst. Operated by Vincent and Pina Cutrone, the unassuming corner storefront long been known to chefs like Eric Ripert of Le Bernadin as the go-to place for fresh octopus and sepia. more ›

A 20-year veteran transit worker was clipped by a Q train yesterday around noon. Fifty-five year old Yakov Tesenter was near the Avenue U stop in Brooklyn on the Q. He was part of a team inspecting switches for repair, when he somehow got separated from the group. amNY reports that investigators are looking into whether the "flag man, who alerts oncoming trains that work crews are present," was at his post. more ›

A private bus headed to Atlantic City crashed into a light pole in Sheepshead Bay. The 1987 Omnibus had been traveling west on Avenue U, but crossed into the eastbound lane yesterday evening and then crashed. The 66 year old driver and owner of the bus, Clyde McPhater, died from serious injuries. The police suspect he may have had a heart attack. more ›

If you can’t deal with a bun that is soaked through, don’t go to Brennan and Carr. If you think meat that is steamed until it turns grey is gross, don’t go to Brennan and Carr. But if you want a classic Brooklyn roast beef sandwich, this is your place. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a pizzeria on Avenue U in Brooklyn got an unexpected delivery - through its front facade. Linda Danielson had backed her SUV into Trio Pizzeria; she had been trying to back into a parking space, but her sandal got caught in the gas pedal! And what's more, she doesn't even have a driver's license! Holy moly, what the hell are people thinking. Danielson's accident not only caused a senior citizen to have a heart attack (her Land Rover brushed him when it was on the sidewalk), it also pinned pizza delivery man Antonio Garcia into the counter. The Fire Department had to use the jaws of life (aka the Hurst tool) and airbags (to lift the car) to get Garcia out; he has severe leg injuries. more ›

Somehow, a subway conductor was injured last night. Another MTA employee saw a conductor on a southbound Q train in Brooklyn slumped over his cab's window. The conductor's skull and left arm was injured, and lost his right eye. The MTA says that the conductor lost contact with the train operator after announcing the Kings Highway stop at 9:30PM, and was only discovered at Avenue U. The current theory is that the conductor could have been injured if he didn't pull his head inside in time and was hit by something, although the conductor could have been assaulted by someone on the platform. more ›

The story about a monkey that bites a toddler's arm is maybe the best proof that there are helper monkeys out there. There's Helene Romano and her grandson, Tommy. There's also Steven Seidler, a disabled man, and his service monkey/macaque, Darla (age 6). They meet at the Key Food on East 66th Street and Avenue U in Brooklyn, and then the facts get fuzzy: Grandmother Romano claims that Darla bit Tommy unprovoked, while Seidler says that Tommy had grabbed her and pulled her hair. Seidler, who uses a wheelchair at times and suffers from asthma, ephysema, and poor circulation, told the Daily News, "The kid grabbed the monkey and yanked her hair. I think the animal showed unbelievable self-control until the third rip, and then, in self-defense, the monkey gave it a bite." more ›