The Daily News has awful details about the Bedford-Stuyvesant home invasion-turned-sexual assault. According to the News, "When their victim, who was tied in a bedroom, refused the sexual demands, 'the defendant threatened to shoot her,' [Brooklyn ADA Wilfred] Cotto said of the youngest in the crew." And that suspect is 13-years-old. more ›

The police say that four teens, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested for "a broad-daylight home invasion that degenerated from armed robbery into the sexual assault of a Brooklyn woman for nearly an hour," according to the Post. more ›

Yesterday, police responding to reports of a jumper in Bed-Stuy instead found a young mother cradling her fatally wounded two-year-old daughter while babbling incoherently. The little girl, Cathryn Nwegbo, had wounds to her neck, “major bleeding to the back of her head,” and appeared to have "evidence of strangulation." She was pronounced dead at Woodhull Medical Center. The mother, 29-year-old Brandis Nwegbo, was reportedly babbling things about the girl being possessed by demons: “The monsters are coming from my baby. God wasn’t there for her, so I had to save her.” She has since been taken to Woodhull for a psychiatric evaluation. more ›

Police are investigating the death of a young girl, apparently stabbed in the head with strangulation marks around her neck, in Bed-Stuy this morning. The three-year-old toddler was attacked, apparently by her mother, inside a Putnam Avenue apartment a little after 4 a.m. this morning. more ›

A Brooklyn grandmother is in critical condition after she got into a fight with her grandson—and he allegedly hit her with a brick. The 62-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to Kings County Hospital with severe head trauma after the 5:45 p.m. incident with her 19-year-old grandson in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “They started throwing rocks at each other and the grandfather tried to break it up. There was a lot of fighting going on," one neighbor told the News. more ›

A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 72 years in prison for raping (and impregnating) the 11-year-old daughter of his former girlfriend. Gerald Hatcher, 47, was convicted in August of four counts of rape and sexual abuse against the victim, who is now 13. “He has not accepted responsibility and has denied his involvement since the beginning despite clear DNA evidence,” Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Doerfler wrote in a presentencing letter. more ›

Investigators are focusing on the spurned boyfriend in the murder of 16-year-old Kyanna Thomas, who was stabbed in the throat and left to die on a street corner in Brownsville early Sunday morning. Thomas, who lived in Queens with her mother, a Department of Correction captain, was staying with her aunt on the night of the murder. Her family says she sneaked out to attend a party, and sometime after 3 a.m. she used her cell phone to call 911 as she lay dying in a pool of her own blood. more ›

Cellphone-related violence continues to be a problem in Gotham, and not just on the subways. In addition to the Brooklyn man who was murdered over his iPhone this weekend, police are seeking a 21-year-old named Julius Wright (alias "Stinky") who they say sexually assaulted a 24-year-old Brooklyn man while screaming homophobic slurs earlier this month. The incident occurred after Wright allegedly stole the man's phone at fake-gunpoint. more ›

A 16-year-old Queens girl who was visiting her aunt in Bed-Stuy was fatally stabbed on a street corner around 3 a.m. Sunday. Kyanna Thomas, who planned to apply to veterinary school, sneaked out of her aunt's house for unknown reasons in the middle of the night. "She left the house some time, they don't know what time, and next thing they heard was that she was hurt," Ken Thomas, Kyanna's grandfather, tells NY1. "And by the time we got to the hospital, she was gone. Somebody stabbed her in the neck." more ›

The Gray Lady tackles the gentrification of Bedford-Stuyvesant today—and essentially, what they are saying is that Bed-Stuy is now the domain of organic bodegas, tricycle riders, foie gras-filled doughnuts, and doughnut summonses. But we're just grateful that they didn't ask if Bed-Stuy is the new Paris. more ›

A man who had recently proposed to his girlfriend was stabbed to death yesterday by her jealous ex-boyfriend. Cops say that Ray Kelly (no relation to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly) was enraged that his ex Tracy Edwards, with whom he has a six-year-old child, was planning to move to South Carolina with fiance Robert McCray. "They were planning on getting out of here and starting a new life together...She was beaming. She had a bounce in her step," her friend Dee told the News. more ›

A pair of cousins were shot early this morning in Bed-Stuy while reportedly trying to beat the heat. Kyle Decoteau, 22, was killed, while his cousin Tony Green, 24, was struck in the back and taken to the hospital in stable condition. more ›

A Brooklyn man whose assault charges were dismissed remains in prison after already serving five years. ABC7 reports that Oswind David was sentenced to 23 years in Sing Sing because a jury was not aware that a judge has tossed out David's indictments due to a prosecutorial error. "They have a Judge, a DA, a defense counsel, and everybody miss this?" David asks. more ›

In this city, restaurants come and go faster than you can say "sustainable locavore burger." And even though there are great new additions to the culinary landscape popping up every week, you've gotta give kudos to anyone who can stick it out for over a year. With that in mind, we bring you Still Got It, our tribute to establishments that continue to serve mouthwatering meals and drinks long after the buzz has faded—or if the lingering hype is still justified. more ›

Earlier this month, five Brooklyn high school girls were accused of beating up a fellow classmate with a padlock inside a sock. According to 17-year-old victim Shacara McLaurin, the vicious beating was fueled by jealousy over an upcoming talent show. Now a few weeks later, she's talking about the un-Gleeful experience: "I had a knot in my head. A gash in my head. A gash by my ear which caused me to get six stitches. And I suffered a lot of pain and now I'm not able to hear well," she told ABC. more ›

More details have emerged about the shooting in a Brooklyn auto repair shop on Saturday night. When a group of five men tried to rob the shop, off-duty Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority officer Anthony Presley managed to shoot at the suspects while being fired at. Now it turns out that an off-duty NYPD school safety agent was also in the shop during the robbery, and he picked Presley's service revolver and fired at the suspects, "emptying the clip." The only problem: The school safety agent could face charges because he's not licensed to carry a gun. more ›

Last year, nine Massachusetts teens were hit with a variety of felony charges after they cyber-bullied a girl who committed suicide. But when NYC teens want to bully each other, they skip the computer and go straight for the padlock inside a sock. Five Brooklyn high school girls are accused of beating up a fellow classmate in a Glee-Gone-Wrong attack: "I wasn't able to open my jaw. I wasn't able to talk. I wasn't able to sing," said 17-year-old victim Shacara McLaurin. more ›

Yesterday, a 4-month-old child died from burns caused by a fire in her Bedford-Stuyvesant home. The tragedy occurred after a firefighter entered the burning building to retrieve her from a room where she was sleeping, but the baby had burns over 90% of her body. Her mother, aunt, siblings, and cousins managed to get out of the home at 521 Greene Ave. in time as dozens of firefighters battled the blaze. It's believed the fire started in a vacant apartment on the first floor when a child was playing with matches or a lighter. more ›

A Brooklyn teen was arrested after allegedly stealing a turkey breast on Monday. Deon Williams was arrested after a Bedford-Stuyvesant grocery's surveillance camera caught him taking a 12-pound turkey breast and putting it into his sweat pants. An indignant cashier at the Fine Fare Grocery yelled to the butcher, "He's got a big turkey in his pants!" So butcher Serigo Marte gave chase. more ›

Yesterday morning just before 4:30 a.m., a fire broke out in a brownstone on Putnam Aveue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Nine civilians, plus four firefighters (including one whose face was burned), were injured and fire officials say the fire was "suspicious." more ›

Yesterday morning around 9:00 a.m., a female Parks Department employee was raped while she was cleaning the bathroom at the St. Andrew's playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant. According to the Daily News, "She was struck in the head and knocked to the concrete floor during the brazen daylight assault, as children played outside, police said. After the attack, someone knocked on the bathroom door and the rapist ran out. Then he hopped on a bicycle and pedaled away." more ›

WABC 7 reports that cops fired at an 18-year-old allegedly wielding a machete in front of 492 Gates Avenue in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. "The 18-year-old reportedly ignored their orders to drop the weapon."—they reportedly identified themselves—"The officers say they opened fire when he started moving toward them, shooting the man in the leg." The suspect is in stable condition at Kings County Hospital. Recently, a bill proposing that cops shoot to wound, instead of shooting to kill, was proposed, prompting Police Commissioner Kelly to invite City Council members to fire weapons at the police shooting range to show how difficult that would be. more ›

Police arrested a man suspected in two Brooklyn rapes. According to the Daily News, "Dupree Nicholson was charged with rape, assault and robbery after his DNA matched evidence taken from the March attacks near the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said." more ›

Police believe that a murder-suicide left two people dead in a Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment. The Daily News says that Wendy Gonzalez, 31, was apparently strangled by on-again, off-again boyfriend Eddie Rhodes, who hung himself with an electrical cord and slit his wrists. A neighbor said that Gonzalez was previously been abused by Rhodes and lived in a shelter for domestic abuse victims, "They moved here to get her away from him, but she took him back. He wasn't supposed to know where she lived [but] she took him back and it ended in her death. It's such a sad, sad case." more ›

A Bronx man has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the city claiming he was wrongfully arrested on made-up charges of soliciting sex from an undercover cop—and the NYPD kept him behind bars for so long he missed his father's funeral. "It's very upsetting," 51-year-old security guard Clifton Quarles Jr. said in a statement issued to the Daily News. "My father was my best friend and I missed his funeral. I will have to live with that for a lifetime." more ›

Dalila Gray, the 10-year-old struck in the arm by a stray bullet, tells the Daily News that she had no idea she was hit during the Monday night shooting that left a man dead on Pulaski Street in Bed-Stuy. She said, "I didn't feel anything," and only cried after her mom, who noticed the hole and blood in her sweater, started crying. The girl had just stepped out of a nearby store around 8 p.m. when the gunfire began; now she's afraid, "I don't want to go outside." Her mother added, "People don't think, they don't care. They don't care who's around when they start shooting." And police say the intended target was the deceased, a 22-year-old with previous arrests. more ›

Last night before 8 p.m., a man was shot dead and a 10-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting on Stuyvesant Avenue in Brooklyn last night. It's believed the girl, who had been playing outside her building, was hit by a stray bullet while the man, 24, was the intended target. more ›

Rather than building new affordable homes in the city, Bloomberg now wants to spruce up those that already exist. His revamped plan will cost $8.5 billion and seeks to preserve 165,000 units by 2014. One Bed-Stuy housing development would have been a good candidate for the program, until it called a press conference to address its long list of complaints and the repairs were miraculously completed. “I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” said Cassandra Harrell, the president of the Bed-Stuy Rehabs’ resident association, who has lived in the project for 27 years. “They put up Sheetrock, they painted the walls, they knew the press was coming.” more ›