Police released a sketch and surveillance video of a man suspected of attacking a woman on a F train, stealing her purse and demanding she give him her underwear. WCBS 2 reports the incident occurred at 2:25 a.m. yesterday morning: "Police said a man tried to sexually assault a woman at knifepoint inside a subway station... The woman was allegedly attacked while sitting on a southbound F train at 2:25 a.m. at the Fort Hamilton Parkway station." Police do not think that this incident is connected to the serial sexual assaults in Park Slope, Sunset Park and Bay Ridge. more ›

Heartbreaking: The father of a woman killed by a hit-and-run driver in Dyker Heights last month has been regularly traveling from his home in Delaware to Brooklyn to hand out flyers urging witnesses in the neighborhood to come forward. 37-year-old Natalie Assee was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing Fort Hamilton Parkway near 75th Street around 2 a.m. on March 7th. At this point, police have no suspects, but her father, Ulric Assee, has made it his mission to track down his daughter's killer. more ›

Some creepy details about the Wednesday attack and rape of a Bay Ridge resident: The Post reports the 39-year-old victim spoke to neighbors about the incident. The rapist, who grabbed the woman as she was leaving her apartment for work and dragged her to the basement where he assaulted her, apparently said, "I'm sorry. I'm going through some hard times. I didn't mean to do this. Will you please forgive me?" And he allegedly made the sign of the cross. The Daily News reports that neighbors saw the suspect hanging around the building, "saying hello to residents while he waited for his victim." Police are looking for a white man, between 5'8" and 6' with brown hair in a crew cut. more ›

Police are looking for a rape suspect who attacked a woman in Brooklyn yesterday morning. According to WABC 7, the victim, 29, was on her way to work when she "was surprised by a man near her apartment building along Fort Hamilton Parkway around 8:40 a.m. He struck the victim over the head with a screwdriver and raped her in an alley." A neighbor told WCBS 2, "Basically this morning when I left, the victim, she was on the first floor, and she was really hysterical, and explained that someone attacked her in the basement... A lot of people think Bay Ridge is safe, but you're not safe anywhere you go." A sketch was released of the suspect, who is described as a white man in his 30s or 40s, between 5'8" and 6', 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. more ›

Early this morning, a city medical examiner's van crashed into a Nissan Altima on Fort Hamilton Parkway, leaving the Altima's driver and front passenger dead and at least five others injured. Around 3:30AM, van was headed south on the parkway when it was "struck by the Altima, traveling east on 44th Street." more ›

Riders hope that low grades for the G line will eventually lead to improvements, while plans are in place to make the G a more usable line. Despite being the two largest boroughs in New York City, there is only one train line dedicated to getting people from Brooklyn (2.5 million people) to Queens (2.3 million people). All other passages must make their way from one borough, through Manhattan (1.6 million people), and then on... more ›

So, last week's weather featured intense rain that shut down the subway system, a tornado skipping through Staten Island and Brooklyn, an unbearably steamy afternoon, and a couple days of near-record low temperatures. This week's weather should feature, uh… uh… well, not much of anything other than warm, sunny days. more ›

Though it’s only been open for a little more than a week, Thai Tony’s on Fort Hamilton Parkway at the edge of Kensington, Brooklyn, is already building a strong neighborhood following. During repeat visits, Gothamist watched the owners and staff bustle around the dining room of the self-described “home-style bistro,” greeting returning customers by name. That’s right, they already know most of their customers by name. Thai Tony’s first came to our attention via our friends over at the Kensington blog, who followed its development from the construction phase, to last week’s grand opening. more ›

Along 65th Street near Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn are a number of culinary gems: The sidewalk-sprawling Three Guys Produce, billed as “The Original Poor Person’s Friend;” Asian markets with fresh shiso and lily bulbs, and also the legendary, cafeteria-style Rocco’s Calamari. With a fledgling greenmarket in nearby Leif Ericson Park, this Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights/Bensonhurst interzone has quietly become a destination for inexpensive, quality provisions. more ›

so yeah... really getting tired of back fat.A teacher lamented to the Daily News, "It's everywhere. We have to paint and scrape the doors on the school. As soon as it is redone, they do it again." Even though someone asked Backfat to reveal his/her identity via craigslist and one resident's daughter has made "a game out of counting the new 'Backfat' tags that she sees," Backfat is still a mystery. Maybe all will be known when cops close in - a sources tells the News, the police are "coming close to finding him." more ›

When it's this hot, even ice cream can offer little respite. You need something more hydrating, something closer to water. You need a paleta, a Mexican fruit-based popsicle. Paleta literally means “little shovel,” and these treats are wider than the standard popsicle. They have a more handmade form, reminiscent of the kind your mom used to make in a tupperware contraption. But paletas come in flavors that would confuse mom (and you), like mamey, tamarind, and jamaica (hibiscus). Legend has it that Montezuma II, the emperor of Tenochtitlan, was the first to enjoy paletas, made from tropical fruits and ice carted from volcanic mountaintops. Today, throughout the central Mexican state of Michoacan and in a few Texan towns, paleterías are a common sight, selling the cooling pops from a cart on the street. In fact, a paletería is a great way for an entrepreneur to get a start without a lot of capital, so it’s a natural for New York. more ›

It looks the MTA has seized the opportunity to go for the jugular, as they have introduced a new contract with some provisions union members will most certainly not like. For instance, new workers will have to contribute more of their salary to pensions than current workers and there will be the possibility of one-person traiin-operation - and the pension refunds to current workers are gone, probably at the urging of Governor Pataki. AND the contract would be for 39 months, instead of 37 months, leaving the next potential transit strike in March (the NY Times says that will make sure a strike isn't during a cold month, but March - and - April can be vicious). The MTA certainly has gone for broke, as the union rejected the earlier contract by just 7 votes, and pundits think this is a way to force the Transport Workers Union into arbitration. And in other subway news: more ›