An argument at a Greenwood Heights McDonald's last night ended with a 16-year-old girl covered in blood from deep knife wounds to her nose and arm. The fracas occurred at Fourth Avenue and 37th Street in Greenwood Heights when an argument erupted shortly after 7:30 p.m. It's unclear what started the fight, but one witness tells the Daily News the assailant "pulled out a long and curved knife. He slashed at her two, three times and ran. Her face was covered in blood. When I went to hold her hand, her right hand was almost off her body." more ›

With raccoons biting ankles in Central Park and breaking in to apartments in Park Slope, some humans are beginning to declare war on the animals. For example, a Greenwood Heights woman and her husband have now installed an electric fence around their property, which they say is often invaded by the determined creatures. more ›

Early yesterday morning, a driver discovered a body wrapped in plastic under his car in the Greenwood Heights (or Sunset Park) section of Brooklyn. Ashraf Ali told the Post, "My friend looked out of the car and saw a leg sticking out. I thought he was joking." more ›

Aging hipsters, have you been wondering what your next move will be when you outgrow your skinny jeans and youthful neighborhood? The Brooklyn Paper gathers you'll probably still be "too cool" for the Brownstone set, but point you over to the micro-neighborhood of Greenwood Heights, "tucked between overpriced Park Slope and undervisited Sunset Park." Located just below the future hipster resting place hotspot of Green-Wood Cemetery, it's currently a growing community of "creatives, freelancers and hipsters who have had it with the North Brooklyn scene." The "Mayor of Greenwood Heights" told the paper, “There’s a very good mix of people here, but it still has a neighborhood-y, working class feel to it." Last year the Sun (R.I.P.) took a look at the neighborhood, reporting that typical homes ranged from $700,000 to $825,000. more ›