Mayor Bloomberg last night paid a shiva call to the grieving family of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, then called it "one of the most sad days in the city." "It's very tragic," said the mayor, who, accompanied by Police Commissioner Ray... Read Full Story
A 54-year-old Bushwick fruit vendor was arraigned last night on robbery and assault charges for his role in an alleged gang beating with racial overtones....
A Brooklyn man told a driver who had parked too close to a hydrant that he would protect his car from ticket agents -- and then beat him when he wouldn't cough...
Here comes the bride -- to jail! Cops crashed Michigan bride Tammy Lee Hinton's wedding ceremony so they could serve her with an old felony warrant for identity theft. Hinton, 53, had just exchanged vows with her hubby at...
It was only a test! The hated Prospect Park West bike lane was only a "trial" project that was supposed to be yanked if it caused safety problems, Brooklyn...
They're zeroing in on the living room. Investigators yesterday centered on that section of the Brooklyn home where Levi Aron is accused of smothering and butchering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, as they build their case in the heinous...
The father of an admitted terrorist who hoped to launch suicide bomb attacks in New York City's subways stood trial today on charges that he lied to FBI agents investigating his son's plot. Brooklyn federal prosecutors say Mohammed...
Leiby Kletzky's favorite singer paid an emotional visit yesterday to his grieving family -- and then recited a lullaby to soothe the broken heart of the little boy's baby sister. , 33, a popular singer in the...
A yearlong probe of a commercial espionage ring that allegedly targeted a kosher Long Island supermarket has led to the arrest of a Brooklyn private eye....
The father of an admitted terrorist who plotted to blow up New York City subway trains is about to go on trial himself. Opening statements in the case...
A 13-year-old boy was in stable condition yesterday after he survived a hail of bullets that killed his 15-year-old pal near a school playground in a gang...
The family of murdered 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky spent the Sabbath trying to keep his grieving mom from learning the horrific details of his death, while cops scoured the alleged killer's home for evidence. Nearly a week after...
A gunman killed a 15-year-old boy near a Brooklyn school playground last night, and wounded a 13-year-old friend, authorities said. Dequan Mercurius, 15, was killed in the 7 p.m. gunfire outside outside PS 119 at East 39th Street...
Brooklyn’s got its very own five-card stud. Manoj Viswanathan, 32, an MIT and NYU Law grad from Flatbush, sat atop the leader board at the start of yesterday...
The close-knit Orthodox Jewish community insists that rabbis, not the NYPD, get the first phone call about a suspected child abuser. "There are...
Police say they've found a missing 3-year-old boy and the father who took him from his mother in New York City. An Amber Alert had been issued last night for...
A woman who lives three doors down from "the Butcher of Brooklyn" said yesterday that the madman had tried to kidnap her young son right off their block, but that she scared him away with her screams. "The story is true. We're...
Accused child-killer Levi Aron is a "cold sociopath" who's all too fit to stand trial, his incarcerated ex-wife told The Post yesterday. "His soul is...
A Brooklyn summer basketball tournament turned violent last night, when three men were shot during intermission, sources said. A gunman opened fire at a...
A Gambino crime family associate involved in a knife fight with the owner of popular Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for...
The FBI seized nearly $600,000 from a Colombo crime-family soldier yesterday after the mobster forfeited the money as part of his guilty plea. Nicky Rizzo,...
A Brooklyn supermarket chain thinks that the fastest way to its customers' hearts is through their noses. NetCost Market, with stores in Brooklyn and Staten Island, has installed high-tech smell-making machines that pipe in odors...
An argument over a woman turned deadly when a man fatally knifed his lover's ex-beau, police sources said. The assailant clashed with his girlfriend's former...
He was just a little boy -- but died fighting like a man. Brave 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky spent his final moments of life in a fierce battle with kidnapper Levi Aron, desperately clawing at the coward suffocating him with a towel,...
Levi Aron was a sex-crazed psycho who needed meds to handle a "behavior disorder" during his time in Tennessee, his ex-wife charged in court papers. In a 2006 protective order filed in Memphis, Debby Kivel claimed Aron was...
A brute yesterday allegedly beat his 18-year-old stepdaughter to death with a hammer on the front porch of their Brooklyn home after she accused him of sexually abusing her, police sources said. He then sped away in a gold...
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Anthony Heyward has been around for an eternity by streetball standards. The one they call Half Man Half Amazing is now 40 years old and in his 26th... 12:32 AM
Kiwan Smith grew up as a baseball player. Now he’s ever-so-close to making a good living playing basketball. The chiseled, 6-foot-8 forward from... 12:54 AM
Joel Angus spent a lot of time in the post this season at Bishop Loughlin. At 6-foot-5, he was one of the Lions’ tallest players. It didn’t hamper his production – Angus had a strong season featuring buzzer-beating baskets against All Hallows and...
Over the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of South Shore/New Heights point guard Terrence Samuel as he travels from Indiana to Reading, Pa., to King of Prussia, Pa., Las Vegas and back to Reading during the live recruiting period....
The next step in Williams Jerez’s journey to the major leagues has begun. The Grand Street Campus star center fielder, a first team All-City selection by The Post, signed for slot money – believed to be around $443,700 – with the Boston Red Sox and...
Ethan Telfair needed a game like this, running the show for the Long Island Lightning 16s, scoring and facilitating for his teammates. In the team’s 81-74 win over an excellent Grassroots Canada squad in the Hall of Fame National Invitational...
If the Philadelphia Belles 15U was a car, Jasmine Alston would be its second gear. The speedy, athletic point guard can turn a halfcourt game into a track meet with the dribble of a basketball. “If you want to change something up or make something...
READING, Pa. -- Shaquille Davis was very much like the other 700 kids at Albright College for last week's Hoop Group's Elite Session 1. He was looking to catch the eye of a few college basketball coaches, gain Division I interest or a scholarship...
Wayne Morgan is almost traveling as much this July as an AAU basketball player – only he’s actually the most sought-after football player in New York City for the Class of 2012. The Erasmus Hall defensive back landed Monday night from Beaverton,...
Gary Ervin spent the early part of this week honoring coach Sid Jones. Monday the former Robeson and Arkansas guard spent two hours at J. Foster Phillips funeral home in Jamaica, Queens for Jones’ wake. Tuesday he was back on the court suiting up...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Brian Bernardi’s stock has never been higher. Coming off an impressive week at Hoop Group’s Elite and Team Camps at Albright College, the Xaverian sharpshooter has become a hot commodity. He received his first high-major...
The criticisms against Kamari Murphy were endless. His transfer from Bishop Ford to Lincoln in December 2009 was met with outrage – against him and the PSAL, which allowed him to compete for the Railsplitters despite Ford’s allegation that he was...
READING, Pa. – More than 1,000 different kids took the court at Albright College this week for Hoop Group’s Elite Camp and Team Camp. The week of showcases during the first 10-day block of the live recruiting period drew coaches nationwide....
Over the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of South Shore/New Heights point guard Terrence Samuel as he travels from Indiana to Reading, Pa., to King of Prussia, Pa., Las Vegas and back to Reading during the live recruiting period....
READING, Pa. – Wesley Myers ticked off all the familiar faces he will miss, from Mike Taylor and Teyvon Myers to Antione Slaughter, Malik Nichols and Anthony Hemingway. He did so with a slight smile, not because the Boys & Girls rising junior point...
PHILADELPHIA – Kedar Edwards has been to three high schools in three different states. Now he’s in search of something a little steadier: a four-year college. The Brooklyn native and former Wingate star has impressed this week at the Reebok...
READING, Pa. – Jordan Dickerson has come a long way since arriving in Coney Island as the raw, unsure project he was just two years ago. The 7-foot center made the top 20 all-star game Friday at Hoop Group Elite Session 1, a four-day camp during...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Erica Juarbe turned a few heads this week at the Blue Chip USA Invitational at Penn State. In her first tournament of that magnitude on the travel circuit, the Lincoln rising senior forward quickly made a name for herself with...
READING, Pa. – Brian Bernardi is giving himself this one week at Albright College in front of college coaches – then he’s done traveling. The Xaverian shooting guard, who toured the AAU circuit for the first time last summer with the New York...
READING, Pa. – Malik Nichols to Hofstra was thought of as a perfect fit – the talented swingman who has dealt with so much hardship in his life ending up at a local program that was the first to recruit him and saw the southpaw as a star in the...
Born in Nigeria, a soccer star grows in Brooklyn. Yussuf Olajde doesn't play for one of the area's elite U.S. Soccer academy teams, and he has yet to step on the field for Sheepshead Bay High School, but the 16-year-old prodigy is considered...
It’s been a long time, but Andrew Gabriel feels like a rookie again. That’s because in many ways he is. The 22-year-old recent Manhattan College graduate is the new kid on the block at Nike Pro City, one of the youngest players on a veteran...
Jabari Peters is an atypical New York City basketball standout. He didn’t play AAU basketball until hooking up with New Heights just recently. He...
It was a reunion of sorts for Qwame Holder. After two years of being in the Red Bulls youth system, the Brooklyn resident finally got a chance to play at Red Bull Arena Tuesday night, but did so for visiting F.C. New York in a losing effort in the...
Sitting in a mostly empty locker room at Baruch College, his sweat-stained jersey draped over his shoulder, Andre Barrett solemnly shook his head. The former Rice and Seton Hall star was already dismayed with the Franchise’s (formerly Gold’s Gym)...
The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday voted unanimously to approve a new historic...
Read OnCouncilman Brad Lander and some city Department of Transportation officials were slapped with...
Read OnA group of teens are set to take on the role of Coney Island’s official “welcome mat” to visitors....
Read OnPack popcorn with the sun block -- Coney Island's world-famous beach is set to become a major movie...
Read OnIn an attempt to make heading to Brooklyn Bridge Park safer for pedestrians and bikers, the city...
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