The increases were largely driven by robbery, larceny and assault events.

Two teens were arrested and charged after allegedly spray painting dozens of swastikas and other antisemitic language at a Brooklyn playground where many Jewish children play, according to police. A hate crime investigation was launched after nearly five dozen of the hate symbols were found painted on walls,

A father and son in Brooklyn allegedly beat a gunman with a bat after being shot at a NYCHA building; all three are in stable condition and face charges.

GRAVESEND, Brooklyn (PIX11) – An argument led to a 71-year-old man being smacked with a shovel in Brooklyn on Dec. 27, according to the NYPD. Police said it happened near Stryker Court and West 1 st Street around 11:30 a.m. The suspect is accused of ...

Brooklyn in the 1980s: a borough shaped by mob rivalries, racial tension, and civil unrest. From courtroom power plays to protests born of tragedy, justice was anything but certain. This is Crime in the City: The 80s — Brooklyn Edition.

Crime has been trending down in Brooklyn consistently since its height in the early ’90s and that trend has so far continued in 2017 as the acting district attorney announced on Thursday that the borough continues to produce record-low crime numbers.

A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged with hate crimes Friday night after anti-Semitic messages were found in a temple, police said. James Polite, 26, was charged with four counts of criminal mischief in the fourth degree as a hate crime and making graffiti.

The man facing a litany of hate crime charges after being caught on video ramming his car into the Chabad World Headquarters in Brooklyn drove his car through a “large crowd” of Jewish congregants before slamming into the house of worship doors five times,