Author: Tanay Warerkar

A hit-and-run BMW driver early Sunday killed a young Brooklyn couple on their way to a hospital to have their first child - but the baby miraculously survived.

The front-runner in the Brooklyn Borough President’s race wants to poach tourists from Manhattan hotspots — and is set to land the endorsement of the man he’s seeking to replace.

A new on-street bike rack in Crown Heights that takes up a single parking space is driving a wedge between longtime residents and their new hipster neighbors.

The newly-crowned Miss America teamed up with the Brooklyn District Attorney today to speak out against child sexual abuse – a platform she chose because of abuse in her own family.

A group of 120 construction workers who convert the arena from a basketball venue to a concert hall are furious they are not being paid as well as their counterparts at Madison Square Garden.

Eco-unfriendly thieves stole more than $100,000 in solar equipment donated to power vehicles and equipment in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

A Brooklyn woman said she was held captive for three years in Pakistan by relatives who threatened to kill her if she did not marry a Pakistani man.

A Sheepshead Bay couple is suing a pet placement agency and a group of animal lovers, claiming they were vilified as "puppy killers" after they decided to return a pooch they adopted.

Assemblymen Dov Hiking from Brooklyn apologized Monday for wearing blackface and an Afro wig at a weekend party he hosted to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim. But just hours later, Hikind made a puzzlng comment during an apology that could have been taken as insensitive to gays.

Brooklyn student ChaRon Brabham was one of six aspiring filmmakers who delivered Oscar statuettes to the presenters at Sunday's Oscars -- upending the tradition of using Hollywood bombshells for the job