Serious NYC subway crime down 15% in February, shootings citywide hit 30-year low
The drop in subway crime is part of a larger 15% decrease in serious crime across the city in February, with 1,328 fewer major felonies.
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Investigation: NYPD Nixed Thousands of Calls at Coney Island Station Before Horrifying Fire Attack
Nearly two-thirds of calls from the station were closed out just seconds after they were assigned to a police unit, evidence ...
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Lost and found: How two Texas tourists became a ‘subway story’ in the best way with an NYPD chief’s help
Two seniors visiting the Big Apple last week from Texas became a New York subway story in the most positive way after they had a chance encounter with the NYPD’s Chief of Transit. Retired nurses Mable ...
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Coney Island West plan calls for 1,500 new homes, boardwalk upgrades
The 2009 Coney Island rezoning allowed for more residential buildings and retail space along Surf Avenue. According to the city, more than 3,400 units of housing have been built on the peninsula ...
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Suspect arrested for setting fire next to sleeping NYC subway rider’s head: NYPD
who police say was set on fire by 33-year-old Guatemalan migrant Sabastian Zapeta at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave. station on Dec. 22. Zapeta pleaded not guilty in the horrifying murder ...
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Hochul plan to increase commitments of mentally ill raises specters of the past
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed allowing police to take into custody people suspected of being mentally ill without requiring evidence of "imminent risk or recent overt acts" in response ...
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Brooklyn, NY – Person Struck by (N) Train at New Utrecht Ave Station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) implemented multiple service changes due to the incident, rerouting some northbound (N) trains via the (D) line from Coney Island-Stillwell Ave to 36 St ...
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New York City police apprehend suspect in the death of a woman found on fire in a subway car
Police do not believe the two knew one another. Officers on a routine patrol at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station smelled and saw smoke and discovered the woman on fire, standing in the ...
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Man set on fire at Penn Station may be victim of arsonist, police sources say
when a woman died after a man set her clothes on fire while she was sleeping aboard a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave. station in Brooklyn, then callously fanned the flames with a ...