Bronx man indicted for hate crime, assault targeting gay victim on Brooklyn subway
June 4, 2026
Yeshayahuw Carraway was arraigned on Wednesday before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on a five-count indictment.
Yeshayahuw Carraway was arraigned on Wednesday before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on a five-count indictment.
A series of bizarre sightings of people popping in and out of NYC’s subterranean sewer system has the city wondering what exactly is going on.
Journalists, VIPs and celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Odessa A’zion and Lindsey Vonn waited in the echoing hall.
North Brooklyn expo brought 300-plus owners together with resources, panels and networking to support hyperlocal small businesses.
According to police, the bus hit the boy as the driver, a 49-year-old man, was making a left turn from Lee Street on to Lorimar Street.
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The incident surfaced as NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch disclosed that confirmed hate crimes rose nearly 12% citywide in Q1 of 2026.
At least four anti-Semitic attacks took place over a 30-hour period during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, including three attacks in Brooklyn. The crime spree began Monday — the second
A new digital service connects online shoppers in Williamsburg with neighbors willing to hold on to their deliveries, keeping them safe from doorstep thieves.
“You can’t go out in broad daylight without getting attacked.”
Twice as many Brooklyn schools will receive anti-bias education to combat the rising number of anti-Semitic incidents in the borough, the Brooklyn borough president and Anti-Defamation League CEO announced Tuesday
BY CHARLES INNIS WILLIAMSBURG — The largest arctic wildlife refuge in the country is coming to Williamsburg this weekend. Brooklyn is the first pit-stop on a bi-coastal tour across the
A group of daytime bandits is hitting Brooklyn establishments from Flatlands to Williamsburg, holding up store employees at gunpoint and making off with myriad spoils worth thousands of dollars —
WILLIAMSBURG — North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is hosting a screening of Foster, a documentary film by Academy Award-winning Producer Deborah Oppenheimer and Director Mark Jonathan Harris, at the Wythe
The insect that threatened to wipe out tens of thousands of the city’s trees has been squashed. State, city and federal agencies announced on Thursday that the Asian longhorned beetle
East Williamsburg is getting a gourmet grocery store where drunk men with beards once greased their stomachs with tiny, spongy meat circles debatably categorized as “hamburgers.” Brooklyn Harvest Market —
New legislation currently being drafted in the New York City Council will look to enhance transparency regarding the set of favored nonprofits that have been on the receiving end of
This story was originally published on Sept. 16 by THE CITY. In May, residents of Williamsburg’s 240 Broadway thought they’d won a fighting chance to stay in their homes, with the launch
By Charlie Innis GREENPOINT — When he was 14 years old, David “Chino” Villorente spray-painted his name on the A and C train in his neighborhood of Clinton Hill. He
BY TREY STRANGE GREENPOINT — It can be tough to manage a park. Taking care of one requires maintenance, repairs and a whole lot of gardening and weeding. And opening
One of Brooklyn’s oldest public markets is getting a major makeover. City officials announced Tuesday that they’re pumping $2.7 million into the Moore Street Market, a 15,000-square-foot shopping center at
The number of confirmed measles cases in New York City has risen to 623 as of Monday, but the spread of the disease has slowed down significantly with only one
It’s no secret that nightlife thrives in New York. There’s a reason, after all, that the metropolis is dubbed The City That Never Sleeps. The $35.1 billion industry creates roughly
It’s the sweetest day of the summer: Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven. Each year, the international convenience store chain celebrates its birthday (and name day) by giving away free small
Just about anything can happen in Bushwick’s House of Yes, but this was a new one. With a seven-foot-tall polar bear (stuffed) looming a few feet away, the commissioner of
A single school’s decision to allow an unvaccinated child to attend class led to more than 40 measles cases and the eventual proliferation of the disease across New York City,
Work from 150 graffiti artists is on display at a new 100,000-square-foot graffiti and street art exhibition opening in Williamsburg on Friday. Beyond The Streets, on view through August and
The number of confirmed measles cases in New York City has risen to 566, up 31 since May 28. The epidemic, mostly contained to the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg,
A Crown Heights man was sentenced to 24 years to life Thursday for the 2014 botched kidnapping and murder of a Williamsburg landlord and businessman. Erskin Felix was convicted of
Longtime pol says he ‘passed more progressive legislation’ Joe Lentol is gearing up for the fight of his political life. And he said he’s ready for it. Lentol, a Democrat
Gerald Esposito of Community Board 1 says the rules were followed in buying the $26,000 Toyota with public funds.
The number of confirmed measles cases citywide has reached 535 — and the outbreak is showing no signs of slowing down. The epidemic, mostly contained to the Orthodox Jewish community in
Williamsburg’s CB1 used a City Council grant to buy a Toyota RAV4 — which THE CITY found parked near the board manager’s house.
The Brooklyn Film Festival, an annual event that now spans 10 days and five Brooklyn neighborhoods, released this year’s lineup of 133 films centered around the titular 2019 theme of
A three-day design show at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this weekend will feature raspberry stools, quintessentially Brooklyn stoops, glass lemonade sets and more. BROOKLYN DESIGNS, the anchor fair of the