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More than seven inches of rain fell in Brooklyn and more than six inches of rain was reported in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx, with peak rainfall amounts of three inches per hour.

One of the two burglars arrested in Midwood was a “career criminal” on parole with an active warrant, the NYPD said.

The public is asked to pray for the speedy and complete recovery of Anette Naomi bas Esther and Bracha Esther bas Anette Naomi, two of the five victims.

The assault follows two other incidents within the week, including an attack in which a rabbi was beaten by a man who yelled: “The Nazis should have killed you Jews.”

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez named the defendants: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst; Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood; and Ashan Azad 19, also of Midwood

“Mr. Mayor, we are asking for you to give our children a safe place to play. Let kids be kids.”

The injured gabbai was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn.

The smack broke the victim's glasses, she dropped to the floor and became momentarily unconscious. She was taken to hospital with a cut lip and bruising.

Brooklyn polling places are tucked into little corners, building basements, libraries and schools.

For the first time in U.S. history, a Chassidic woman wins a Brooklyn election, against a man, to become a New York Civil Court judge.

Two teens in Brooklyn yelled slurs against Jews. One threw a rock at a Jewish driver, breaking the car window.

The governor later tweeted: "What a great honor it was to march in the @CelebrateIsrael parade today."

The fire, caused by the Shababt Blech, swept through the house while the family slept.

Brooklyn synagogues raise security after a suspicious incident on Sabbath in the Midwood section.

Brooklyn residents, many of them Jews, are fed up with overflowing garbage bins, a situation that some people said is the worst in 50...

“Not that I’m condoning what he did, but I always thought that he was good for the community.”

Most of us know right from wrong and live as though it matters because it does. This is what David Brooks reported.