Volunteer lawyers helped dozens of New Yorkers Saturday get one step closer on their path to U.S. citizenship during a free naturalization clinic in Downtown Brooklyn. 

A '90s-themed party planned entirely by teens took over a public library main branch Saturday in Prospect Heights. 

Actor Verne Troyer from the "Austin Powers" movie franchise has died.

Dozens of kids spent their time in the classroom today, even though it’s Saturday.

Police are on a hunt for two man accused of an attempted robbery in Flatbush.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that in just a few months, Central Park will permanently become car-free.

A celebration marked the two-year anniversary Friday of the death of a Pearl Washington, the former basketball player from Brooklyn.

The hit TV show "Scandal" on ABC aired its final episode last night bringing an end to the show's six-year, seven-season run. 

Hundreds of students advocating gun reform walked out of class across New York City Friday.

Engineering college students in the Bronx have created a water filtration system to help aid a school in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. 

Police charged and then voided the charges against his 24-year-old father Shatwaun Gilmore.

An iconic Gowanus music studio has released an album and organized a concert with some of its most notable clients to celebrate its 35th anniversary.

Doctors hope that a trip into Manhattan for chemotherapy will be a thing of the past due to a recently opened cancer infusion center in Brooklyn.

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The man charged in the hit-and-run accident that left DJ Jinx Paul dead in East New York in 2016 appeared in a Downtown Brooklyn courthouse Wednesday to reject a plea deal and for a discovery hearing.

A Brooklyn man has found modest internet fame by creating Rube Goldberg machines -- complicated contraptions designed to elaborately perform simple tasks.

A Bronx woman who lost her home in a fire is facing another setback after she says she was scammed out of nearly $2,000.

Neighbors found a retired MTA bus driver stabbed to death in his home on Central Avenue in Bushwick Tuesday evening.

A widespread power outage has left the entirety of Puerto Rico in the dark as it continues recovering from last year's devastating Hurricane Maria.

An international team of researchers says having just one alcoholic drink a day might be enough to shorten your life expectancy.

Kindergarteners in Brooklyn are learning to code. 

Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city will take its fight against rats to 10 of the most infested NYCHA complexes around the Big Apple.

Kendrick Lamar is the first hip-hop artist to win a Pulitzer Prize. 

A controversial statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims was moved to the Green-Wood Cemetery after a mayoral advisory committee voted to have it taken out of Central Park.

One Brooklyn program is grooming the community with a free barber apprenticeship program in East New York. 

A Brooklyn family is on a mission to show children with autism that it's OK to be different.

A 100-year-old man from Brooklyn says he goes bowling every week. 

Three people are hurt after scaffolding collapsed Saturday in Brooklyn Heights. 

A family spokesman says former first lady Barbara Bush is in "failing health" and won't seek additional medical treatment.

Elected officials and residents in Sunset Park are praising the Department of Transportation for installing new granite blocks at a local gas station.  

Police need the public's help finding a man they say fired off gunshots in front of a hookah bar in Gowanus Saturday.

Plenty of Brooklyn residents went outdoors Friday to soak up the sunshine and enjoy the warm temperatures.