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Smoke moves through NYC

Smoky Smell Engulfs NYC After Fires in New Jersey and Brooklyn

The smell of acrid smoke spread throughout New York City on Saturday and persisted into the evening, after brush fires broke out on Friday in Brooklyn, the Bronx and nearby New Jersey. It was a surreal experience for a city that is rarely home to wildfires but is in the middle of a drought.

The Washington Post on MSN · 6h

Smoke moves through NYC after fires in New Jersey, Hudson Valley

In an unusually dry season for the Northeast, fires were pushing potentially dangerous smoke into New York City.

CBS New York on MSN · 1d

Palisades brush fires in New Jersey send smoke across Hudson River into NYC

Brush fires broke out in the Palisades, New Jersey early Friday morning, sending smoke across the Hudson River and into NYC.

Smoke lingers in Brooklyn

CBS News · 1d

Brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park extinguished, NYC drought watch continues

NEW YORK — New York City firefighters were looking for hot spots overnight in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, where a brush fire consumed approximately two acres. According to fire officials, a passerby who was walking through the park just before 7 p.m ...

NBC New York · 1d

Smoke lingers in Brooklyn after FDNY knocks down Prospect Park brush fire

A 2-acre brush fire broke out in Prospect Park on Friday night amid a lengthy drought and windy conditions that have led to red flag warnings for nearly the entire tri-state area.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Brush fire erupts in Brooklyn's iconic Prospect Park amid prolonged drought

On Friday night, flames could be seen piercing through trees in the 526-acre New York City park in the middle of the borough.

Air quality remains poor in NYC

WPIX New York City, NY on MSN · 7h

Air quality remains poor in NYC as fires burn in NY, NJ: NWS

Air quality is still poor in New York City Sunday morning as fires rage on in New York and New Jersey, according to the National Weather Service. An air quality alert

ABC · 1h

Air quality alerts remain in effect in NYC area amid wildfires

Wildfires brought on by extreme dry conditions have left parts of the East Coast in a dangerous haze this weekend.

U.S. News & World Report · 4h

NY Forest Ranger Dies Fighting Fires; Air Quality Warnings Are Issued in New York and New Jersey

Authorities are reporting the death of a New York forest ranger battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both sta

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NYC masked man attempts to rip Jewish boy out of his father’s arms in broad daylight

The boy’s father was holding hands and walking down the sidewalk with his two sons at around 3:30 pm in Crown Heights when ...

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Brush fires in Brooklyn, throughout the NYC region bring haze and smoke-tinged air

Brush fires in Prospect Park and South Brooklyn added to a spate in the region; expected rain on Sunday should bring some ...

NYC air quality unhealthy as smoke blankets tri-state; mayor bans park grilling

Wildfires continue to burn around the tri-state as red flag warnings remain and drought conditions persist. The fires are ...

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NYC pastor facing ‘heinous and deeply disturbing’ allegations of repeated sexual abuse of teen boy: sources

Rev. Edward-Richard Hinds – leader of the 67th Precinct Clergy Council known as The GodSquad – was indicted Thursday on two ...

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‘Commonsense steps’: NYC bans grilling, adds measures to prevent fires during drought

Following a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and a historic drought watch, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced ...

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NYC public schools brace for increase in anti-migrant rhetoric after Trump’s election

While Trump’s message failed to resonate with a majority of residents in New Yorke — close to 68% of voters casting their ...

Trio of thugs ‘try to Tupac’ NYC rapper Buckshot in disturbing beatdown near building he owns

The rapper was seriously hurt and hospitalized after the beatdown, in which a gang of thugs set upon him near an East ...

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Affordable co-op apartments for sale on NYC Housing Connect

NYC Housing Connect lists 46 new units in four buildings for New Yorkers looking to buy affordable one- or two-bedroom co-op ...

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