In Other Brooklyn News

Police released surveillance video showing an elderly woman in Flatbush handing over approximately $300,000 worth of gold bars to a scammer.

People who live in the Highland Park community say the incidents have heightened concerns about public safety in an area they describe as largely quiet and residential.

A 24-year-old arson suspect has been arrested in connection to a fire that destroyed South Bushwick Reformed Church, a neighborhood landmark that had stood for 175 years in Brooklyn.

New York City police are investigating the death of a 6-month-old baby boy found at a Brooklyn residence on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

It happened around 1:40pm on Sunday in front of 336 Douglass St.

Two people on a motorcycle were critically hurt, and one of them was found stabbed, after a collision with a car in Brooklyn.

A 31-year-old woman is in critical condition and her 4-year-old daughter is in the hospital after police say they were struck by an SUV that jumped a curb in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Sunday night.

A 44-year-old man is facing a slew of charges after he jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge naked on Sunday and survived the fall.

The NYPD says the man entered Makki Masjid Muslim Community Center, located at 1089 Coney Island Ave., just before 11:30pm on June 21.

Investigators say the suspects approached the victim, stabbed him in the stomach and took his phone.