#Fans flood Brooklyn subway stations for Notorious B.I.G. MetroCards

#Fans flood Brooklyn subway stations for Notorious B.I.G. MetroCards

“Fans flood Brooklyn subway stations for Notorious B.I.G. MetroCards” Fans of Biggie Smalls packed subway stations across Brooklyn Saturday to score commemorative MetroCards honoring the late hip-hop rapper’s 50th birthday. About 50,000 cards were packed in MetroCard machines at four stations in Brooklyn, which was home to Biggie, aka “Notorious B.I.G.” People were lined up…

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#Multiple shots fired during fight on NYC subway

#Multiple shots fired during fight on NYC subway

“Multiple shots fired during fight on NYC subway” Bullets flew during a fight on a Manhattan subway Sunday morning — but nobody was struck, cops said. Multiple shots were fired on the No. 6 subway at East 116th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem during a dispute between two groups of men around 3…

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#NYC victim of NYC MTA bus hit-and-run is Patrick Varriale

#NYC victim of NYC MTA bus hit-and-run is Patrick Varriale

“NYC victim of NYC MTA bus hit-and-run is Patrick Varriale” Police have identified the victim of a hit-and-run fatality involving an MTA bus on Staten Island. The fallen pedestrian, Patrick Varriale, 69, was a resident of the New Springville section, authorities said Friday night. Varriale was found just before 4:40 a.m. Friday, unconscious at the…

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#Arrest the mango merchants after you get real bad guys

#Arrest the mango merchants after you get real bad guys

“Arrest the mango merchants after you get real bad guys” “Broken windows” policing is a strong deterrent to more serious crimes. But the NYPD’s mango-sale crackdown at a Brooklyn subway station was just goofy when cops seem unable or disinclined to go after the real bad guys right under their noses. Anyone who uses the…

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