Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested After Shmira Members Track Down Vehicle
One person was arrested tonight for driving drunk after a hit-and-run crash on Graves Street between Portage Avenue and Brielle Avenue. Staten Island Shmira rec…
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Drunk Driver Arrested With Help of Shomrim After Willowbrook Crash
A driver was arrested tonight by the NYPD, with the help of Staten Island Shomrim, on Willowbrook Road at Taft Court, after crashing at Portage Avenue and Briel…
Lithium Batteries Spark Second Sanitation Truck Fire in a Week
Firefighters put out a fire in the back of a Sanitation truck at Midland Avenue and Patterson Avenue on Sunday morning, after lithium-ion batteries thrown in th…
Water Main Break Leaves Large Hole on Fieldstone Road in Graniteville
A water main burst on Fieldstone Road in Graniteville around 9 PM Motzei Shabbos, shooting water into the air and leaving a large hole in the street. The road w…
Verrazzano Bridge Fully Reopened After Marathon
As of 2:50 PM, both levels of the Verrazzano Bridge are open in both directions, after being closed this morning for the NYC Marathon. The Belt Parkway has also…
Clocks Fell Back Overnight as Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight Saving Time ended overnight, with clocks moved back one hour at 2 AM, giving everyone an extra hour of sleep. This is the earliest date it can end, sin…
Verrazzano Bridge Expected to Reopen Around 3 PM as Marathon Brings Record Crowds
A record 60,000 runners arrived on Staten Island this morning for the 50th NYC Marathon, starting from Fort Wadsworth. Ferries, buses and park-and-ride shuttles…
One Hospitalized After Two-Car Crash Near Korean War Veterans Parkway
One person was taken to the hospital after a two-car crash on Shabbos at Arthur Kill Road and Drumgoole Road West, at the entrance to the Korean War Veterans Pa…
Zidichov-Veretzky Rebbe Leads Melave Malka in Staten Island
The Zidichov-Veretzky Rebbe of Eretz Yisroel, who is currently visiting the USA, came to Staten Island on Motzei Shabbos and led a large Melave Malka at the Bel…
City Rolls Out Empire Trash Bins, Staten Island's North Shore Next in 2027
Mayor Mamdani and the Sanitation Department installed Brooklyn's first residential Empire Bins this week, part of the city's push to get trash bags off the side…
Flu Season Off to an Early Start in New York as Hospitalizations Rise
New York's flu season has started earlier than expected, with more than 10,800 cases reported statewide so far. In the week ending Oct. 24, there were 4,172 cas…
Marathon Sunday: What's Closed on Staten Island and When
The Verrazzano Bridge will be closed to all traffic tomorrow, Sunday, November 1, from 7 a.m. until about 3 to 4 p.m. for the NYC Marathon. The bridge's upper l…
