Discover why Red Hook was such a fun place to grow up in the 1960s and '70s (especially when your dad is a gangster) Uncover the history of the White Hand and the hapless police who tried to keep up ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal ...

Red Hook is best known to today’s New Yorkers for the blue and yellow glow of its IKEA store, pulling in urban furniture shoppers from all five boroughs. But the hardscrabble dock area has played a ...

The theft of two tiaras and a crown, among other jewels, from the Louvre last month got some Brooklynites recalling the time, almost seventy-five years ago, when two gem-encrusted crowns were swiped ...

A former Nassau County cop accused of moonlighting for the mob while still wearing a badge was found guilty Wednesday of making false statements to the FBI — but cleared of an obstruction of justice ...

The recent round of federal indictments in a nationwide gambling ring involving NBA figures and reputed mob members is a fresh sign that Italian organized crime in New York City and on Long Island — ...

When it comes to Las Vegas’ mobster roots, most local historians go back to one point in time and two people in particular. Back in 1940, Brooklyn, New York mobster Bugsy Siegel had come to town from ...