Vinicio Colon, 57, claims he was being mugged and beaten by the teens when he pulled out his firearm to defend himself and accidentally fired.

Community members replaced police from noon to 6 p.m. on Mother Gaston Boulevard between Sutter and Pitkin avenues starting Tuesday. The program was expected to end Monday.

1. Bomb Scare Forces Evacuation Of Middle School In Brooklyn: NYPD ( patch.com) — A bomb threat led to the evacuation of I.S. 49 in Brooklyn, prompting a swift police investigation. The call, originating from California, was found to be false, marking the third such incident involving Brooklyn schools this year.

The NYPD has identified the 89-year-old woman who was killed when a car jumped a sidewalk in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Police said it happened on Neptune Avenue around 12:45 p.m. An 83-year-old woman driving a Nissan Sentra crashed into a Chrysler Town & Country being driven by an 86-year-old man,

Startling video shows the frantic seconds when a 35-year-old man wandered into a Brooklyn precinct stationhouse and attacked a police officer with a butcher knife.

Downtown Brooklyn commuters say the streets have become nearly impossible to navigate, clogged with double-parked cars, blocked bike lanes and vehicles parked in no-standing zones. Now, elected officials are calling on the city to step up enforcement.

A man is dead and a person is in custody after a shooting inside a Brooklyn building early Sunday, according to the NYPD.

A Brooklyn man likely died of natural causes before his body was dumped in a bin outside the building where he shared an apartment with his boyfriend — who is now accused of ditching the corpse, police sources said Monday.

Four men carjacked a 35-year-old man at gunpoint before driving off in his new Mercedes-Maybach Monday night in Brooklyn, police said. The victim was walking to his