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"I was a sub, so I was working at different schools. So I started walking home from different schools and I started mapping it out,"

BROOKLYN, NY - A dead body was found floating in Newtown Creek on Thursday, police said. The body was found near Apollo Street in Brooklyn around 12:17 p.m., the FDNY said. The man is believed to be in his 30s, sources told PIX11 News. He was found unresponsive by emergency personnel.

"When we set up Public Service... it feels like you're just activating something that's here under the surface all the time."

Surveillance video showed the black Honda Civic jump the curb and slam into the side of a building, splitting the car into two pieces and scattering debris across the roadway. It plowed through garbage bags set on the sidewalk and narrowly missed a U.S. Postal Service mailbox. The impact left the intersection littered with trash among the wreckage. "This is crazy -- crazy and other words that you can't put on camera," one resident said after waking up to the damage.

Excitement, nerves and new beginnings filled schoolyards across Brooklyn on Thursday morning as New York City public school students returned for the first day of classes. From Park Slope to Bushwick and all across Brooklyn, families reflected on milestones, fresh starts, and the rollout of the state's new "bell-to-bell" cell phone ban. At M.S. 582, The Magnet School for Multimedia Technology and Urban Planning in Bushwick, Governor Kathy Hochul greeted students at 8:45 a.m., emphasizing her push for distraction-free classrooms.

BROOKLYN, NY - A thief made off with hundreds of dollars in cash and a wallet loaded with credit cards after snatching a 66-year-old man's coat inside a Sheepshead Bay mosque Thursday evening, police said. The brazen theft happened around 7:40 p.m. at the Islamic center located at 2812 Voorhies Avenue, where the unidentified suspect entered the mosque and grabbed the unattended coat before fleeing in an unknown direction. The victim's wallet inside the coat contained $700 in cash, six credit cards, and other personal items, officials said.

The attack took place around 5:23 p.m. on August 29 aboard a Queens-bound A train near the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets station, police said. According to authorities, a 31-year-old man boarded the crowded train and accidentally bumped into the suspect, who then became enraged. The suspect shouted something unintelligible before pulling a knife from his backpack. He then attacked, slashing the victim on the left arm and side of the head before fleeing the train at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station and disappearing into the crowd, police said.

A moped driver was killed in a chain-reaction collision after he was struck by a car, propelled off his device, and then struck again by a second vehicle in Brooklyn early Tuesday morning. According to law enforcement sources, officers from the 79th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision at Myrtle and Bedford Avenues in Williamsburg at around 4:40 a.m. on Sept. 2.

Kicking off at Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Park under the cover of darkness, New Yorkers partook in the traditional carnival celebration, which saw legions of revelers march down Flatbush Avenue to Eastern Parkway and along Empire Boulevard. Rubbing oil and throwing paint and powder at one another, partygoers twirled and frolicked in a rush of color and the dawn light.

Brooklyn - One person was killed following a crash in Brooklyn on Thursday, police said on Friday. The incident happened near Classon Avenue and Atlantic Avenue around 3:30 a.m., police said. A 30-year-old man was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Classon Avenue when he failed to navigate the road and collided with a parked and unoccupied 2013 Ford dump truck. The man was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County, where he was later pronounced dead.

"Acquiring the property this July was a major milestone," Bonitz said in a statement to Brooklyn Paper. "We wouldn't have moved forward with the acquisition unless we were fully confident in our ability to execute our business plan for this important site."

Police say they are on the hunt for an unhinged brute who assaulted a three-year-old girl in Brooklyn as she walked alongside her mother earlier this week. NYPD Police in Brooklyn are on the hunt for an unhinged brute who assaulted a three-year-old girl as she walked alongside her mother earlier this week. According to police sources, the incident occurred outside of the Foodtown supermarket located at 382 McDonald Ave. just before 1 p.m. on Aug. 25.

A lucky New York Lottery player is holding a winning TAKE 5 ticket worth $17,370.50 after purchasing it at a neighborhood shop in Brooklyn, officials announced Wednesday. The ticket matched all five numbers in the TAKE 5 MIDDAY drawing held on Tuesday, August 26. It was sold at Mill Basin Convenience Store, located at 6122 Avenue U - a familiar stop for many local players in the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn.

A crash in Brooklyn caused several injuries after a bus collided with a car, according to multiple reports. The crash took place around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday morning in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, according to amNY. A B47 bus traveling on Ralph Avenue collided with an SUV near the intersection of Glenwood Road, amNY reports. The two occupants in the SUV, a 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, were transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition, according to a report from PIX11 News.

This year's NYC Summer Streets season ends today with festivities in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Streets will begin closing in both boroughs at 5 a.m. Saturday and reopen at 3:30 p.m. No parking will be allowed until 4 p.m. From 7 a.m. until 3 p.m., New Yorkers can walk, run and cycle along car-free streets. There will also be plenty of free activities, including fitness classes and cultural performances. For more details, visit nyc.gov/summerstreets. CBS News New York