As a fatal fire tore through a Bronx apartment building, panicked residents — including one who had caught fire — were forced to jump from a second-floor fire escape as they screamed for help.

The three-alarm fire in downtown South Orange on March 14 that displaced three businesses and residents in the upstairs ...

A 5-year-old boy fell from a first-floor fire escape in the Bronx and was injured on Monday morning, his mother said. Fortunately, the boy, identified as Javontai Francis, is expected to be OK. He's ...

They were a small corner of the city where working-class New Yorkers carved out small moments of autonomy and rest in a space ...