NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Over the weekend a 17-year-old was killed after a suspected drunk driver ran him down in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. On Monday night, a vigil and march were held for the ...

Gerritsen Beach was originally part of the town of Gravesend, named for Wolfert Gerritsen van Kouwenhoven, who in 1629 was offered the land from the Dutch West India Company. In 1665, his descendant, ...

Gerritsen contended that the terms of her sale of her novel “Gravity” to Katja called for her to receive a production bonus of $500,000, 2.5% of the “defined net proceeds” from the movie, and screen ...

Brownstoner takes on Brooklyn history in Nabe Names, a series of briefs on the origins and surprising stories of neighborhood nomenclature. This water-bound, blue-collar southern enclave is defined by ...

Reinier Gerritsen doesn’t think books will be around much longer. That’s why you see them everywhere you look in his series, “The Last Book,” which is on display at New York City’s Julie Saul Gallery ...

It looks like a New England fishing village. That’s what people sometimes say when they describe Gerritsen Beach to New York newcomers. Actually, it’s much cooler than that. It’s a unique piece of ...

It was motherhood that drove Tess Gerritsen from saving the sick to dwelling in the minds of killers, with a few torrid love affairs along the way. Her voice on the phone belies the type-A personality ...

GERRITSEN BEACH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with six people who were slashed in Brooklyn over the weekend, police said. Erick Caiza Iza was charged with two ...

Gerritsen and her husband hike Camden’s Mount Battie every morning — to feel less guilty, she says, about sitting at desks the rest of the day. After writing the 2018 horror flick Island Zero, which ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Like so many communities along our shores, Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn was devastated by Superstorm Sandy -- even though it's designated "Zone B" -- and people were not forced ...