Looks like AI is a terrible party planner. Thousands of revelers were tricked by phony social media videos into gathering at Brooklyn Bridge Park to watch a grand fireworks display on New Year’s Eve — only to find out the event didn’t actually exist.

Fake social media videos fooled people into thinking that a fireworks show would take place at the Brooklyn Bridge on New Year's Eve.

City officials credit Project Restore, a paid mentorship and therapy initiative, with helping cut violence in Bed-Stuy and offering young men a path away from gangs.

Social media posts show crowds excitedly counting down 2025's final seconds, then lapsing into confused silence when the pyrotechnics fail to appear.

Kenia Pittman, director of exhibition design operations at the New York Botanical Garden, towers over the Brooklyn Bridge as she talks. But this is more of a baby Brooklyn Bridge than the real thing.

Thousands flocked to Brooklyn Bridge on New Year's Eve after viral posts promised fireworks that never happened, highlighting risks of online misinformation.

Maimonides Health is a community fixture that will become part of NYC Health + Hospitals. Many of its patients are on government medical plans.

Brooklyn’s long-running streak of welcoming New York City’s first babies born in the new year has come to an end.

New York area faces wintry weather with rain, snow, and gusty winds; less than an inch of snow accumulation expected.

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