Long Island News

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. - Firefighters in Hicksville quickly extinguished a car fire on Friendly Road Wednesday night, preventing it from spreading to a nearby vehicle.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - A violent two-car collision left four people hospitalized and a Tesla fully engulfed in flames after slamming into a pole on Old Country Road Monday evening.

BALDWIN, N.Y. — A massive fire broke out in a Baldwin apartment building on Merrick Road Thursday morning, displacing up to 200 residents.

NORTH NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. — A coach bus plunged through the top level of an underground parking garage Tuesday evening, leaving the bus hanging dangerously over the edge and triggering a massive emergency response.

GILGO BEACH, N.Y. — Suffolk County Marine Bureau officers rescued nine ducklings from a storm drain in Gilgo Beach on Monday evening.

LAKE GROVE, N.Y. — Suffolk County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man who stole from a Lake Grove business last year.

COMMACK, N.Y. - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Fourth Squad detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two men who stole a generator from a Commack store in April.

MUTTONTOWN, N.Y. — A construction worker was seriously injured and airlifted Wednesday evening after a devastating accident at a job site in the parking lot of the North Shore Synagogue.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A smoke condition caused by an HVAC issue prompted an early morning evacuation at the Residence Inn Long Island Islip on Sunday.

LEVITTOWN, N.Y. — Police are investigating a fatal crash that claimed the life of a motorcyclist on Hempstead Turnpike Sunday evening.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - A small generator fire broke out at Northwell Plainview Hospital, prompting a swift response from emergency crews and hospital personnel on Friday afternoon.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - A single-vehicle rollover crash on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway left one person with minor injuries early Friday morning.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — A garbage truck driver who caused a fatal crash two years ago has pleaded guilty to several charges, prosecutors announced Thursday.

COPIAGUE, N.Y. – Firefighters responded early Thursday morning to a house fire on South Strong Avenue that prompted a significant emergency response after reports of a person possibly trapped inside.

SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – A Huntington Station man has been indicted on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash that killed a 24-year-old Stony Brook resident in February 2025.

WOODMERE, N.Y. — A fatal crash occurred Friday morning when a Mercedes sedan collided with multiple vehicles and a tree, causing it to flip onto its roof and trap both occupants inside on West Broadway near Howard Avenue.

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. - Two people were injured after a two-vehicle crash outside the Broadway Commons Mall sent an SUV into a utility pole, snapping it and downing power lines.

LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y. - A driver was injured after a pickup truck slammed into the front of the Locust Valley Firehouse on Wednesday evening, causing significant structural damage.

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. — A serious two-vehicle collision near the Wantagh State Parkway left one driver unconscious and another hospitalized early Saturday morning.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — A driver walked away uninjured after crashing into a utility pole at the intersection of Old Country Road and Round Swamp Road late Friday night.

EAST ISLIP, N.Y. – Firefighters responded to a basement fire early Friday morning on Marilynn Street, prompting several fire departments to respond.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - Firefighters battled a tractor-trailer fire on the Long Island Expressway near Sunnyside Boulevard Friday morning, resulting in significant traffic delays in the area.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - A 40-year-old Plainview man has been arrested and charged with arson following a house fire that broke out on Memorial Day that send two firefighters to the hospital.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. — Three people were killed in a fiery crash early Sunday morning after their SUV left the road and struck a tree, bursting into flames near Bethpage State Park.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. - Nassau County Police have arrested and charged two Pennsylvania residents in connection with the fatal shooting of a Tampa, Florida man who was gunned down outside of a Bethpage hotel last month.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - An SUV overturned onto its roof after crashing into a utility pole on Dupont Street in Plainview early Friday afternoon, leaving the driver with minor injuries.

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. - A devastating crash on Saturday afternoon left a Hicksville family without a home after a Mercedes-Benz slammed into the side of their house, injuring one woman and causing extensive damage.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - Firefighters responded to a car fire on Wednesday night at the Hilton Garden Inn on Round Swamp Road.

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. - More than a hundred demonstrators marched and gathered on the front lawn of Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) Wednesday afternoon in protest of Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to assume control over the hospital’s governing board.

WANTAGH, N.Y. - Thousands gathered along Wantagh Avenue on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the Nassau County Police Department’s 100th anniversary with a massive parade.