For millions of New Yorkers in the concrete jungle and beyond, the spate of wildfires at their backdoor was unthinkable.

A brush fire broke out in Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Park on Friday night amid a drought across the northeast. A passerby ...

New York City has had over 230 brush fires since Oct. 29, after its driest month since record-keeping began in 1869.

The record-breaking statistics come as several Northeast states battle extremely dry conditions and multiple wildfires.

The blaze in the park, at the northern tip of Manhattan, followed brush fires that burned in Brooklyn, the Bronx and New ...

About 100 firefighters were called to put out a two-acre brush fire in a heavily wooded section of Prospect Park in Brooklyn ...

The fire was in an “extremely dense” part of Prospect Park on a hill, and there were no structures nearby to be threatened, ...

A Red Flag warning is in place across the northeastern U.S. on Saturday with an "increased risk of fire danger." ...

Forty firefighters responded to a blaze near the LeFrak ice skating rink at about 2:40 p.m. and put out the flames by 3:22 ...

A little fall of rain on Sunday wasn't enough to end the drought in New York City, though conditions in Brooklyn have ...

NEW YORK – Dozens of firefighters with the New York City Fire Department responded to a small brush fire in Brooklyn’s ...

A makeshift aquarium built beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been revived. Industrious Brooklynites have taken ...