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 p.m. An earlier fire nearby burned a 2-acre wooded area.

A 2-acre brush fire broke out in Prospect Park on Friday night amid a lengthy drought and windy conditions that have led to red flag warnings for nearly the entire tri-state area.

On Friday night, flames could be seen piercing through trees in the 526-acre New York City park in the middle of the borough.

The smell of acrid smoke spread throughout New York City on Saturday and persisted into the evening, after brush fires broke out on Friday in Brooklyn, the Bronx and nearby New Jersey. It was a surreal experience for a city that is rarely home to wildfires but is in the middle of a drought.

In an unusually dry season for the Northeast, fires were pushing potentially dangerous smoke into New York City.

The Boston Celtics had a strong bench performance in their recent 121-107 win against the Brooklyn Nets this past Friday evening. Reserve Boston big man Luke Kornet played well and made important cont

Boston found a cohesive, hard-playing Nets squad that punched them squarely in the mouth in the game's early going, but ultimately could not keep up.

GP2 praises Warriors' second unit in win over Celtics Warriors guard Gary Payton II joins "Warriors Postgame Live" and describes Golden State's energy in the Warriors' 118-112 win