In Washington Heights and Inwood — two neighborhoods where the island of Manhattan narrows — generations of Dominicans have called the area home. As the largest Latino group in the five boroughs, Dominican communities exist across the city, though the population is concentrated in Manhattan and the Bronx, located just across the Harlem River.

The National Transportation Safety Board launched a probe on Friday into the crash of a tourist helicopter into New York City's Hudson River the day before that killed all six aboard including three children.

A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River near the New Jersey shoreline, killing the pilot and a Spanish family of five who were on board.

At least 38 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York City since 1977, when an accident on a skyscraper landing pad led the city to start putting restrictions on where choppers could land.

Seankese Johnson, 36, was killed along with five passengers when the sightseeing helicopter he was flying suddenly crashed into the Hudson River near Jersey City.

A family from Spain was about to celebrate the ninth birthday of one of their children when their sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River.

A horrific tragedy unfolded in New York when a helicopter carrying five Spanish nationals plummeted into the Hudson River. The victims were a married couple and their three children—had been vacationing in the Big Apple and booked a scenic flight over Manhattan with the tourism company New York Helicopter Tours.