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Dec
06

Crime Report: Street Assaults, Store Robberies at Gunpoint, Muggings and Other Thefts

Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, we are including two weeks of reports in today’s crime blotter. Twenty-three felonies and
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Dec
05
NYPD to Restrict Journalists’ Access to Crime Reports at Local Precincts

NYPD to Restrict Journalists’ Access to Crime Reports at Local Precincts

Following tomorrow’s blotter post, we will no longer be able to provide weekly 88th Precinct crime reports because of
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Dec
04
The Day: A CB2 Health Committee Meeting, An Atlantic Yards Quality-of-Life Meeting and a New Local Coffee Shop

The Day: A CB2 Health Committee Meeting, An Atlantic Yards Quality-of-Life Meeting and a New Local Coffee Shop

Signs of the Christmas season abound in the nabe, including the snowflake decorations on local streets. (Photo by Francisco Daum
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Dec
02
Police Seek Three Men for Questioning in Connection With Walt Whitman Houses Shooting

Police Seek Three Men for Questioning in Connection With Walt Whitman Houses Shooting

Police are looking to interview three men (two pictured here, from surveillance footage) who were in the area when 66-year-old
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Nov
27

Parks Department Repairing South Oxford Park Tennis Courts

The city’s parks department is completely remaking the South Oxford Park tennis courts. (Photo by Amanda Woods)Fort Greene
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Nov
27
The Day: 88th Precinct Station House Landmarking, LIU Sports and Small Business Saturday

The Day: 88th Precinct Station House Landmarking, LIU Sports and Small Business Saturday

It’s very cold out there, but that doesn’t mean the sunsets aren’t a sight to behold. Check
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Nov
22

Man Dies After Early Morning Shooting at Walt Whitman Houses

A 66-year-old man was shot in the lobby of a Walt Whitman Houses building early this morning. He later died
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Nov
20
In Wake of 9-Year-Old’s Death, Locals Demand NYPD Traffic Enforcement

In Wake of 9-Year-Old’s Death, Locals Demand NYPD Traffic Enforcement

Hilda Cohen, the co-founder of Make Brooklyn Safer, encourages locals to push police to amp up their enforcement of traffic
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Nov
20
The Day: A Community Food Drive and the Last Outdoor Brooklyn Flea of the Season

The Day: A Community Food Drive and the Last Outdoor Brooklyn Flea of the Season

The birds of the nabe begin to migrate south as the weather grows colder. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.
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Nov
14

Man Struck by C Train in Clinton Hill

A man was found dead yesterday in the tunnel between the Franklin Avenue and Clinton-Washington Avenues subway stations, police reported.
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