Cypress Hills
In the wee hours of this morning, cops responded to a 911 call about a man shot on Wortman Avenue in East New York. When they got to 738 Wortman Avenue around 1:20 am, they found a 27-year-old man shot in the abdomen in the back of the building.
Announcements
MTA Chairman & CEO Patrick J. Foye, Interim NYCT President Sarah Feinberg, LIRR President Phil Eng, and NYCT Chief Customer Officer Sarah Meyer hold a press conference at Atlantic Av-Barclays Center on Mon., September 14, 2020. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitCustomers refusing to wear masks on
Animals
Parts of Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Flatlands, Georgetown, Mill Basin, Mill Island, and Paerdegat Basin will be sprayed down with pesticides to reduce the number of mosquitoes that may be carrying West Nile Virus. Department of Health (DOH) will be spraying very low concentrations of DeltaGard® and/or Anvil® using trucks,
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Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] DYKER HEIGHTS – A 33-year-old man was shot and killed in his
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MIDWOOD – A 29-year-old cyclist is dead after a driver struck him as he was crossing Ocean Parkway early this morning. At around 12:35 a.m., a 29-year-old man was riding his bike eastbound on Avenue N and was crossing Ocean Parkway at the crosswalk when the 38-year-old driver of
Central Brooklyn
J’Ouvert in Brooklyn in 2018. (Bklyner File Photo)Gatherings of more than 50 individuals are still not permitted, and Mayor Bill de Blasio reminded everyone this morning that there is no West Indian Day Parade this year. Large scale J’Ouvert festivities are also not permitted, but that event
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BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A 62-year-old man is dead after being shot yesterday outside his church. On Monday, August 31 at around 5:09 p.m., Edward James was found with a gunshot wound to his torso outside the Glorious Church of God, on the corner of Halsey Street and Marcus Garvey
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Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BROOKLYN – Three fatal shootings took place over the weekend across the
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On Saturday, August 22 at around 2:00 p.m., 20-year-old Fabian Abney, who lived on Mermaid Avenue, was shot outside NYCHA’s Coney Island Houses on West 25th Street. Cops found him with a gunshot wound to the torso, and he was pronounced dead on the scene. His mother,
Health
Southern Brooklyn is getting more targeted mosquito enforcement [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/wnv/2020/wnvplan2020.pdf], courtesy of the Health Department, to reduce the risk of West Nile Virus. Next Tuesday, August 25, between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. the
Announcements
EAST FLATBUSH – A 26-year-old man is dead after being shot in the head last night. On Tuesday, August 18 at around 7:20 p.m., cops got a call for a 26-year-old man shot by East 92 Street and Kings Highway. When they arrived, they found him with a gunshot
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STUYVESANT HEIGHTS – A 41-year-old man was shot and killed last night. On Monday, August 17 at around 10:37 p.m., 41-year-old Derrick Garner was shot on Bainbridge Street near Lewis Avenue by someone in a passing car. He was found with gunshot wounds to the arm and torso. Garner,