Central Brooklyn
Several neighborhoods in Brooklyn will be sprayed with mosquito-killing pesticides on Tuesday, August 15 through Wednesday, August 16 to prevent West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, the NYC Department of Health announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/wnv/2017/wnv-notice-20170811.pdf] on August 11. The NYC
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GREENPOINT: A card advertising for a Neo-Nazi group was found on a sidewalk in Greenpoint today. The card promoting the Neo-Nazi hate group The New Order of Milwaukee, WI, was discovered by a resident a couple blocks west of McGolrick park [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Greenpoint,+Brooklyn,+NY/
Bensonhurst
Spotted in Park Slope by Tom PendergastFrom our inbox this weekend: I was in Bartel Pritchard Square and this vehicle just appeared. I approached the driver to ask who and why was he parked here.He said, in garbled English that he had read De Blasio and Lander were bragging
Animals
Photo of the pit bulls provided by the victim of the attackSouth Slope — A four-year-old, 45-pound labradoodle was viciously attacked by four unleashed pit bulls in a South Slope park yesterday morning. The dog’s owner, who wishes to remain anonymous, says she was walking with her dog toward the
Central Brooklyn
The deadline to register to vote in the September 12 New York State and Local Primary Election is next Friday, August 18. If you are interested in registering, first make sure you are eligible by checking out the list of requirements below. QUALIFICATIONS TO REGISTER TO VOTE * be a United
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News
[Update: 7:30pm, August 10, 2017] According to NYPD spokesperson, the cop is expected to do fine. > The police officer who was shot is in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital. A ballistic vest likely saved his life. — J. Peter Donald (@JPeterDonald) August 10, 2017 [https://twitter.com/JPeterDonald/status/
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Cops are looking for help identifying the individuals depicted in the attached surveillance photos in regards to a burglary that occurred in Ditmas Park back on Saturday, June 6, 2017 around 4am in the morning. It was reported to the police that the above individuals entered the lobby of a
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Police & Fire
Via NYPD[UPDATED: 11:10am, Tuesday, August 8, 2017] The NYPD report that Rosa Escobar has been located and is safe. The NYPD are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 57-year-old Sheepshead Bay resident. Rosa Escobar was last seen at approximately 7pm on Sunday, August 6, at
Central Brooklyn
Hicks Street in Carroll Gardens. (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -The 7th Ave. stop in Prospect Heights has become a dessert destination [NY Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/
Central Brooklyn
We look forward to checking this place out [/second-enticing-thai-restaurant-slated-ditmas-park/] to see how they stack up against Am Thai Bistro on Church and Corthaiyou on Cortelyou [/bold-delightful-thai-restaurant-opens-cortelyou-road/]. They just posted their menus in the windows and are having a soft opening on Thursday, June 8 at 5pm.
Arts & Culture
Craving a trip to the tropics? This Saturday, June 3, at 1PM, Brooklyn morphs into the Big Island when students from Lotus Music and Dance [http://www.lotusmusicanddance.org/], taught by Makalina, come to the East Fourth Street Community Garden. Born and raised in and around the Pacific Islands, Makalina
Business
1123 Flatbush Avenue, via Google Street View in 2013Owen Larman, 44, of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, was sentenced today to the maximum of 7 ½ to 15 years in prison by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Guy Mangano. The jury convicted him earlier this month of second-degree grand larceny, third-degree bribery, 11 counts of