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Photo via NYPDCops are searching for a woman accused of swiping a Versace purse from an unlocked car late last year. The suspect grabbed the purse from a Nissan sedan in front of 151b West End Avenue in Brighton Beach, on October 15, 2016, at 2:30pm, said cops. She
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(Photo via Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)For the past two weeks, Brooklyn has been peppered with Trump resistance events, from parent-led immigrant support rallies [/belong-parents-stage-immigrant-support-rallies-outside-ditmas-park-schools/] to bodega strikes [/thousands-yemeni-americans-supporters-rally-trumps-muslim-ban/] to hand-delivering power bars to Senators [/thousands-brooklyn-send-senator-schumer-message-resist-trump/]. For those of you seeking to keep the momentum alive or make your voice h
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Photo via ScreenshotA 66-year-old man was found dead from a gunshot wound inside a home in Bath Beach last night. On Wednesday, February 8, at around 6:30pm police found the unconscious man who had been shot in the torso, inside 103 Bay 8 Street, said cops. He was rushed
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Photo by Nicholas Peacock-SmithThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Whole Foods Got $12.9M Tax Credit For Building in Polluted Gowanus: Data. [ DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170207/gowanus/whole-foods-third-avenue-street-tax-breaks] ] Contract for N.Y.P.
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Help cops find suspected purse snatchers in two separate grand larceny incidents [/crime-drop-continues-sheepshead-bay-station-house/] only blocks apart in Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach. The first thief struck earlier this week in front of 2 West End Avenue. The suspect crept up behind a 67-year-old woman and grabbed the purse out of
Police & Fire
Officer Craig Roth (left) receiving the Cop of the Month award from Captain Winston Faison, June 2016. (Photo: Alex Ellefson)Crime is down in almost every major felony in Sheepshead Bay’s 61st Precinct for 2016, according to annual crime statistics released by the NYPD. In the seven major crimes
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Photo via Chelsea Skye/twitter [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYOBAG?src=hash]) Yesterday, New York State lawmakers approved a measure to delay the City Council’s Plastic Bag Bill, which would slap a 5 cent fee on disposable grocery bags. The Republican-led State Senate voted in favor of a moratorium
Police & Fire
West 33rd Street between Neptune & Mermaid Avenues. (Screenshot via Google Maps) Two women and one man have been charged with gang assault after the death of a woman inside a Coney Island housing project earlier this year. Cops found Vanessa Rivera, 42, inside Surfside Gardens Houses on West 33rd
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(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)There’s a large number of New York City drivers who register their cars out-of-state, costing the city an estimated $73 million in unpaid parking tickets, $1 million in license plate fees, and more than $93 million in tax revenue, reports Crain’s New York
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Brooklyn Borough Hall rally. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYER)Last night, an estimated 7,000 thousand Yemeni-Americans, Muslims, and supporters peacefully rallied at Brooklyn Borough Hall to protest Trump’s “Muslim ban” and stand with Yemeni-American New Yorker whose family members are stranded overseas. Yesterday’s protest marked the culmination
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Caton Avenue and East 18th, where Nelson was shot in 2015. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A Pennsylvania man arrested in a January drug bust has been charged with a Flatbush murder from 2015. Manuel Waisome, 24, has been charged with fatally shooting 27-year-old Darnell Nelson in the chest on East
Police & Fire
“The leading cause of pedestrian injuries are left turning vehicles” NYPD flashing sign on Ocean Parkway south of Avenue X. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)In light of the recent traffic fatalities in southern Brooklyn [/second-fatal-collision-sheepshead-bay-week-marking-third-death-dangerous-intersection/] , we met with Captain Hagestad at the 61st Precinct to discuss how cops are