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[Update 1/24 at 2pm: Madiha Rao was found on Monday and relocated with her family.] NYPD is asking for assistance in finding Madiha Rao, a 24 year old Midwood neighbor, who was last seen on Frida24-year-old20th, around 3pm at the Dunkin Donuts on Avenue J between 14th & 15th
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(Photo via @dimati/instagram)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. * The Real Freaks of Coney Island: Jake Flores talks to Erik Sprague aka The Lizardman and Black Scorpion. [BrokeAssStewart [http://brokeassstuart.com/blog/2017/01/19/
Police & Fire
Yesterday, Midwood resident Akhror Saidakhmetov, 21, pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the foreign terrorist organization ISIL (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, according to the United States Department of Justice. Saidakhmetov was one of six young men charged with aiding a Brooklyn-based terrorism ring
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Robert Drach, via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.It’s one of a parent’s worst nightmares — having your child abducted while they play in the yard. That is what almost happened, and the Sheepshead Bay man who attempted this has now been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Today,
Police & Fire
Help cops find four suspects accused of ambushing a teenage girl and punching her in the face on 4th Avenue near Gowanus yesterday. The 17-year-old victim was standing in front of 88A 4th Avenue when she was surrounded by about 20 people on Thursday, January 12 at 7pm, said cops.
Business
300 Ashland Place building. (Photo via 300 Ashland)Whole Foods is opening its first ‘365 by Whole Foods’ market in New York inside Fort Greene’s towering mixed-use development at 300 Ashland [http://www.300ashland.com/], announced today by the Two Trees management company. 365 by Whole Foods [https://www.
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Joshua Eichenbaum / Katra Film Series/facebook)Tomorrow may be your last chance to grab tickets for the Katra Film Series [http://katrafilmseries.com/] Grand Finale, an acclaimed international short film festival featuring some gorgeous films shot in Ditmas Park, Park Slope, Sheepshead Bay, and Greenpoint. The Katra Film
Police & Fire
/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/212-17-BTRS-71-PCT-TD32-12-10-16.mp4 Cops are searching for five men suspected of punching a straphanger on the Q train near Prospect Park in December. The victim, a 56-year-old man, saw the suspects harassing an elderly man aboard the southbound Q train near the Prospect Park station on Saturday,
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Arts & Culture
via Kettle & Thread FacebookThis Saturday, there will be women marching in Washington and women marching in New York City, and many of them will be wearing pink PussyHats [https://www.pussyhatproject.com/]. “Wearing pink together is a powerful statement that we are unapologetically feminine and we unapologetically stand for
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Liena/ BKLYNER)For the first time, the work of a number of Brooklyn artists will be featured in the storefronts of Flatbush businesses. Last week at Pop-Up Preview #1, we were offered a sneak preview of the art installations that will be displayed as part of Intersection @ The
Business
Photo: Corner MediaYesterday marked the official opening of BEYOND at Liberty View [https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/brooklyn/], a Bed Bath & Beyond [https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com] “mega complex” which brings four of the company’s brands together under one roof. Shoppers can check out Bed Bath & Beyond [https://www.