We’ve been receiving tips about a heavy police presence near Fillmore Avenue and East 34th Street in Marine Park. According to a police scanner report from @NYCityAlerts [https://twitter.com/NYCityAlerts/status/324944647862489088], an NYPD officer fired his weapon at a “vicious” dog. Another reader, @gattotony [https://twitter.com/
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Yes, it’s last minute, but we’re passing it along anyway… State Assembly Insurance Committee Chair Kevin A. Cahill will be holding a roundtable today at 2:00 p.m. at the Shorefront YM-YWHA of Brighton – Manhattan Beach (3300 Coney Island Avenue) to discuss the claims settlement practices of
This glorious old film surfaced on YouTube yesterday, showing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge under construction. Workers are seen dangling from the bridge’s towering pillars, and working – sans safety harnesses! – to complete what would become the longest suspension bridge in the world, completed in 1964. The cameraman gets right up there
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Kings Bay Y teens light candles in honor of the Holocaust’s victims. (Photo by Erica Sherman)Approximately 100 community leaders, clergy, neighbors and Holocaust survivors gathered on Sunday, April 14, for the Annual Holocaust Commemoration Program held at the Kings Bay YM-YWHA, located at 3495 Nostrand Avenue .The annual
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The next meeting of the Manhattan Beach Community Group will be tonight, April 17, 8:00 p.m. at Public School 195, 131 Irwin Street. The meeting will focus on community news, a new flood zone plan, DOB plans, and more. A number of public officials will be in attendance.
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Source: atomische via flickr.comA woman’s body has washed up onto the Staten Island shore, and police are investigating if it belongs to a woman believed to have jumped from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/woman-reportedly-jumps-off-verrazano-second-suicide-in-two-weeks/] on Sunday. The body surfaced Tuesday morning in the water off Midland Avenue [http://www.
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Source: wmfawmfa/FlickrThe alleged leader of a tax fraud ring employing Kazakh student visa-holders and a phony job placement website pleaded guilty on Tax Day yesterday, the Manhattan District Attorney announced. We first wrote about Petr Murmylyuk last year [/petr-murmylyuk-a-k-a-dmitry-tokar-charged-with-fraud-hacking-identity-theft-money-laundering/] , when he was charged in Newark as the alleged leader
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A notorious bank robber who once graced the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list and was featured on “America’s Most Wanted” moved to Sheepshead Bay after finishing up a 25-year stint in prison – and was arrested again yesterday after allegedly robbing a New Jersey bank. From our good friends
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Dondre Samuel (Source: Facebook)A 19-year-old Kingsborough Community College student was the lone survivor at the scene of an apparent double murder and suicide perpetrated by his mother, an NYPD officer, in their Flatlands home yesterday. Officer Rosette Samuel, a 13-year veteran of the NYPD who had never discharged her
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Peruggi (Source: KCC Digest)YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After nine years of serving as the first female leader of Kingsborough Community College, Dr. Regina Peruggi will retire at the end of the summer. Peruggi, 65, announced her retirement in an April 5 letter to the school’s staff and
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Avenue U will soon be home to Art Station, a new business selling art supplies and services. Located at 1303 Avenue U, the storefront was previously home to White’s Silk Shop, a fabrics and home decorating business. Welcome to the neighborhood, Art Station! Thanks to Lisanne for the photo
Click to enlargeIt’s official: Chaim Deutsch, an aide to Councilman Michael Nelson and founder of the Flatbush Shomrim, formally announced his campaign today in an e-mail to press and supporters. The letter states: > Dear friends, > With the support and encouragement of my wife, children, family and friends,