Felony Assault and Grand Larceny Auto both had a small increase this week, but the real story is the Burglary category. We shot up 300 percent for the week, up to eight from two for the same week last year. This brings our 28-day standing up to a 31.2
In perhaps one of the weirder twists of the FBI probe into an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving State Senator Carl Kruger [/kruger-subject-of-corruption-investigation/], the attorney of the restaurateur charged with lying to federal prosecutors is admitting his client is protecting the politician. According to Brooklyn Paper [http://www.boropolitics.com/stories/
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The management company responsible for The Breakers condominium development only just started the uncertain process to construct a private marina, but they’ve been marketing the fantasy slips for nearly a year. Wilk Real Estate, which represents The Breakers at 3128 Emmons Avenue, posted the above YouTube video in October
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Courtesy of UF Digital Collections via FlickrWhile opponents of the Voorhies Avenue mosque [/rally-reveals-conflict-within-anti-mosque-movement/] some fear a quiet conspiracy among Muslims to convert Jews and turn American society into an Islamic Sharia state, there’s a pair of Brighton Beach pastors they may be more concerned about.* The Hope of
Courtesy of GothamistGothamist dug up 14 old Life Magazine photos of Brooklyn from 1943 [http://gothamist.com/2010/06/30/flashback_brooklyn_1943.php?gallery0Pic=14#gallery] . Among them was this shot of Sheepshead Bay. It makes me long for an irregular shaped watefront, naturally-hemmed, instead of our cold, sterile
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NYC Department of Health has confirmed that no qualified educational or teacher director was on site at Royal Crown Day Care during any of the agency’s twelve inspections, dating back as far as December 2009. A qualified educational director is a requirement for operating a day care center in
Photo by Eric Z.Bikers, joggers and walkers hoping to enjoy the Plumb Beach bike path are facing yet another obstacle: a massive tree fell and is blocking the path just east of the parking lot. This is, of course, just a few dozen feet away from where the path
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Representatives of several community groups testified in front of Community Board 15 about their concerns to a proposed private marina development in Sheepshead Bay [/board-to-tackle-breakers-controversial-marina-project/]. The board unanimously agreed to send a letter of objection to relevant agencies urging further study. The marina will be part of The Breakers, a
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From News 12: > Police: 7-year-old allegedly sexually assaulted > (06/29/10) SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Emergency officials say they responded to reports of a seven-year-old girl sexually assaulted inside a Sheepshead Bay park this evening. > A family friend tells News 12 Brooklyn that kids ranging from ages four to
Walmart’s best opportunity for a Brooklyn location is still the soon-to-be-built Gateway II development. [/brooklyn-walmart-gateway-shoppin/] But one lawmaker said he’s got the developer’s word that Walmart won’t be considered. City Councilman Charles Barron, whose district covers the proposed Gateway II shopping center, said he extracted a
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Photo courtesy of Vladimir K. via FlickrThe photo above shows the backside of La Mer Villas, a development that several years ago attempted to build a private marina. Local concerns stopped the plan in its tracks. At the time, civic groups and the community board were concerned construction would lead
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NYPD photo of Snyder // Courtesy of SILive.comA reader sent me the following message last week: > My sister, her friend my next door neighbor and me all had a strange thing happen. Last Saturday (6/19) a man knocked on my apartment door, claimed to live down the hall