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The victim of a slashing last Thursday morning on Beverley Road [/blog/crime/woman-slashed-this-morning/] spoke to CBS 2 News about her ordeal. The 53-year-old woman, Janinna Popko, who was slashed across the throat and required 13 stitches, told CBS 2 News that she had never seen her assailant before. The
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“Prospect Park Tree — After Sandy,” mixed media artwork by Kathy Levine.This week in Ditmas Park, our community reeled from several violent assaults. A 53-year-old woman was slashed Thursday morning on Beverley Road [/blog/crime/woman-slashed-this-morning/]; her attacker was caught on surveillance video fleeing the scene. [/blog/crime/video-released-of-suspect-in-todays-beverley-road-slashing/]The
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Ramona Evans, age 15.The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating a teenage girl reported missing on Wednesday, March 9th from the confines of the 70th Precinct. The girl’s name is Ramona Evans. She is 15-years-old and lives on East 17th Street. Ramona was last
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Some of the champion members of the PS 139 Chess Ninjas. (Photo: Ellen Wong)With your help, Ditmas Park’s gladiators of the chessboard from PS 139 [http://ps139.org] will take this year’s national championship by storm. Parents and other fans have organized an April 7th fundraiser to
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Mimi’s Hummus on Cortelyou Road. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Ditmas Park favorite Mimi’s Hummus received high praise from the NewYork Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/dining/hungry-city-mimis-hummus-14th-street.html?smid=tw-nytfood&smtyp=cur&_r=0] this week for one of its two Manhattan offshoots.
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https://youtu.be/pZnP_eabO10 The individual who stabbed a teenage boy on Argyle Road [/blog/news/argyle-road/] last Sunday night may know the ex-girlfriend of the victim, police sources say. A 14-year-old boy, who was stabbed near 303 Argyle Road last Sunday night around 10pm, may have been targeted
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/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/726-16-70-pct-Assault-3-10-16.mp4[Editor’s note: We clarified the text below to indicate that there is no leading theory as to the motive of the attacker in this case. 3/11/16; 12pm] Cops have released video footage of the suspect wanted in the slashing of a
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerIf you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/events/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] or email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com. Eat & Shop Your Heart
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Block of Cortelyou Road, just east of Flatbush Avenue, where Avon Simmons shot and killed Prinso Ulysse in broad daylight in 2014. (Photo: Google Maps)A Flatbush gang member has been sentenced for fatally shooting a rival in the head in broad daylight just east of Flatbush Avenue. Brooklyn District
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The south side of the intersection of Beverley and Rugby Roads. (Photo: Google Maps)A woman was attacked while walking near the corner of Beverley and Rugby Roads this morning, the NYPD said. A neighbor reported that the victim was walking on the south side of Beverley, between Argyle and
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Intersection at Beverley and Westminster Roads where a car break-in occurred late Tuesday night. (Photo: Google Maps)A car parked near the corner of Beverley and Westminster Roads (south side of Beverley) had its driver’s-side window bashed in late Tuesday night, police said. Curiously, nothing was removed from the
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Photo: Nick Solari. Courtesy: Wikimedia CommonsYour neighbors’ political views may surprise you — or maybe not! An interesting new dataset [https://www.renthop.com/study/new-york-city-ny/new-york-donors.html] has just been released by Renthop [https://www.renthop.com], which looks at contributions to presidential candidates — by zip