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Jul
30

Lisyanskiy Calling For More Traffic Signals To Help Reduce Accidents

86th Street and Bay 36th Street (Source: Google Maps)Citing a recent hit-and-run accident, City Council candidate John Lisyanskiy is
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Jul
30

WNYC: Weiner’s Support Is Flagging, Even In Good Ol’ Sheepshead Bay

The days appear to be numbered for mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. WNYC is reporting [http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/
2 min read
Jul
29

Petr Murmylyuk Now Pleads Guilty To Ripping Off $1 Million In Online Stock Fraud

Source: wmfawmfa/FlickrPetr Murmylyuk,  a.k.a. Dmitry Tokar, who we’ve written about before for engaging in a conspiracy
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Jul
29

Coney Island History Project Remembers The Astrotower In New Video Montage

The Astrotower may be nothing more than a 5-foot stump [/astrotower-demolished/] , but Coney Island lovers will forever remember it as
1 min read
Jul
29

Liberty Natural Gas Looking To Build Fuel Port Outside New York Harbor

Source: Clean Ocean Action via the Queens ChronicleLocal environmentalists were outraged at Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed plan to place
3 min read
Jul
29

Baby Rescued After Fall From Window On 18th Avenue

Computer Tenda Tech on 18th Avenue, where the child was rescued (Source: Google Maps)Panic struck residents walking along 18th
2 min read
Jul
29

Pedestrian Hospitalized After Being Hit By Car On Nostrand Avenue

Nostrand Ave and Ave W. (Source: Google Maps)I get it. New York City is a massive place with millions
2 min read
Jul
26

Midwood Local Strikes It Rich With $5 Million Lotto Win, All Grapes Suddenly Sour Across Southern Brooklyn

Mmm…Money (Source: aresauburn via flickr)A Midwood man scratched his way to millions of dollars at an Avenue U
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Jul
26

Gentile Works Out Deal To Get More Garbage Pickups, Quaglione Sees Effort As Purely Political

GarbageCouncilman Vincent Gentile announced a deal with the Department of Sanitation that brings back second basket garbage pickups 4-days a
2 min read
Jul
26

Man Who Stopped Maksim Gelman Learns Cops Aren’t Obligated To Protect People From Being Stabbed

Maksim GelmanPoor Joseph Lozito. If you don’t remember, Lozito was the man who heroically stopped Maksim Gelman, the murderous,
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