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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBATH BEACH – The mother who was in critical condition after being struck by a driver while crossing the street last week with her son, has died. On Tuesday, October 29 at around 6:30 p.m. 49-year-old Gilberta Hernandez was crossing Bay Parkway from the east side
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — On Friday night packed with anger and emotion, over 1,000 people marched and protested against police brutality and the crackdown on MTA’s fare evasion. The large protest at One MetroTech Center was in response to the videos of black teenagers being punched in
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Kayla and Steven Small.EAST NEW YORK – Two siblings have been reported missing from their home over the weekend. 12-year-old Kayla and her 14-year-old brother Steven Small were last seen in their home on Louisiana Avenue between Linden Boulevard and Dewitt Avenue on Saturday, November 2 at 11:30 a.
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MIDWOOD – A 54-year-old man was stabbed to death over the weekend in Midwood. On Sunday, November 3 at around 10:19 a.m., Ramon Marrero was found unconscious and unresponsive with stab wounds to his torso inside 1306 Ocean Avenue (by Avenue H). The man was taken to Kings County
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BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A 27-year-old motorcyclist is dead after a driver making a left turn crashed into him. On Saturday, November 2 at around 11:18 p.m., a person driving a grey 2016 Honda Odyssey was traveling southbound on Tompkins Avenue. As the driver was attempting to make a left
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Scene of the crime. (Photo: Loudlabs)WILLIAMSBURG – A 25-year-old man was shot to death over the weekend at Williamsburg Houses. On Saturday, November 2 at around 12:24 a.m., 25-year-old Justin Rolon was found unconscious and unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the torso in front of 218 Maujer Street.
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Flowers and a bike from a memorial in July. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – The elderly cyclist that was in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle last week has died from his injuries. He is the 26th cyclist in NYC this year to have been killed. On Wednesday,
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BENSONHURST — A Verizon minivan crashed into the back of an MTA bus yesterday morning and both drivers were taken to the hospital for injuries. At around 9:30 a.m. on Halloween, a B6 bus was at a red light on 74th Street and Bay Parkway. All of a sudden,
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BUSHWICK – A 41-year-old man was shot to death last night and cops are still searching for the suspect. Yesterday, October 31, at around 9 p.m., Naim Moore, a Canarsie resident, was found with a gunshot wound to the head on Eldert Street near Wilson Avenue. Cops said they found
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Clyde Johnson.FORT GREENE – He was supposed to help them, instead he groped them. Clyde Johnson, 56, had been working at the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) as a community coordinator and housing specialist since July of 2015. Today he was convicted of forcibly touching and sexually abusing three residents
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SUNSET PARK – Cops are searching for a man that inappropriately touched a 14-year-old girl last weekend. On Sunday, October 20 at around 2 a.m., a girl was walking with her family on Fifth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets. Then, an unknown man walked past her and grabbed her
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A white man shouted the n-word and then proceeded to spit at an MTA bus driver last night after allegedly getting upset when the driver told him to pay his fare. The incident took place on Tuesday, October 29 at around 8:30 p.m. on the B68 headed toward