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Zainab Iqbal

Zainab Iqbal

Zainab is a staff reporter at Bklyner who sometimes writes poetry in her free time || zainab@bklyner.com
Dec
04
Suspect Charged with Manslaughter 6 Months after Brighton Beach Boardwalk Killing

Suspect Charged with Manslaughter 6 Months after Brighton Beach Boardwalk Killing

Photo via NYPD.BRIGHTON BEACH — Six months after a man died from being punched in the head, a person has
1 min read
Dec
04
New Law Protects NYC Tenants from Slumlords and Unsafe Conditions

New Law Protects NYC Tenants from Slumlords and Unsafe Conditions

Brooklyn building. Photo by Kevin H. via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/16151021@N00/3900940036]There’s a new
2 min read
Dec
03
26-Year-Old Killed in Williamsburg

26-Year-Old Killed in Williamsburg

Jose Zambrano Rodriguez. (Photo via Dignity Memorial)WILLIAMSBURG — A 26-year-old man was assaulted to death a few weeks ago. Cops
1 min read
Dec
03
NYPD Tow Truck Driver Dies While Working, Crashes Truck

NYPD Tow Truck Driver Dies While Working, Crashes Truck

MARINE PARK — An NYPD tow truck driver is dead after suffering a medical episode behind the wheel. On December 2
1 min read
Dec
02
Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run in Cypress Hills

Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run in Cypress Hills

At the scene of the hit-and-run. Photo courtesy of via Loudlabs.CYPRESS HILLS — A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run
1 min read
Dec
02
Fatal Fire in Flatbush Leaves One Dead, Seven Injured

Fatal Fire in Flatbush Leaves One Dead, Seven Injured

FDNY Deputy Chief Michael Grogan. Photo courtesy of Loudlabs.FLATBUSH — One person is dead and seven are injured after a
1 min read
Dec
02
Woman Dragged Between Two Cars in an Attempted Rape in Bensonhurst

Woman Dragged Between Two Cars in an Attempted Rape in Bensonhurst

BENSONHURST — Cops are looking for the man who dragged a woman between two cars and attempted to rape her. On
1 min read
Nov
29
‘What About Us?’ Neighbors Question de Blasio on ‘Affordable’ Housing

‘What About Us?’ Neighbors Question de Blasio on ‘Affordable’ Housing

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBEDFORD STUYVESANT – Homeless activists and VOCAL-NY [http://www.vocal-ny.org/] stood outside a luxury apartment building– which
3 min read
Nov
27
Five Teens Yanked a Yarmulke and a Hat off Two Jewish Boys in Crown Heights

Five Teens Yanked a Yarmulke and a Hat off Two Jewish Boys in Crown Heights

Two Jewish boys in Boro Park. (Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — Cops are looking for five teenage boys that yanked
2 min read
Nov
26
Tenants File Class Action Lawsuit Against a Manhattan Beach Landlord Over Rent

Tenants File Class Action Lawsuit Against a Manhattan Beach Landlord Over Rent

65 Oriental Blvd. (Photo via Google Maps)MANHATTAN BEACH – Tenants have filed a class-action lawsuit against their landlord alleging they
2 min read