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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Police need help searching for two individuals who allegedly robbed a man last month. On December 14, two men approached a 52-year-old man inside a building on Ocean Avenue and Church Avenue. One of the men pointed a handgun while the other searched the victim. They
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A ghost bike to commemorate the death of a cyclistEAST NEW YORK – The first week of January closed with the death of another bicyclist in Brooklyn. On Friday, January 4 at 3:55 am 41-year-old Hector Ayala Jr. was riding his bike a block from his home at the Louis
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“Don’t bring this check to the bank,” Chaim Deutsch joked. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MARINE PARK – Every year Altice USA [http://alticeusa.com/] (the provider of Optimum and Suddenlink) holds an essay contest. To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the company presents a question in the Fall and asks middle
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – Twelve elected officials and representatives from various organizations stood outside the Lorimer Street L Train subway station yesterday in 46 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour to each repeat the fact that they had more questions than answers about Governor Cuomo’s new plan that they all
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CONEY ISLAND – A person was shot inside a NYCHA building this morning and police are still searching for the suspects. According to the cops, a 49-year-old man was shot once in the leg after a dispute at 2970 West 27th Street at 2:30 a.m. He was taken to
Animals
The Williamsburg Bridge. (Photo: Paul Stremple)WILLIAMSBURG – Trains were delayed for over two hours last night after a dog was found roaming the subway tracks over the Williamsburg Bridge. At approximately 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night, the MTA tweeted “Metropolitan Av-bound M trains and Jamaica-bound J trains are running
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Here’s how the street signs would look like. (Photo via PAYO)DITMAS PARK – The Coney Island Avenue strip between Avenues C and H, also known as “Little Pakistan,” will be co-named “Muhammad Ali Jinnah Way,” after the founder of Pakistan. “This is a really great achievement of the Pakistani-American
Central Brooklyn
Nowshin Ali. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DITMAS PARK – Nowshin Ali came to live in the United States five years ago with her son. Things weren’t going well for her in India, so she left everything behind to start a new life in Brooklyn. In these five years, she has
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Yesterday, Dec. 26, marked the first day of Kwanzaa, a holiday created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966. The celebration lasts a week (ending January 1) and honors the African heritage. At the end of the week, there is a big feast with plenty of gifts. > As families celebrate
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Photo by Donny Levit / Bklyner.PARK SLOPE – Legionella bacteria was found during a Department of Health inspection in the water system at the New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. “The water supply of many large buildings and hospitals often contains small amounts of Legionella bacteria, and most people who are exposed
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMANHATTAN BEACH – The cold, rainy day was not enough to stop the co-naming street sign ceremony honoring the late rabbi, Dr. Eli B. Greenwald. “There’s not a more fitting tribute than to name a street sign after him,” president of Ohel David and Shlomo Synagogue Albert
Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN COLLEGE – Two months ago, Brooklyn College Professor Mitchell Langbert posted something on his blog [http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2018/09/kavanaugh.html]. He wrote, “If someone did not commit sexual assault in high school, then he is not a member of the male sex.” He later said it was