Animals
Have you seen this black and white cat roaming the streets? Neighbor Diana J. writes: > Star is white with a solid black back, black ears, and a black “beard.” She is missing the tip of her left ear. She is a shy community cat and will keep her distance
Police & Fire
Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanA suspect has been charged in the attack on two Muslin teens [/police-fire/two-teens-assaulted-outside-sunset-park-mosque/] outside a Sunset Park mosque over Independence Day weekend, according to police. Sunset Park resident Christopher Vallaro, 31, surrendered to the NYPD’s 72nd Precinct on
Police & Fire
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)How should you respond to a suspicious phone call from someone claiming to represent the city’s Superstorm Sandy recovery program? A lieutenant from the Sheepshead Bay station house wanted to offer advice to residents after we reported scammers
Nonsponsored
541-555 4th Avenue. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)A block-long development on 4th Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets [/blog/development-2/south-pet-spa-slope-new-condo-projects-on-4th-and-5th-avenues-add-to-evergrowing-list/] has been sold to new developers. Slate Property
Central Brooklyn
/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1931-16-70-pct-Assault.mp4New NYPD surveillance footage of the gunman in an Independence Day weekend shooting in Flatbush, near the parade grounds, [/blog/crime/2-wounded-flatbush-amidst-string-july-4th-shootings/]shows the suspect firing multiple shots near the heads of pedestrians.
Health
(Image by Axel Taferner / Flickr [http://(www.n0t.net/])A heat wave is expected to grip New York City this week, with temperatures soaring to 90 degrees today and over 94 by Thursday. But — and here’s the kicker — it’s going to feel much hotter. With intense humidity, the
fort greene
There’s been another attack of thieving fashionistas [/blog/2016/06/02/thieving-fashionista-order-9k-barneys-victims-card/] at the Greene Grape Annex [/?s=greene+grape] (753 Fulton Street) and cops are asking for help in finding the two unknown male culprits, police say. The sticky-fingered sartorialists struck
News
Photo via Google MapsCouncilman Mark Treyger and New York City Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been announced today that Amalgamated Warbasse Houses, in Brooklyn’s Coney Island and West Brighton areas, was awarded a $2.4 million HPD grant to help fund the cost of emergency repairs and resiliency
Bensonhurst
Photo via Google MapsCouncilman Mark Treyger and New York City Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been announced today that Amalgamated Warbasse Houses, in Brooklyn’s Coney Island and West Brighton areas, was awarded a $2.4 million HPD grant to help fund the cost of emergency repairs and resiliency
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Brainerd James)Two Ditmas Park musicians have invited a Grammy-nominated violinist to join them in a free concert at Qathra Cafe at 5pm on Sunday, July 10. Saxophonist Roy Nathanson [http://roynathanson.net/] and singer/bassist Tim Kiah [http://timkiah.com/] perform together regularly in Sotto Voce
Education
Photo via CAE [https://www.facebook.com/CAENYC/photos/a.501724924630.275399.247052584630/10153831730009631/?type=3&theater] The recent frightening [/blog/crime/23-year-old-woman-escapes-attempted-rape-near-7th-avenue-cops-release-footage-video/] and disturbingly violent [/blog/crime/updated-new-images-two-persons-of-interest-identified-
Business
A boarded up home in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) City officials are warning homeowners to beware of suspicious phone calls from scammers posing as Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.shtml] representatives. The Department of Investigation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/