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Children led the way during a march for safer streets in Park Slope last night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – A crowd of hundreds gathered in Brooklyn to march for safer streets last night following a rally by local politicians in remembrance of the children killed by a driver last
Central Brooklyn
Mathematicians, cool nerds, and pie lovers unite! Tomorrow, March 14 = 3.14 = Pi Day! You don’t have to know that π = the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter to celebrate. You just need a sweet tooth. Check out our list of Brooklyn shops below offering
News
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)The driver that struck and killed a 50-year old man in East Williamsburg as part of a massive, city-spanning crime spree, was shot and killed by police in Great Neck yesterday morning. The deadly saga began in the South Bronx, around 8:30 pm on Saturday, March
Downtown Brooklyn
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A man driving an SUV crashed into a “bishop’s crook” lamp post on a busy sidewalk yesterday afternoon, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/3/12/bishops-crook-lamp-post-may-have-spared-lives-brooklyn-heights-car-crash] reports. 211 Montague Street via Google MapsThe incident occurred at approximately 1:15pm on Monday, March
North Western Brooklyn
RED HOOK – The NYPD announced last week [http://nypdnews.com/2018/03/cops-grab-large-cache-of-weapons-and-ammo-in-red-hook-final/] that PSA 1 officers recently recovered twelve firearms, six bulletproof vests, a crossbow, and thousands of rounds of ammunition during a search of an apartment on Visitation Place. Via NYPDPolice say the February 24 search was part
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Strolling along Vanderbilt Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Grand Army Plaza, it’s difficult not to notice the many empty, papered-up storefronts dotting the commercial corridor. Here are some we spotted on a recent walk along the eight-block stretch. Let us know if we missed any and what
Central Brooklyn
Every morning in the Intensive Care Unit at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [https://www.tbh.org/], James Gasperino, MD, Chair of Medicine, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for Critical Care, convenes Morning Report. Here, the hospital’s most experienced intensive care physicians gather with every staff member
Bed Stuy
Outside 346 Clifton Place, where a resident was shot and killed over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – A shooting outside of the Armstrong Houses on Clifton Place over the weekend claimed the life of a 24-year old resident, police confirmed today. At 3:30 am on Saturday, March
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – The NYPD has released surveillance video of a man wanted for questioning in connection to a shooting at the Marco Polo Ristorante late last month [/gunman-shoots-exterior-marco-polo-ristorante-sunday-morning/]. The video footage was released by investigators last Friday and shows a man walking near the Marco Polo Ristorante around the time
Bushwick
The job site at 1949 Broadway, where a construction worker was killed over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – A construction worker was crushed to death in an accident at a job site near Broadway Junction in Bushwick over the weekend, police confirmed. The accident took place around 3:
northern brooklyn
Metropolitan and Grand merge and separate as they cross Newtown Creek in East Williamsburg (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST WILLIAMSBURG – Yet another pedestrian was killed by a car in Brooklyn early Monday morning after a deadly hit-and-run at Metropolitan Avenue and Grand Street in East Williamsburg, police confirmed. The 50-year
Announcements
BOERUM HILL – As of last Friday the BPL’s Pacific Library branch [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/pacific] located at 25 4th Avenue (at Pacific Street) closed for several weeks so that renovations and safety improvements can be made to the 114-year-old building. BPL Pacific Library, 25 4th Avenue (Photo: