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PARK SLOPE/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A pattern of robberies hit the Brooklyn subway in December. A group of four suspects is targetting newsstands in Brooklyn subway stations for money and candy, cops said. Two newsstands were hit in the last few weeks. The first incident happened on Monday, December 16, around
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DOWNTOWN – A subway slashing at the Nevins Street station sent a man to the hospital after a verbal altercation turned violent. On Wednesday, November 14, two men were arguing on a northbound 2 train around 11:30 pm. As the train pulled into the station, the suspect pulled out a
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Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum (IRT Eastern Parkway Line [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastern_Parkway_%E2%80%93_Brooklyn_Museum_(IRT_Eastern_Parkway_Line)] )PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum station, on the 2 and 3 lines, is getting a long-awaited station upgrade, making the station ADA compliant,
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WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the suspect who assaulted two men in a homophobic, anti-gay attack over the weekend. Police said the attack occurred near the intersection of Union and Metropolitan Avenues, just before 1:00 am on Sunday, September 23. The suspect approached two men, ages 29 and 34,
Central Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN – A woman stole a credit card on a southbound 2 train earlier this month, then turned right around and headed for Madison Avenue! Police said the victim, a 57-year-old woman, first noticed her wallet was missing from her purse while aboard the 2 train at Borough Hall station, around
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Two men shot at each other and missed—but struck a bystander instead. Now, police are trying to track them down. The shooting took place in Crown Heights, near the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and St. John’s Place, around 10:45 pm on Tuesday, August 28, police
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PARK SLOPE – City Employee Nilsa J. Lopez, an off-duty School Safety Agent, was arrested for assault in Park Slope at 8:00 pm on Friday, November 17. The 50-year old was at Rachel’s Taqueria on 5th Ave when she—along with John Lopez, 67 and Arianna Lopez, 17—attacked
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BROOKLYN – A “rail condition” at the 50th Street MTA station caused extensive delays to the 1, 2, and 3 trains that rippled out to delay service on the 4 and 5, yet again inconveniencing countless Brooklyn commuters during this morning’s rush-hour. > Left my apartment in Brooklyn Heights at
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A drenching by Superstorm Sandy forced repairs that the MTA is just starting. (Photo by Mitchell Trinka)Next spring the MTA will shut down weekend service on the 2 and 3 train between Manhattan and Brooklyn for Superstorm Sandy-related repairs, affecting approximately 205,000 riders. The Clark Street Tube, which
Central Brooklyn
Photo by johnpmcd [http://websta.me/p/1035932249465744256_21039537]The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for two cell phone thefts last month. In both cases, women were robbed as they held their phones while sitting on the subway. Both thefts occurred on
Central Brooklyn
via NYPDThe police are looking for a suspect wanted for swiping an iPhone on the subway early last week. The incident took place on a southbound 2 train stopped at the Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College station on Sunday December 27 around 5:45pm. The man grabbed an iPhone 6S out of
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The Straphanger’s Campaign rated the B line as the worst in New York City’s subway system — tied for the bottom slot with the 5 line — in their annual State of the Subways Report Card [http://www.straphangers.org/statesub15/].The performance of subways in our neighborhood varied significantly,
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Photo courtesy NYPDPolice are looking for two men wanted in connection to an attempted robbery on a 2 train in February. Police say the 39-year-old male victim boarded a northbound 2 train at the Atlantic Avenue/Barclays Center stop at 11:15am on Wednesday, February 25, and at the Central
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Below you’ll find weekend subway service changes in Brooklyn for the A, C, G, B, Q, D, N, R, 2, 3, 4, and 5 lines, plus the Franklin Avenue shuttle and some notes on changes in other boroughs. Check back Monday to see what’s happening next week. Changes
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Below you’ll find early week subway service changes for the A, C, G, B, Q, D, N, R, 2, 3, 4, and 5 lines in Brooklyn, plus the Franklin Avenue shuttle. Check back Thursday to see what’s happening this weekend. Changes via MTA.info [http://www.mta.info/
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Below you’ll find weekend subway service changes in Brooklyn for the A, C, G, B, Q, D, N, R, 2, 3, 4, and 5 lines, plus the Franklin Avenue shuttle and some notes on changes in other boroughs. Check back Monday to see what’s happening next week. Changes