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(Photo via Nicole Johnson [https://twitter.com/nikreport/status/806587202662756353] / twitter)Yesterday, two children were killed after a radiator valve apparently burst and shot steam into the room where they were taking a midday nap. The Bronx building shares an owner with 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/?s=2010+newkirk+avenue], a
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Community support is pouring in via a fundraiser [https://www.gofundme.com/anthonynazaire] to help cover funeral costs for Anthony Nazaire, a 19-year-old Flatbush resident who was stabbed to death on the Cornell University campus last week [/blog/crime/community-mourns-flatbush-teen-stabbed-death-cornell-university/]. Nazaire’s mother, Katia Toussaint,
Central Brooklyn
Collapsed ceiling at apartment 2D, 2010 Newkirk Avenue. (Photo: Altagrace Aime)A Ditmas Park building, whose owner has been on Public Advocate Letitia James’ “Worst Landlord” list [http://gothamist.com/2015/11/25/worst_landlords_nyc_2015.php], was the scene of another emergency last night as FDNY emergency crews
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Collapsed ceiling at apartment 2D, 2010 Newkirk Avenue. (Photo: Altagrace Aime)A Ditmas Park building, whose owner has been on Public Advocate Letitia James’ “Worst Landlord” list [http://gothamist.com/2015/11/25/worst_landlords_nyc_2015.php], was the scene of another emergency last night as FDNY emergency crews
Central Brooklyn
2010 Newkirk Avenue, after a March, 2015 fire. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner) Justice may finally be coming for the long-suffering tenants of a building in our area. Legal Services NYC’s Brooklyn program [http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=
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2010 Newkirk Avenue, after a March, 2015 fire. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner) Justice may finally be coming for the long-suffering tenants of a building in our area. Legal Services NYC’s Brooklyn program [http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=
2010 Newkirk Avenue
Neighbors at 2010 Newkirk Avenue met with Councilman Mathieu Eugene last week about a litany of problems in their building. Photo courtesy Flatbush Tenant CoalitionFollowing a tour of an apartment building at 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/?s=%222010+Newkirk+Avenue%22], where a fire just left a family homeless [/blog/news/
2010 Newkirk Avenue
Ovando Darty points to his apartment’s wall that, for months, has felt hot. Standing in the room that, just hours ago, was his kitchen, Ovando Darty looked around his apartment, his eyes moving from the piles of shattered glass littering the floor to the charred dining room table perched
2010 Newkirk Avenue
Raising a clenched fist, Public Advocate Letitia James stood amongst Newkirk Avenue tenants who, for years, have lived in a building plagued by cracked and collapsed ceilings, mold, rodents, and bugs, and yelled, “We need action!” “We’ll contact the mayor’s administration and let them know 2010 Newkirk Avenue