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18th Avenue and 65th Street (Source: Google Maps)A 59-year-old man was hit by a car early Sunday morning, leaving him seriously injured. The accident happened as the man was crossing 65th Street at 18th Avenue at approximately 6:20am. The car, a pickup truck, whipped around the corner and
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A photo of Kurbonova, distributed by the family.Tragedy hit a Mapleton family on Saturday after a 2-year-old girl was found drowned in Prospect Park Lake following a five-hour search for the child. NYPD scuba divers pulled the unconscious and unresponsive body of Ruhshona Kurbonova out of the algae-filled water
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The murder scene.Murder! Mayhem! Magnolias! A brazen criminal is on a rampage near Dahill Road, beheading the carefully tended tulips of neighbor Diane Pagen and leaving the disembodied buds as a demoralizing force to future blooms. Pagen emailed us about the tragic killing spree, which now spans two spring
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The pickup truck used in the flashing spree (Source: NYPD)Cops have arrested a Sea Gate man for exposing himself to several young girls in Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay within the last two weeks. The story first made headlines last week, when cops revealed they were hunting a man
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Food, song and dance are coming to Leif Ericson Park (65-67 Street, 8th Avenue) as part of the 3rd annual China Day Cultural Sports Week and 11th annual Autumn Moon Festival and Children’s Lantern Parade. The event is taking place on Sunday, September 15, between 11:30 a.m.
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Maimonides Medical CenterA 3-year-old boy died of mysterious causes after being dropped off at a child day care center in Bensonhurst. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/boy-dies-child-care-brooklyn-article-1.1392240] that Andy Li lost consciousness before being rushed to Maimonides Hospital. After Li’s
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Source: FacebookPizza Daddy will soon class up the bustling 65th Street and Bay Parkway intersection with a new enclosed sidewalk seating area, after gaining Community Board 11’s approval at the January 10 meeting. Before a crowd of 50 or so, the Board discussed Pizza Daddy (6422 Bay Parkway)’s
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Firefighters and other emergency responders are at the scene of a two-alarm fire has broken out at 6507 18th Avenue, off 65th Street, according to radio reports. The fire broke out shortly before 9:00 a.m. and ripped through the first and second floors of the building, leading to