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Two Women Struck by Train at Broadway Junction, One Dead

The A train yesterday. (Photo via Loudlabs)CYPRESS HILLS — Two women were struck by a train. One died and the other is injured. According to witnesses, they were intoxicated. On Sunday, December 8 at around 12:20 a.m., two young women ages 23 and 24, walked out of a

Announcements

Off-Duty Train Conductor Assaulted A Homeless Woman On The Train

Photo via Flickr Creative Commons/mstearne.DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – An off-duty train conductor was arrested after punching a woman on the subway over the weekend. On February 23 at around 2 a.m., 44-year-old Twain Glover was on the Manhattan-bound A Train coming to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station. The Daily News reported

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Friday Crime Blotter: “Hangry” Man in East Williamsburg Deli, Hit-and-Run in Carroll Gardens & More

DOWNTOWN – A 14-year-old boy was robbed while changing trains in the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station last week and police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down the culprit. The robbery occurred around 10:40 am on Thursday, November 29, police said. The victim was transferring from the A

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Weekend Crime Blotter: Statues Smashed at Williamsburg Church, Cuffed Con Escape Cops in Brownsville & More

WILLIAMSBURG – A Williamsburg church was vandalized in the early hours of Sunday, December 2, police confirmed. The suspect allegedly urinated on two angel statues outside the Our Lady of Consolation Roman Catholic Church, at 184 Metropolitan Avenue, before pushing them over, where they smashed on the ground. Police said the

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Weekend Crime Blotter: A Serial Sprayer on Brownsville Buses, Shots Fired in a Crown Heights Robbery & More

CROWN HEIGHTS – After a fight at the Farmer’s Market in Crown Heights last week, police are on the lookout for two men who assaulted an employee. The incident occurred on Friday, August 24, around 11:00 pm, police said, at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue. Two

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Wednesday Crime Blotter: Express Beating on the Late Night Subway, Bringing a Gun to a Sneaker Sale & More

WILLIAMSBURG – A man pretending to have a gun robbed a chicken spot on Broadway over the weekend—now, police are looking for help tracking him down. Around 10:30 am on Sunday, August 12, the suspect entered the Chicken Express at 582 Broadway, near Lorimer, said police. With his hand

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Weekend Crime Blotter: Dramatic Open-Water Rescue, A Big Bank-Robbery Score & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BOERUM HILL – Can I speak to your manager? That’s what a bank robber asked a Chase Bank teller before robbing the place on Friday. The bank robbery took place around 5:45 on Friday, June 29, at the Chase Bank on 192 Smith Street in Boerum

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Wednesday Crime Blotter: Multiple Shooting Assaults, Bed-Stuy Burglars Charge Stolen Credit Cards & More

CONEY ISLAND – A New York firefighter was arrested last night at his home in Coney Island, said police. Nelson Merizalde, 43, an off-duty FDNY firefighter was arrested last night around 11:40 pm, said police. Merizalde was charged with assault after allegedly throwing his girlfriend to the floor during an

Downtown Brooklyn

Weekend Crime Blotter: A Stun-Gun Wielding Burglar, A Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect & More

SUNSET PARK – After a horrifying knife assault that severed a woman’s arm and two of her fingers in Sunset Park [/friday-crime-blotter-14/] last week, police have arrested the alleged perpetrator. Yong Lu, 35, was arrested yesterday on Sunday, June 24, said police. Lu was charged with attempted murder, two counts

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Here Are Your Weekend Subway Changes

Awaiting the F Train. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)TGIF and you know what that means? Subway changes! Here’s what’s happening this weekend, so plan your commute! Due to construction, M train shuttle buses will now be running from Willoughby Ave (Eastbound) and Hart St. (Eastbound) from 6 AM

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Man Charged With Hate Crimes For Shouting Homophobic Slurs And Pulling Knife On Subway Rider

A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)BED-STUY – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Wednesday that a 72-year-old man has been indicted on charges of menacing as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon, and other offenses for allegedly yelling homophobic slurs at a passenger on

North Western Brooklyn

Man Found Dead On ‘A’ Train

Jay Street subway station (Photo by u_bahn_berlin via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR1q0WghnXf/?taken-at=129192017520317])The NYPD report that they found the body of a dead 57-year-old man on a northbound A train this morning at the Jay Street subway station. Police arrived on the scene

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Dead Man Found On “A” Train At Jay Street/MetroTech

Photo by u_bahn_berlin via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR1q0WghnXf/] Police discovered the body of a 24-year-old man on a subway car Friday evening. Passengers alerted officers to an unconscious male on board a southbound “A” train at the Jay Street/MetroTech station at approximately 8:30pm

News

Fort Greene Commuter Allegedly Threatens To Shoot MTA Worker Over Service Delay

(Photo via ipohmotormouth/ instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNZM5vrhufH/?taken-at=256653626&hl=en])A chaotic subway commute last Monday morning frustrated many a rider after bitterly cold temperatures caused ice-clogged drains to flood water onto the tracks [http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2017/01/9/heavy-mta-transit-delays-.html]

Police & Fire

Drunk Santa Survives Clinton Hill Subway Plunge

Photo via wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton%E2%80%93Washington_Avenues_(IND_Crosstown_Line)] A drunken straphanger wearing a Santa hat narrowly avoided being run over by a subway an hour after Christmas Day. Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-man-santa-hat-survives-run-subway-train-article-1.2924635] reported that it was

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Police Say This Middle-Aged Man Punched A Random Woman In The Head On The A Train

Image via NYPD.This man is wanted for punching a random women on the Manhattan-bound A train as it sat at the Jay Street station a few days before Thanksgiving, and now police are hoping that someone will recognize him so he can be stopped before hurting someone else. Image

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B And 5 Lines Rank As Worst In The Subway System; A, C, And G Have Their Pros And Cons

Photo by kittymckinley [http://instagram.com/p/yZrkD7jI9t/?modal=true]The Straphanger’s Campaign [http://www.straphangers.org] 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

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Police Seek Suspect In A-Train Lewdness Near Jay Street Station

Image via NYPD.The man seen here is wanted by police for allegedly masturbating in front of a woman on the A train near the Jay Street station during morning rush hour this past Friday, June 19. The suspect, described as a black male in his mid-twenties, fled the train

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No 4 Trains Between Brooklyn & Manhattan, Plus More Subway Service Changes This Weekend

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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The A Goes Express, The N/Q/R Gets FasTracked & More Subway Service Changes

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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This Weekend’s Subway Service Changes

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