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Photo via NYPD.SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police need help searching for a woman who went missing earlier this month. She’s gone missing two times before. 25-year-old Sarah Dupre was last seen inside of her home at on East 18 Street at about 5:30 p.m. on February 9. She
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* Lucy Kalantari who frequently plays at Lark/Elk cafes won a Grammy [https://www.lucykalantari.com/home/blog/we-won-a-grammy-whaaaa] for her amazing children’s album All The Sounds with The Jazz Cats. It will brighten your day no matter your age. Hat tip – Avi G. Ditmas Park/Windsor Terrace * A
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The Ocean Queen Rockstar, a 350-passenger ferry and the latest addition to the NYC fleet (Via NYC EDC)CONEY ISLAND — City Councilman Mark Treyger wants ferry service fares reduced for students enrolled in New York City schools. Treyger, who chairs the council’s Committee on Education, will introduce the bill
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – After putting staff members through hazardous conditions, 54 years after it opened, Brooklyn College’s beloved Television Center was forced to “temporarily” shut down at the end of this summer for what looks like 7 years of renovations. “We helped the students by teaching them and
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Espinal and Rodríguez. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – Candidates for the February 26 Public Advocate special election have been spending their days in debates [https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/02/06/nyc-public-advocate-debate-] , one-on-one series, and just yesterday, a forum by City University of New York (CUNY) students.
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BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A shooting last night turned deadly, injuring three and killing one. Police are treating it as a homicide. On Wednesday, February 6 at about 10:26 p.m., a shooting took place in the lobby of 1778 Fulton Street. When cops arrived, they found a 20-year-old man shot
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616 Brighton Beach Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)BRIGHTON BEACH – A fight that turned deadly and a 52-year-old man died after being pushed down the stairs of his home by a family member. On February 3rd at 2:27 a.m., cops were called to the Brighton Beach apartment for
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Layoffs have been sweeping the borough and based on filings from the Department of Labor, there are many more to come. According to DOL filings [https://labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=6680], we found that 112 employees at Metropolitan Jewish Home Care [https://www.mjhs.org/], Inc.
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PARK SLOPE – The Park Slope United Methodist Church [https://www.parkslopeumc.net/events] will host its 26th annual book sale from Thursday, February 21 through Sunday, February 24. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/353662298559916/]Each year, more than 10,000 new or gently-used books are sold during the
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Ilhan Omar. (Photo: Ala’a Assamawy/YAMA)SUNSET PARK – America’s first hijab-wearing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was the keynote speaker at the first annual Yemeni American Merchants Association (YAMA) [https://www.yamausa.org/] Gala on Saturday, February 2. [/thousands-yemeni-americans-supporters-rally-trumps-muslim-ban/] She spoke of not giving up, the Muslim Ban, and what
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193 Sullivan Pl. (Renderings: Reside New York)CROWN HEIGHTS — Affordable Housing Lottery is now open for four apartments at 195 Sullivan Pl. in Crown Heights. The four-story, roughly 15,000 sq. ft. building located between Ludlam Place and Rogers Avenue has 19 units, four of which are listed as affordable
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Photo via Google Maps.BUSHWICK – A teenager was shot and killed last weekend outside his home. On January 26 at about 8:50 p.m., according to cops, one of the two suspects shot the victim once in the chest at Bushwick Avenue and Weirfield Street, while the other suspect