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One Year After Her Son’s Murder, A Mother Prays For Answers

Photo via R.I.P. Gerard ‘Geezy’ GrantThis past Sunday at 4:12am, Glenda Martin-Grant will have spent a full year without one of the three sons she raised on her own – and without any answers as to who shot and killed 23-year-old Gerard ‘Geezy’ Grant as he sat with

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Tomorrow: Free “Pre-Labor Day Senior Concert” At Amersfort Park

Local pols are joining forces to host the “Pre-Labor Day Summer Senior Concert” tomorrow, August 27 at Amersfort Park, located on Avenue I between East 38 Street and East 39 Street. The concert will run from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., sponsored by Councilman Jumaane Williams, Assemblywoman Helene

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New Group Seeks To Bring Shomrim Patrols To Gravesend

Source: FSSP via TwitterA new group has launched with the goal of expanding the services of shomrim, or Jewish civilian patrol, into a broad swath of Gravesend. Community Safety & Security (CSS) is an affiliate of the Sephardic Community Federation, and is working on a recruitment drive to bring volunteers

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Greenfield Congratulates NYPD And Misaskim For Recovering Stolen Torah

From the office of Councilman Greenfield: Councilman David G. Greenfield is praising officers from the NYPD’s 66th Precinct and volunteer members of Misaskim for their great work in tracking down a stolen vehicle that contained a Sefer Torah belonging to a member of Congregation Agudath Sholom of Flatbush. The

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Sheepshead Man Killed In Kensington Car Accident

Source: Windsor Terrace PatchNeighbor Salmir Gutic died Monday night after a car collision in Kensington, on East 8th Street and Avenue I. According to a report on the Windsor Terrace Patch, the 34-year-old was making a lefthand turn on westbound Avenue I when a Mercedes Benz on the avenue collided

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MTA Puts Midwood Facility On The Chopping Block

Source: Google MapsIn an effort to offload defunct properties and reduce overhead, the MTA has issued a Request for Proposals from developers to rehabilitate and put to use seven defunct properties around the city – including an old electrical substation in Midwood. Located at 851 East 15th Street, near Avenue I,

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Torched Cars In Midwood May Be Part Of Insurance Scam

Photo Credit: Paul Martinka via New York PostThree cars found torched and scrawled with anti-Semitic graffiti on Ocean Parkway in Midwood last November may be part of an insurance scam, and not a hate crime as the media had originally reported. This morning’s New York Post quotes an anonymous