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Marisa Tomei hangin’ out with her high school buddies (Source: Murrow High School yearbook)Edward R. Murrow High School (1600 Avenue L) will celebrate 40 years in the community this Saturday, when more than 700 former students and their families will return to the school grounds. Opened under the visionary
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BaslanMidwood resident Bebars Baslan was sentenced [http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2015/brooklyn-man-sentenced-to-36-years-for-attempting-to-drug-and-sexually-abuse-children] to 36 years in prison and lifetime supervision after authorities busted him and his girlfriend in a scheme to drug and sexually abuse three children [/midwood-couple-busted-for-scheme-to-start-baby-sitting-service-molest-kids-as-young-as-2-months-old/] , including a three-month-old infant. Baslan, 37, was arrest
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Photo By Erica ShermanEdward R. Murrow High School at 1600 Avenue L in Midwood has been under a full lock down since approximately 12:30pm after at least one unauthorized person gained entry to the building, Sheepshead Bites has learned. [Update (2:49pm): The lock down has been lifted.] Teachers
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Rendering of the proposed development. (Source: CPEX Retail Leasing)An enormous commercial development slated for Coney Island Avenue in Midwood is facing opposition for its proposal to cut out 74 required parking spaces, but its backers say it’s moving forward regardless. The construction site at 1504 Coney Island Avenue,
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I wonder if I can slide down the banister and land in the fountain. That, my friend, is the ultimately selling point.While most of our area’s home sales come in shy of the million-dollar mark, it’s not all that unusual to see listings that exceed it – sometimes
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Avenue L and East 5th Street, where the woman was attacked. (Source: Google Maps)Back in November we reported [/midwood-woman-78-victim-of-knockout-attack-local-pols-offering-reward/] that a 78-year-old Midwood woman was punched in the head on Avenue L and East 5th Street by a teenager playing a “knockout” game. The police have arrested a suspect
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One of the suspects pictured. (Source: CBS via the NYPD)Cops are looking for a couple of criminals who stuck up a livery cab in Midwood on Saturday morning. CBS NY is reporting that one of the suspects threatened the driver with a knife while the other pushed the driver’
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BaslanAuthorities busted a Midwood couple [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-sicko-plotted-setup-cover-baby-sitting-biz-sexually-abuse-kids-article-1.1294718] Tuesday, claiming the duo was scheming to sexually abuse three children – one as young as two months old – at a Jersey City hotel. Bebars Baslan, 35, and Kirsten Henry, 25, were nabbed at the hotel where they had
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Scanner reports indicate that a driver in Midwood lost control of his car, swerved into a construction site, and plummeted 40 feet into a hole this morning. Early reports indicate the accident occurred at approximately 9:45 a.m., at Coney Island Avenue and Avenue L. Initial reports said that
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Photo by Erica ShermanHundreds crammed a Midwood street on Thursday to witness the renaming of East 17 [/street-to-be-renamed-in-memory-of-murrow-visionary-saul-bruckner/] thStreet and Avenue L as “Saul Bruckner Way,” in memory of the beloved founding principal of Edward R. Murrow High School. The uncontained crowd, not only wanting to be a part of