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Source: Deutsch’s officeFollowing complaints from neighbors that the new Select Bus Service route on Nostrand Avenue, which replaced the B44’s Limited service, left them walking too far for a faster ride, local pols renewed their demand that the MTA add Avenue R as a stop. The pols – Council
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Police are looking to speak to two men described as “Middle Eastern-looking” who locals say were acting suspiciously near two Ocean Parkway synagogues and attempting to take photographs of at least one of them on Saturday. The men approached the front doors of Congregation Bet Yaakob on Ocean Parkway and
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1836 East 29th Street, the scene of the fire. (Source: Google Maps)A fire ripped through a two-story semi-detached house in Marine Park early this morning, killing the 66-year-old homeowner. First responders rushed to the scene of the two-alarm blaze at 1836 East 29th Street at 3:51am today. Firefighters
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Police are now circulating the above photos of the man they believe to be behind a spate of night-time home burglaries in Homecrest [/cops-warn-home-burglary-trend-homecrest-area/]. The image comes after yet another burglary on October 17. At approximately 2:55am, the suspect broke into a home on East 8th Street near Avenue
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Authorities are turning to the public in their search for Ruben Nunez, a 69-year-old man last seen yesterday afternoon on Ocean Avenue and Avenue R. Nunez, who is deaf and mute, and takes medication for hypertension, disappeared sometime after 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. He was last seen wearing
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Source: .v1ctor Casale./FlickrA Marine Park man has been charged with brutally beating his 94-year-old mother, leaving her with serious injuries, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced yesterday. Mark Farrell, 65, allegedly left his mother with fractures and lacerations to her face and skull, and two broken ribs and fingers
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One of Fidler’s elves at last year’s toy drive.Councilman Lewis Fidler’s Democratic Club, the 41st Assembly District Democrats, is putting out the final call for toys as the grand finale party nears on Thursday. Now in its 13th year, the annual toy drive has grown to
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Police are hunting for the three individuals photographed above. All three are wanted in connection to a grand larceny. The theft happened on Friday, November 30, in front of 2214 Avenue R. Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to contact Crime Stoppers. All callers to Crime Stoppers remain
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An East 21st Street home was nearly reduced to ashes after suffering a massive fire Saturday evening that also damaged neighbors’ properties. The blaze ripped through the home at 1926 East 21st Street (near Avenue R) at around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Reader Randy Contello arrived on the
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THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: New beachgoers getting off the bus at Manhattan Beach have been lugging their beach gear down the 600-foot ocean block of Ocean Avenue for 50 years only to discover when they get to the end of the block, both entrances are permanently closed and they then
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This warning sign on Ave R and East 8 St in Gravesend appears to be quite official, but does not indicate any city agency in charge. If it’s a local homeowners association that placed it, there’s no identification as such. I have a few questions about this bold,