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An interracial couple was verbally and physically attacked near Sheepshead Bay on Saturday. The bigoted assailants hurled slurs before throwing punches at the boyfriend, according to a criminal complaint. The 38-year-old woman and her boyfriend were walking on East 17th Street and Avenue R just before 6am on Saturday, July
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Photos via Muslims Giving BackPolice are investigating an assault outside of a Sunset Park mosque early this morning, but say they are not treating the incident as a hate crime. The 17-year-olds were badly beaten outside of Muslim Community Center of Brooklyn [http://www.yelp.com/biz/jamiah-masjid-brooklyn] (5224 3rd
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Image via DCPI.Remember: a baseball bat is more dangerous than your average “toy.” One of them was used in the beating of a 19-year-old man on Monument Walk at the Ingersoll Houses this past Monday, March 7, at around 10:25pm, according to cops. Police stated that the teen
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A large brawl among high school students yielded multiple injuries on Monday, September 21, when a fight broke out near 139 Flatbush Avenue, across the street from Barclays Center [http://www.barclayscenter.com/]. Gothamist reports [http://gothamist.com/2015/09/22/teen_stab_barclays.php#photo-1] that at roughly 3:
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Photo by Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn Borough President’s OfficeUpdated Saturday, March 14, 3:39pm: Four of the six girls accused of participating in the horrific attack at a Flatbush Avenue McDonald’s are in police custody, and a fifth teen turned herself in to the NYPD today for questioning, CBS
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Two neighboring restaurants on DeKalb Avenue were burglarized during the night of March 19. A worker at Hot Chix, 110 DeKalb Avenue, said he found the register was broken and $400 in cash was missing. He said the rear door was unlocked when he came in at 8 a.m.
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Clinton Hill is kicking up the fall heat with a Habanero Festival at a garden at the corner of Waverly and Myrtle Avenues. Neighbors are asked to bring their favorite pepper-infused dishes to share. (Photo by Virginia Parrott)Looking for something to spice up your weekend? Maybe an end-of-season Habanero