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Jun
25
Sunday Night Shooting Kills One, Wounds Another in Bed-Stuy

Sunday Night Shooting Kills One, Wounds Another in Bed-Stuy

The corner of Utica Avenue and Fulton Street, where last night’s fatal shooting took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)
1 min read
Jun
25
Weekend Crime Blotter: A Stun-Gun Wielding Burglar, A Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect & More

Weekend Crime Blotter: A Stun-Gun Wielding Burglar, A Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect & More

SUNSET PARK – After a horrifying knife assault that severed a woman’s arm and two of her fingers in Sunset
4 min read
Jun
20
“The World Needs More Heroes” — What An Actual Summer Camp Teaches Kids

“The World Needs More Heroes” — What An Actual Summer Camp Teaches Kids

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPROSPECT PARK – Crystal Bobb-Semple, known as Persephone, is the founder of Camp Half-Blood, [http://camphalfbloodbklyn.com] a
7 min read
Jun
20
Wednesday Crime Blotter: Deadbeat Cop Avoids Child Support Payments, A Bloody Beach Brawl on Coney Island & More

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Deadbeat Cop Avoids Child Support Payments, A Bloody Beach Brawl on Coney Island & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – NYPD
2 min read
Jun
14
Brooklyn Tops List Of Rat Complaints In NYC

Brooklyn Tops List Of Rat Complaints In NYC

There were an estimated two million rats [http://www.businessinsider.com/how-many-rats-are-there-in-nyc-2014-11] living in New York City in 2014, and
2 min read
Jun
12
Cigarettes are now officially at least $13 a pack …

Cigarettes are now officially at least $13 a pack …

On June 1, the minimum price of cigarettes in New York City increased from $10.50 to $13 per pack,
2 min read
Jun
11
Success Academy fights to open a middle school, because P.S. 25 failed to close

Success Academy fights to open a middle school, because P.S. 25 failed to close

P.S. 25 Eubie Blake SchoolBedford Stuyvesant – When the Hon. Judge Levine issued a stay on May 24th to keep
2 min read
Jun
08
Lottery For 13 ‘Affordable’ Units Opens For Mid-To-High Earners

Lottery For 13 ‘Affordable’ Units Opens For Mid-To-High Earners

BED-STUY/CLINTON HILL – The lottery launched earlier this week for 13 affordable units at a new development at 1068 Fulton
1 min read
Jun
04
Channel Your Power: Brooklyn College Commencement

Channel Your Power: Brooklyn College Commencement

Photo: Zainab IqbalBARCLAYS – The 2018 Brooklyn College commencement at Barclays Center Thursday morning wasn’t a boring one. Pioneering disability
4 min read
Jun
04
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio suggests changes to elite high school admissions are just the beginning

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio suggests changes to elite high school admissions are just the beginning

PHOTO: Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photo OfficeBy Christina Veiga Overhauling admissions at the city’s prestigious specialized high schools could be
5 min read