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Boro Park Leaders Silent As Residents Protest COVID-19 Restrictions

A fire that demonstrators started last night. (Photo via Citizen app)BORO PARK – Hundreds of Orthodox Jewish residents gathered in Borough Park near 46th Street and 13th Avenue late last night to protest Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new restrictions [/latest-on-southern-brooklyns-covid-cluster-return-to-lockdown/] on houses of worship, schools, and businesses after a spike

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Local Pols Cut Locks on Playgrounds, Mayor Says Not So Fast

Photo via Simcha Eichenstein’s office.BORO PARK/MIDWOOD – The weather is getting nicer and kids are getting restless staying inside their homes. While public parks are open, playgrounds remain closed and there is no set date when the Mayor is planning to open them. But, some locals are not

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Boro Park Man Hoarded Medical Supplies, Coughed On FBI Agents

BORO PARK – A man was arrested by the FBI for allegedly coughing on the agents and lying about hoarding ‘scarce medical equipment’ this morning. Baruch Feldheim, 43, allegedly hoarded and sold certain medical supplies like N95 masks to doctors and nurses for extremely high prices. According to the U.S

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A Murder, Stabbing & Two Assaults

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – A 21-year-old is dead and cops are investigating it as a homicide. On Thursday, March 26 at around 4:35 p.m., cops found Kiara Guadalupe, a Manhattan resident, unconscious and unresponsive inside the bedroom of an apartment in 250 Crowne Street. She was pronounced

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Two Elderly Brooklyn Pedestrians Killed Crossing Streets this Week

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSUNSET PARK/SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Two women, a 75-year-old and an 80-year-old, are dead after being struck by cars while crossing the street. Only one driver was arrested. On Friday, December 13 at around 10:24 p.m., a man driving a 2010 Toyota Rav 4 was headed

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Man with Knife Breaks into Boro Park Home

BORO PARK — Cops are looking for a man who broke into a house early Saturday with a knife. On December 14 at around 1 a.m., a man entered a house on Fort Hamilton Parkway and 54th Street from an unlocked back door. He was carrying a knife and walked

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Two Young Men Smash Teen Girl’s Phone During Robbery in Boro Park

BORO PARK — A teenage girl was robbed early Wednesday by two young men who smashed her phone in Boro Park. On Wednesday, November 27, around 1.25 a.m., in front of 1164 60th Street, an 18-year-old girl was walking home when two unidentified young men in their late teens

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Lindsey Boylan Is Running for Congress in the 10th Congressional District

Lindsey Boylan. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BENSONHURST/BORO PARK – The 10 Congressional District, which encompasses the Upper West Side in Manhattan and many Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods as well as Bensonhurst and Boro Park, has been represented by Congress Member Jerry Nadler since 2013. Lindsey Boylan [https://lindseyboylan.com/] is looking

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18-Year-Old Arrested For Throwing Eggs At Synagogue

BORO PARK/KENSINGTON – The person who cops suspect threw eggs both at a synagogue and at a woman over the weekend, a hate crime, has been arrested. On Saturday, November 3 at around 6:05 p.m., a teenager threw an egg in the direction of a 38-year-old woman on

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Homeless Man Dies Under A Red Blanket In Boro Park

Alexander Rapaport placing a candle on the site of the man’s death. (Photo via Rapaport)BORO PARK – A homeless man died while sleeping on the streets in Brooklyn over the weekend. On November 10, a 46-year-old homeless man who was sleeping on a bench outside the Alben Triangle park

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Another Stabbing In Brooklyn. This Time, In Boro Park.

18th Avenue at McDonald AveBORO PARK – Stabbing seems like the way to go in Brooklyn, as another one took place over the weekend. On Sunday, October 27 at around 10 p.m., a 22-year-old man was standing on the corner of 18th and McDonald Avenues when another man approached him

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Cops Searching For Man In Boro Park Assault

BOROUGH PARK – Cops are investigating an assault that took place two weeks ago and needs the public’s help. On August 14 at around 10:20 p.m., a 59-year-old man was walking out from a deli on Fort Hamilton Parkway near 49th Street. When he walked out, an unidentified

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“We Love Hitler”– Another Anti-Semitic Incident In Boro Park

There has been an 82 percent increase in anti-Semitic attacks since last year. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BORO PARK – It’s no secret that anti-Semitism has been on the rise. Just over the weekend, anti-Semitic slurs were yelled at two Jewish teenagers. According to the NYPD, there has been an

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Another Cyclist Fatally Struck By Truck

A ghost bike to commemorate the death of a cyclistBORO PARK – A 26-year-old cyclist died after being struck by a box truck early evening yesterday. At around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, Pedro Tepozteco was cycling westbound on 47th Street on the right side of the road.

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Police Injuries As Thousands Take To Boro Park Streets To Mourn Grand Rabbi

BORO PARK — Police struggled to control thousands of mourners on Tuesday who came out to funeral services to honor a Grand Rebbe. Funeral procession of The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal (Photo: Todd Maisel)During the funeral procession at 58th and 14th Avenue, two on-duty police officers went to

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“Go Home”: Councilman’s Supporters Rally Against Palestinian Cause

Some of the crowd. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)BORO PARK – A protest against Council Member Kalman Yeger’s “Palestine doesn’t exist” tweet was overtaken Thursday by a raucous counterprotest as the political divide in the Middle East flares up in New York. At about 6 p.m. on Thursday evening,

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Car Drives On Sidewalk To Avoid Waiting For School Buses

BORO PARK – A car drove onto a sidewalk endangering the lives of children in order to avoid waiting behind school buses. Yesterday, former Assemblyman Dov Hikind went on Twitter to post a video of the incident, which takes place at Vizhnitz Cheder on 53rd Street in Borough Park. Hikind tweeted

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She may not call herself a feminist, but Ruchie Freier is smashing the patriarchy in Hasidic Brooklyn

Photo: Julieta CervantesBORO PARK – “This is a universal story of women’s empowerment that takes place in a very particular setting. We’re all fighting in some way in whatever communities we’re in,” filmmaker Paula Eiselt said. “This is a really powerful organization. They’re really breaking the ground

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Wednesday Crime Blotter: One Suspect At Large, Two Arrested After Marine Park Home Invasion, Killer Ex-Boyfriend Surrenders in Bushwick & More

MARINE PARK – Two suspects are in custody after a brutal home invasion robbery of an elderly couple in Marine Park, in which the burglars sexually assaulted one of the victims and slashed the other’s face before stealing their car. One of the suspects, however, remains at large. The robbery

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Man Who Raped A Woman In Boro Park Gets 20 Years In Prison

Today, a Brooklyn man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for violently assaulting, raping and robbing a sex worker in Boro Park two years ago [/borough-park-woman-bound-and-raped-in-her-home-as-reports-of-rapes-surge-citywide-bensonhurst/] , said the Brooklyn DA’s office. 30-year-old Robert Hernandez Brooklyn man was convicted in June of the violent attack, which including binding the

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Just In: Kalman Yeger Is Greenfield’s Replacement For City Council

CB 14 member Kalman Yeger, at a meeting in 2015. (Photo via BKLYNER)Kalman Yeger is officially the Democratic nominee for Councilmember David Greenfield’s now open position in District 44 [/no-city-council-david-greenfield-will-now-run-non-profit/] — and received an endorsement from the councilman himself. “I’ve known Kalman Yeger for 20 years. He is

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Council Member Greenfield Won’t Seek Re-Election, He Announced

Greenfield announcing 2016 Participatory Budgeting results at Brooklyn School of Inquiry, 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Council Member David Greenfield says he will not be running for re-election this year, instead he’ll take a position as the new executive director of a Jewish non-profit. Greenfield, who is also

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After Fatal Shooting Of Bronx Officer, Pols Hold Pro-Cop Rally In Boro Park

Assembly Members Felix Ortiz and Dov Hikind, Boro Park Shomrim Liaison Jacob Daskal, City Council Member David Greenfield, Captain Wall, and CB 12 DM Barry Spitzer. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Brooklyn officials held a pro-cop rally outside Brooklyn’s 66th Precinct [/?s=66th+precinct] station this morning in Boro

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Play Ball: Construction To Start Tomorrow On Dome Playground’s Courts

Brooklyn Construction Director; CB 12 District Manager Barry Spitzer; Bklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey; Councilman Brad Lander; and designers at groundbreaking for Phase 1, 2016. (Photo via NYC Parks, by Daniel Avila) Tomorrow, the makeover begins on Dome Playground’s basketball and handball courts, Parks Department announced, a much-used park

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Mayor de Blasio Sits In The Hot Seat At Hyper-Local Town Hall

A district resident questions de Blasio on allowing the mass slaughter of chickens during a Jewish holiday, despite sanitation violations. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)“This is the first Mayor in history to have a town hall in this community,” said City Council Member David Greenfield, welcoming Mayor Bill de