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Turkish American Eyüp Sultan Cultural Center (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Last week, a well-known Turkish mosque in Brighton Beach received a death threat letter signed by “Muslim Slayer” in what could be a national hate crime campaign. The letter was hand-delivered by the mail carrier to Imam Ibrahim Yavas
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Photo via NYPDCops are searching for a woman accused of swiping a Versace purse from an unlocked car late last year. The suspect grabbed the purse from a Nissan sedan in front of 151b West End Avenue in Brighton Beach, on October 15, 2016, at 2:30pm, said cops. She
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Brighton Beach Avenue. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Today, an 85-year-old driver in Brighton Beach struck three pedestrians in broad daylight when he jumped the curb, killing one woman and injuring two others. The elderly driver of a 2016 Lexus was attempting to reverse into a parking spot in front of
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Yesterday, Midwood resident Akhror Saidakhmetov, 21, pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the foreign terrorist organization ISIL (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, according to the United States Department of Justice. Saidakhmetov was one of six young men charged with aiding a Brooklyn-based terrorism ring
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360 Neptune Avenue (Photo via Ilite Realty)Leases are filling up fast at 360 Neptune Avenue between Brighton 1st and Brighton 3rd Streets — the biggest being Touro College, which is set to move into two floors of the modern building by the end of January. The Touro College & University
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Ocean Parkway at Avenue X, Chesed Shel Emes volunteers cleaned the scene. (Photo by gifterphotos [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPHY1t4BXBB/] / instagram)A fatal collision claimed the life of another southern Brooklyn resident last night, at an intersection plagued by three traffic deaths and 38 injuries in less than a
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Asa Robert, via District Attorney’s Office.Asa Robert, 20, has been sentenced to 115 years in prison for the rape of an 82-year-old Brighton Beach woman in 2015, [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/07/teen-accused-raping-82-year-old-brighton-beach-woman-arrested-friday-morning/] according to acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. The horrific crime took place around
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Footage via NYPD. Police are searching for a suspect who punched a clubgoer in the face at The Velvet Rope near Brighton Beach. On a Saturday night at the Velvet Rope European Club & Karaoke the suspect reportedly punched a 29-year-old man in the face before grabbing another object and
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Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a suspect who punched a clubgoer in the face at The Velvet Rope near Brighton Beach. On a Saturday night at the Velvet Rope European Club & Karaoke the suspect reportedly punched a 29-year-old man in the face before grabbing another object and hitting
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(Photo: mikey k / flickr)This is a blotter of this past week’s crime in the 60th Precinct, which includes Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, and Bensonhurst. We’ve divided the crimes up by type: robbery, assault, burglary, and larceny. For those who aren’t familiar with the police jargon,
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Photo of Asa Robert provided by the NYPD.She was pushed into court on Monday in a wheelchair, and, despite her fragility, took the stand to look the person suspected of raping her last year in the face and tell her story. Asa Roberts, 19, allegedly snuck inside the 83-year-old’