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(Photo: Andy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/athrasher/2823255013/] / Flickr)A bookkeeper was indicted Monday for syphoning more than $750,000 from a Brooklyn property management company and using the stolen funds to pay down mortgages and maintain her own properties in Syracuse, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney. Jennifer
Police & Fire
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)Federal authorities busted a reputed Russian mob boss last week for allegedly threatening to kill a businessman if he did not beat a $100,000 bounty on his head. Boris Nayfeld, 68, who reportedly headed
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https://youtu.be/qr3gMo8SCiE Police are searching for a pair of punks wanted for sticking up a man in Brighton Beach last week. Cops say the two suspects approached a 40-year old man in an alleyway just before 7pm on Tuesday, December 22. One of the robbers pulled out a
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Police say 81-year-old Santos Carrasquillo, left, and 59-year-old Alexey Goryunov both went missing on December 25. (Photos provided by the NYPD)Police are asking for the public’s assistance finding two men who were reported missing in southern Brooklyn on Christmas Day. The NYPD did not say the missing person
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Varenichnaya on Brighton 2nd Street. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] Looking to escape from the blustery winter weather and warm up with some hot grub? Duck into Varenichnaya [http://www.yelp.com/biz/varenichnaya-brooklyn], a cozy, Russian cafe tucked away on a quiet side street just
Food & Drink
Anthony at Rocco’s Pizzeria. (Photo: The New York Pizza Project [http://www.nypizzaproject.com/the-makers/#/roccos-pizzeria-brighton-beach-maker-anthony/] )Rocco’s Pizzeria, the family-owned pizza joint that has been slinging pies out of its store on Brighton Beach Avenue for more than 50 years, was recently featured in The New York Pizza
Neighbors
Kenan Taskent. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)At first, Kenan Taskent doesn’t distinguish himself as a particularly pious man. His thick Brooklyn accent, proclivity for Marlboro cigarettes, and charmingly abrasive personality doesn’t square with the stereotype of a typical Muslim standard bearer. “When I talk to people, they
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Borough President Eric Adams speaking outside the Turkish American Eyüp Sultan Cultural Center. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Borough President Adams joined with leaders from the Turkish Muslim community Friday to denounce the Daily News’ insensitive portrayal of a Brighton Beach mosque. “This mosque was used on the same page
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Original Nathan’s in Coney Island. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us
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The lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where the incident occurred. Source: Waldorf Astoria Hotel [http://www.waldorfnewyork.com/gallery/photos/]A Mill Basin man fired off a shot during cocktail hour [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/15/nyregion/wedding-guest-who-discharged-gun-at-waldorf-astoria-faces-charges.html] at a wedding in Manhattan’s prestigious Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
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Source: NYPDAuthorities and loved ones are searching for Dominico Rodriguez, a 78-year-old man who went missing near his doctor’s office located on Brighton 12th Street and Brighton Beach Avenue yesterday morning. Rodriguez was last seen at 10am on Thursday, April 9. He was wearing a black wool cap, blue
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The owners of Uzbek-Korean fusion restaurant Cafe At Your Mother-in-Law [http://www.yelp.com/biz/elza-fancy-food-brooklyn-2], with locations in Brighton Beach and Bensonhurst, is considering further expansion and even franchising. We met up with them at their Bensonhurst location, tucked into 19th Avenue just off of 86th Street, where the