brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – A 27-year-old man was found dead inside his bathroom last night. On Monday, July 6 at around 7:30 p.m., cops found Josiah Forde unconscious and unresponsive inside the bathroom in his home on Hull Street near Broadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene. As of now,
Arts & Culture
This year June 19th – Juneteenth – is marking the 155th years since the last proclamation of the end of slavery, as America is enveloped in nationwide protests over the treatment of Black people in the country today, sparked by the recent murder of George Floyd. “I think that this year has
Announcements
BROWNSVILLE – A 47-year-old man is dead after being shot multiple times last night. On Wednesday, June 17 at around 9:06 p.m., cops found a 47-year-old man on Osborn Street near Thatford Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital where he was
brownsville
EAST FLATBUSH/BROWNSVILLE – Three people were shot and two killed in two separate shootings in Brooklyn last night. First, on June 2, at around 6:05 p.m., cops arrived at the intersection of East 92nd Street and Church Avenue to find a 58-year-old man and a 66-year-old man inside
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A Collective Fare employee prepares meals for the Meals For All initiative. Courtesy of Collective Fare.When COVID-19 hit the city, the founders of Collective Fare [https://www.collectivefare.com/], an education and catering company in Brownsville, knew that something would have to give. “We lost over $150,000 worth
brownsville
UPDATE: 39-year-old Gregory Spears was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Angel Medina, 62, was shot and killed inside his home on Sutter Avenue on Tuesday, May 19 just before 3 pm. NYPD responded to a 911 call about a men shot inside of 301
brownsville
Bus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver suffered a medical episode while driving, injured 5. Hillel Lichtenstein/BklynerBus driver
brownsville
Bernardo Bernard, 31, of Avenue N was gunned down in the street on May 13, 2020, at approximately 8:23 pm. Police found the victim with a gunshot wound to his chest near 93rd Street and Clarkson Avenue within the confines of the 67 Precinct. Bernard was taken to Kings
Announcements
BROOKLYN – There were six deaths in five days in the borough. Four of them were murders, and two are yet to be determined. We wrote on Monday about two that occurred on Mother’s Day [/weekend-crime-blotter-two-murders-on-mothers-day-serial-sexual-abuser-arrested-and-more/] , and now there are three more. According to NYPD data [https://compstat.nypdonline.org/
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – A 48-year-old man is dead after being shot in the chest last night. On Thursday, May 7 at around 10:10 p.m., cops arrived in the hallway of Seth Low Houses on Powell Street near Pitkin Avenue to find a 48-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the
Borough Park
Census 2020 Graphic. Via the U.S. Census Bureau.Brooklyn was undercounted in the 2010 census, and it’s in danger of being undercounted again. Brooklyn in general, and the neighborhoods hardest hit by the pandemic are already lagging behind the rest of the country in their responses. Only 38%
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Cops are looking for three suspects involved in two assaults that took place in Red Hook and Brownsville. RED HOOK – On Saturday, April 4 at around 10:15 a.m., an unknown individual approached a 34-year-old employee at Hicks Mega Laundromat, located at 779 Hicks Street. They both engaged in