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Brownsville’s Collective Fare Is Feeding Thousands of Food Insecure New Yorkers

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

Murder on Sutter Avenue Yesterday Afternoon

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

Bus Driver Suffers Medical Episode Resulting In Terrifying Crash

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

5th Murder in 6 Days in Brooklyn

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

Four Murders In Five Days In Brooklyn

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/

48-Year-Old Man Dead After Being Shot In The Chest

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

Brooklyn is in Danger of Being Dramatically Undercounted in Yet Another Census

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%

Two Assaults In Red Hook And Brownsville

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

Drive Through Testing Facility To Open Tomorrow In Flatbush, Walk-In In Brownsville Next Week

Sears in Flatbush. File photo/BklynerGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced five new testing facilities, of which one – a drive-through mobile testing facility – will open at the Sears Parking Lot at 2307 Beverly Road in Flatbush tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. (Its the large lot behind Kings Theater). Next

Crime Blotter: 70-year-old Woman’s Death Ruled to be a Homicide, Stolen iPhone and Deli Assault

EAST FLATBUSH/BROWNSVILLE — Seventy-year-old Queens resident Evelyn Lynch’s death was ruled a homicide yesterday. Lynch died on November 10 of last year after being attacked on the job at Brookdale Hospital six years ago. On February 7, 2014, 4:25 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of