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Andre Clarke. Courtesy of DCPI.BROWNSVILLE — On Sunday morning, cops arrested 45-year-old Andre Clarke of Staten Island and charged him with brutally raping an 11-year-old girl in Brownsville. Clarke was found at a hotel in Queens after calling himself in. Clarke is accused of raping the 11-year-old daughter of the
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Suspects were caught on video near the site of the crime. Courtesy of DCPI. BROWNSVILLE — Police are looking for two men who raped and assaulted a 34-year-old woman on Saturday, February 1, 2020, around 9:45 p.m. near Williams Avenue and East New York Avenue in Brooklyn. The suspects
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Three people went missing in Brooklyn over the holiday weekend. Cops are asking anyone who has seen these people to come forward with any information that may help bring them home. BROWNSVILLE — A 13-year-old girl went missing on Valentine’s Day last week. Unique Beyah of Amboy Street in Brownsville
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Construction on Moore Street between Humboldt Street and Graham Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.NORTHERN BROOKLYN — Over the past few months, members of the North Brooklyn community have spoken in opposition to National Grid’s Metropolitan Reliability Infrastructure (MRI) project, a 30-inch-wide, 36,000-foot-long pipeline that would travel from Brownsville to
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While we often discuss if Affordable Housing is actually affordable, [/affordable-housing-who-can-really-afford-this/] here are a few new truly affordable Brooklyn housing lotteries currently open for applications. 672 Powell Street [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/AdvertisementPdf/951.pdf], Brownsville * The newly constructed residential building offers Bicycle Storage, Communal Laundry Room, Community Room.
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Cailynn, 3, and her big sister Chrystie, 5, ask a Food Bazaar worker for help with the scavenger hunt, Jan. 30, 2020. Photo: Claudia Irizarry Aponte/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte. This story was originally published [https://thecity.nyc/2020/02/brownsville-parents-turn-markets-into-kid-learning-zones.html] on Feb. 7, 2020 by THE
Arts & Culture
Whether you’ve lived in Brooklyn your whole life or are a transplant, we all have an obligation to learn about our borough’s Black history. Brooklyn on its own would be the largest Black city in America — over 800,000 African Americans live in the borough, the last Census
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BROWNSVILLE — Today the Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced that 34 alleged members of two rival Brownsville-based street gangs were variously charged in a 122-count indictment, including attempted murder and criminal possession of weapons. An indictment is an accusation and not proof
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BROWNSVILLE — A 13-year-old boy was robbed in his apartment building in Brownsville last Friday. On Friday, January 24, around 4:30 p.m., an unidentified man entered the Howard Houses NYCHA complex at 1548 East New York Avenue and followed the victim, a 13-year-old resident of the complex, into an
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Smoke Shop & Grocery on Church Avenue. Via Google Maps.BROWNSVILLE — A Brownsville bodega employee was shot in the face during an armed robbery in early January. On Friday, January 10, around 9.30 p.m., inside of a bodega named Smoke Shop & Grocery located at 9702 Church Avenue
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Police officers are parked in front of Goldmine Nail Salon in Brownsville after shooting. Nigel Roberts/Bklyner.BROWNSVILLE — Police body-camera footage was released from an October incident, where a bystander got involved in an arrest of a disorderly man inside of a nail salon and was shot to death by
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BROWNSVILLE/EAST FLATBUSH — A 33-year-old woman was shot and killed yesterday on the border of Brownsville and East Flatbush. Cops have taken in a suspect for questioning. On Thursday, December 19 at around 4:20 p.m., 33-year-old Yahhira Nesby was found with gunshot wounds to the chest and legs