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Foster Avenue via Google MapsCANARSIE – A 64-year-old woman was fatally struck by a box truck backing out of a loading area at a Canarsie parking lot yesterday afternoon, the NYPD reports. At approximately 4pm on Monday, October 16, police responded to a call of a vehicle accident at 10110 Foster
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CANARSIE – In a community saturated with fast-food chains, two locally owned juice bars have opened within the last year with a matching mission: to promote healthier eating. Twisted Rootz [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootzFlatlandsAve/] and Hellshire Grill [https://www.facebook.com/Hellshiregrill01/], owned by Caribbean immigrants who are also Canarsie
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Cassaberry (left, in black) joins a circle of prayer before releasing balloons in honor of her son, Jamal Singleton.BROOKLYN – Monica Cassaberry has turned the pain of losing her son to gun violence into a cause that helps other grieving families across Brooklyn. Six years ago this September, Cassaberry’s
Police & Fire
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] CANARSIE – Four people were shot at a large party in Canarsie when a fight broke out early morning today, August 20. At approximately 3:30 am, one woman and three men were
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The Bay Ridge Ferry (@chunkit_photography w/ permission)The NYC Ferry may have celebrated its one millionth rider last month, but Southern Brooklyn politicians are saying it needs to serve their communities too, by adding stops in Coney Island and Canarsie. City Council Members Mark Treyger and Alan Maisel were
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Site of Brooklyn’s second police-involved shooting of 2017, 990 Atlantic Avenue on the Clinton Hill/Crown Heights border. (Photo via Yelp)Two plainclothes cops shot and killed an 18-year-old man who fired shots into a Clinton Hill bar early this morning, just six hours after another police-involved shooting in
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Dvora Meyers (Photo by Carla Phillips)A Clinton Hill resident’s new book takes a deep look into how changes to scoring have thrown the world of gymnastics for a back flip. The End of the Perfect Ten [https://www.amazon.com/End-Perfect-10-Breaking-Gymnastics/dp/1501101366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=
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Photo by City Kid CornerThe weather may suggest otherwise, but it is indeed fall in Brooklyn! The leaves are just starting to change, everything seems to be pumpkin-flavored, and, like it or not, the chances for the kids to let loose some energy outdoors are starting to dwindle. So, to
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With Kensington’s average rent for a one bedroom apartment hovering around $1,730, our neighborhood remains less expensive than our neighbors to the north in Windsor Terrace, though we’re shelling out more for our homes on average than those in Flatbush or Borough Park, according to new numbers
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Photo via R.I.P. Gerard ‘Geezy’ Grant [https://www.facebook.com/1451169265095198/photos/pb.1451169265095198.-2207520000.1421427517./1529712127240911/?type=3&theater] This past Sunday at 4:12am, Glenda Martin-Grant will have spent a full year without one of the three sons she raised on her own [http://pix11.
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Avenue I and East 16th Street, the scene of the shooting. (Source: Google Maps) Months after a double shooting in Midwood left one dead and no arrests [/double-shooting-in-midwood-leaves-one-dead/], authorities are offering a $12,000 reward for information leading to an indictment. The quiet, peaceful stretch of East 16th Street near
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Smitherman (Source: Smitherman campaign)Democrat Dell Smitherman officially kicked off his campaign to unseat embattled State Senator John Sampson yesterday at a launch event in Canarsie. Flanked by family, friends and supporters, Smitherman said he’d stake his claim to represent the district on affordable housing, healthcare access and education.