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Cops Find 1-Year-Old Boy in Stolen Car

CROWN HEIGHTS — A 1-year-old boy who was in a stolen vehicle was found safe in Crown Heights Monday evening. At around 7 p.m. Monday, the boy’s mother left her child in a car in the area of Kingston Avenue and Dean Street as she went to buy groceries,

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María del Carmen Porras Hernández Was The Pedestrian Killed On Coney Island Ave. Monday

An old photo of María del Carmen Porras Hernández with her daughter. (Photo via Luis Varela with permission)KENSINGTON/PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – The victim of yesterday’s fatal car crash has been identified as 49-year-old María del Carmen Porras Hernández. She lived on Ditmas Avenue, about a 20-minute walk away

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85-Year-Old Woman Killed After Being Struck By Car

2965 Avenue S. (Photo via Google Maps)MARINE PARK – An 85-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car as it was backing up into a driveway yesterday. On Wednesday, March 6 at about 4:18 p.m., Stella Clinton was walking westbound on the Avenue S sidewalk just a

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Car Drives On Sidewalk To Avoid Waiting For School Buses

BORO PARK – A car drove onto a sidewalk endangering the lives of children in order to avoid waiting behind school buses. Yesterday, former Assemblyman Dov Hikind went on Twitter to post a video of the incident, which takes place at Vizhnitz Cheder on 53rd Street in Borough Park. Hikind tweeted

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Elderly Woman Dies After Her Car Rolls Over Her

Photo: LoudlabsNYCBAY RIDGE – An 88-year-old woman got out of her car to open the garage door. Then, the car rolled on top of her killing her. Saturday afternoon, January 26 at about 5:48 p.m., the NYPD arrived at 115 96th Street to find Alba Mazza with trauma to

Central Brooklyn

A Break From Your Usual Break Is Just A Car Share Away

via ReachNowThe New York City public school system serves 1.1 million children [http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/default.htm] and all of them will be on break between December 25 and January 2. It’s cold. Maybe snowy. Gets dark earlier. What’s a parent to do? If all

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Stuff Yourself Silly in Sunset Park Using ReachNow

(via Tacos El Bronco Facebook page)Things have changed a bit since that day in July [/hook-red-hook-reachnow/] you grabbed a ReachNow [https://reachnow.com/en/brooklyn-ny/] car from one of our neighborhood side streets and spent the day exploring Red Hook. You’ve gotten a little busier. The days have

Central Brooklyn

Car Sharing Vs. Car Owning: The Choice Is Clear

New York City boasts the one of the largest public transportation systems in the world and one of the few that runs 24 hours. So why would anyone here want to own a car? Well, there are multiple reasons. Perhaps it’s living in one of the city’s “subway

Central Brooklyn

Hook Into Red Hook With ReachNow

Red Hook (NYC The Official Guide)You’ve signed up for ReachNow [https://reachnow.com/en/brooklyn-ny/] car-sharing service and used one of their BMWs or MINIs to run some errands [/new-car-share-service-makes-rainy-day-errands-easy/] and take a much-needed day trip [/day-trip-summer-away-reachnow/]. Now use one to explore a hard-to-reach Brooklyn neighborhood in depth.

Central Brooklyn

Day-Trip The Summer Away With ReachNow

Don’t be lulled into thinking this past week’s onslaught of 90-something-degree heat is a fluke—summer is fully upon us. And a great way to escape those sweltering temps is by taking a short break from the city on a day trip. But proud New Yorker that you

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Manslaughter Indictment For Driver Who Fatally Hit Victoria Nicodemus

A scene from Victoria Nicodemus’ vigil. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.)A grand jury has charged the man who ran over Victoria Nicodemus with manslaughter, reports DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160627/fort-greene/driver-who-fatally-struck-victoria-nicodemus-indicted-for-manslaughter-da] . Marlon Sewell was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the fatal collision on December

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How Many Of Your Neighbors Actually Drive To Work?

A collection of stores near the intersection of East 16th Street and Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sheepshead Bay residents are fiercely protective of their parking spaces: Try proposing a development that doesn’t include parking, and we guarantee community members will have some choice words [/developers-accused-subterfuge-trying-dodge-parking-regulations/

Police & Fire

Woman Hospitalized After Being Dragged By Car During An Argument

An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A woman had to be taken to the hospital Friday morning after being dragged by a black sedan near Kings Highway and East 15th Street, DNAinfo reports [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160304/sheepshead-bay/female-pedestrian-hit-by-vehicle-sheepshead-bay-fdny-says] . The

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82-Year-Old Man Fatally Struck By Car On Gerritsen Avenue

An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A car fatally struck an 82-year-old man Friday while he tried to to cross Gerritsen Avenue at the Knapp Street intersection, according to the NYPD. Police say the octogenarian, Joseph Ciresi, was walking towards his home,

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Officers Smash Open Car Window On Avenue U To Rescue Trapped Child

> Sgt Potoma & PO’s Farrah & Redmond rescued a 2yr old baby from a locked car. Treated by @FDNY [https://twitter.com/FDNY] EMS -Baby is fine! pic.twitter.com/GdU0HhNShR [http://t.co/GdU0HhNShR] — NYPD 61st Precinct (@NYPD61Pct) August 7, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NYPD61Pct/status/629750484472066049] Officers from the

1616 Newkirk Avenue

Don’t Leave Stuff In Your Car! FDC Executive Director Urges Neighbors To Be Cautious After Break-In

After Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] Executive Director Robin Redmond’s car was broken into on Newkirk Avenue last week, she praised the 70th Precinct [https://twitter.com/rredmond2/status/566724820034154496] for their quick response – and is urging neighbors to leave nothing visible on their car seats. Robin

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Photo Of The Day: South Slope Vacation

“The Griswolds [http://youtu.be/4OBN9Qilu8Y] are in town…” says neighbor Christine, who shares this photo. Snap any neighborhood photos lately? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to editor@bklyner.com, and

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Crime Report: Stolen Motorcycles and Thefts from Cars and Trucks

Salem Saeed, 48, and Regeh Hussein, 30, were arrested after a brawl inside a deli on Fulton Street near Clinton Avenue on Aug. 28 at 1:45 a.m. Saeed allegedly threw a box and a 40-ounce beer bottle at Hussein’s face, and Hussein allegedly punched Saeed on the

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Meet The Neighbors: Frank Renda Of Superior Care Auto Center

Trying to find an auto mechanic, especially one that you trust, is enough to bring even the most grounded person to hysterics. Thankfully, our community has Frank Renda (seen above with his son, Frank Jr.), owner of Superior Care Auto Center [http://www.superiorcareauto.com] (120 19th Street at 3rd

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Photo of the Day: Security

Somebody saw Dude, Where’s my Car [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242423/] one too many times…. Have a neighborhood photo to share? Send it to editor@bklyner.com, add it to the South Slope News Flickr Group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope/], or tag it #southslope on Instagram,

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Should Older Drivers Be Retested?

Last week, 82-year-old driver and local business owner [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/bensonhurst-cyclist-killed-collision-out-control-elderly-driver] Guy Saladino struck a bicyclist on 18th Avenue after reportedly trying to flee a collision with a school bus. The cyclist, a 62-year-old Chinese food deliveryman, was rushed to Maimonides Hospital in critical condition after being