Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERIt’s that time of year again! Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, will begin either tomorrow or this Thursday, depending on if we spot the moon tonight. It is a time where Muslims fast every day from dawn to sunset, and in the US that is
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In blue: 66th Precinct Community Affairs Sgt. Michael Andreano [/66th-precinct-lt-stripped-badge-gun-amidst-corruption-probe-ditmas-park/] (L) and detective Mike Milici [/66th-precinct-detective-corruption-probe-trying-to-retire-ditmas-park/] with Shomrim NYPD liaison Jacob Daskal (far left) (Photo by Jole Carliner/2013) Both Adreano and Milici have since been stripped of their badges following a corruption probe.BORO PARK – Last Thursday the NYPD
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The Citi Bank at 80 Jamaica Avenue in Cypress Hills, which was robbed over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)CYPRESS HILLS – Police are looking for the man who robbed a Cypress Hills bank over the weekend, making off with about $2,000 in cash. The incident occurred around 1:
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Sunset Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story ideas, or questions,
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERFLATBUSH – NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ccrb/index.page]), an independent agency that investigates complaints against NYC police officers alleging the use of excessive or unnecessary force, abuse of authority, discourtesy, or the use of offensive language (FADO) held a community
Business
Marine Florists [http://www.marineflorists.com] at 1995 Flatbush Avenue, where Flatlands meets Marine Park at its northern tip, has been delivering flowers for every imaginable occasion – as well as “just because”- for 120 years. It’s 6 o’clock on a Sunday evening, and co-owner George Tsentzelis starts
Arts & Culture
FLATBUSH – If you watch the credits roll at the close of Flatbush Luck [http://www.flatbushluck.com], you’ll see actors Tanner Novlan and Robby Stahl listed in the leading roles. But anyone who has seen the film can tell you that the Brooklyn neighborhood that lends its name to
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The deceased was found inside an apartment on East 37th Street in East Flatbush (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – Yesterday afternoon, police responded to a call of a man unconscious inside an apartment at 237 East 37th Street, near Church Avenue, in East Flatbush. Officers arrived just before 3:
Borough Park
A photo from National Night Out 2016. Daskal can be seen at the right, wearing the black vest. (Jole Carliner/Bklyner)BOROUGH PARK – Police have charged a safety officer from the Shomrim neighborhood watch group with the rape of a 15-year old girl, the Daily News reported. [http://www.nydailynews.
Announcements
Screenshot via JTALast week, after a video of a Brooklyn man mocking a Hasidic boy’s hairstyle went viral on Twitter, local officials were quick to condemn the incident as hateful anti-Semitism. Now, the video’s author has offered a sincere apology and the Jewish community of Brooklyn has responded
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(Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr) Over the course four years, a waitress at a Brooklyn diner used information from one of her regular patrons to write checks, open lines of credit and otherwise spend nearly half a million dollars on shopping, gambling trips and