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Oct
13
What’s Happening In Brooklyn: COVID-19 Cases, Neighbors Saving Cats, Crime & Elections

What’s Happening In Brooklyn: COVID-19 Cases, Neighbors Saving Cats, Crime & Elections

Kensington on a cold, cloudy day. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Coronavirus cases are rising again! There are 520 new
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Oct
13
Tuesday Crime Blotter: Bikes, Burglaries & Assaults

Tuesday Crime Blotter: Bikes, Burglaries & Assaults

BRIGHTON BEACH – Cops are looking for a man they believe was involved in a burglary early last month. On Tuesday,
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Oct
13
Woman In Her 60s Dies After Found On Brighton Beach Bench

Woman In Her 60s Dies After Found On Brighton Beach Bench

BRIGHTON BEACH – A woman in her 60s was found lying on a bench on Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Avenue,
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Oct
12
‘Please Reopen Our Schools’: Parents & Local Pols Call On City To Open 16 Yellow Zone Schools

‘Please Reopen Our Schools’: Parents & Local Pols Call On City To Open 16 Yellow Zone Schools

Gounardes speaking at the rally calling for the reopening of 16 schools. (Photo via Gounardes’ office)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Parents and
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Oct
09
Latest On COVID-19 Rates, School Closures & Testing Sites

Latest On COVID-19 Rates, School Closures & Testing Sites

As COVID-19 rates continue to hover above 5% in hotspot areas throughout New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that
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Oct
09
Here For The Community: Caitlin Baucom Is “Creating joy, acceptance, and material support for humans”

Here For The Community: Caitlin Baucom Is “Creating joy, acceptance, and material support for humans”

On a narrow sidewalk on the edge of Bushwick, Brooklyn, last Friday evening, a DJ was blasting techno music, his
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Oct
08
Ditmas Park Neighbors Rally To Save Benji, The Homeless Cat

Ditmas Park Neighbors Rally To Save Benji, The Homeless Cat

Benji the Cat. (Photo via Dahlia Schweitzer)DITMAS PARK – In the midst of chaos and politics, neighbors got together to
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Oct
08
One Dead, Three Injured In Brownsville Shooting

One Dead, Three Injured In Brownsville Shooting

BROWNSVILLE – One person is dead and three are injured after a shooting that took place last night around 10:40
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Oct
07
What’s Happening In Brooklyn: Boro Park Protest, The Red Zone, Crashes

What’s Happening In Brooklyn: Boro Park Protest, The Red Zone, Crashes

Ocean Parkway (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)We are already a week into October! We wish we had some good news,
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Oct
07
Beating in Borough Park Backlash Against New COVID Restrictions Sends Hasidic Man to Hospital

Beating in Borough Park Backlash Against New COVID Restrictions Sends Hasidic Man to Hospital

The family of Berish Getz says he was beaten unconscious by a crowd in Borough Park protesting Gov. Andrew Cuomo’
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