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128 Lewis Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Rasheed Bennett, 31, has died after being shot in the chest in the Eleanor Roosevelt Houses at 128 Lewis Ave. on Monday, June 17 at around 2:47 p.m. Bennett was coming out of the elevator in the lobby of
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BAY RIDGE – The race for District Leader in the 46th Assembly District is underway and so are hateful attacks. Last week, a Bay Ridge neighbor sent us two flyers someone received in the mail. They said they were in an envelope. One of the flyers had a photo of Republican
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Photo via Deutsch’s office.SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The words “Kill Arabs” were spray-painted on a B44 bus shelter on Avenue V and Nostrand Avenue this morning. According to Council Member Chaim Deutsch’s office, a constituent saw the hateful words as he was getting on the bus this morning and
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCANARSIE – Today is Flag Day, and the day 37 Brooklynites became new American citizens at the Wyckoff House Museum. The historic farmhouse was filled with cheers and claps from new citizens, their families, and their friends this afternoon. The Wyckoff Farmhouse [https://wyckoffmuseum.org/about/history/] is
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COBBLE HILL – A former long-time Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org] (CB6) District Manager has been found not guilty for allegedly giving himself more than $38,000 in raises over a three year period using the electronic signatures of two CB6 chairs. Brooklyn Community Board 6, Hammerman is
Central Brooklyn
125 Kingston Avenue. vi Google streetview.CROWN HEIGHTS – Yesterday evening, June 12 at around 7:30 p.m., a 48-year-old man was shot and killed while inside Classic Deli Market at 125 Kingston Avenue. The man was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the neck and torso in the back
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Caroline CohenCENTRAL BROOKLYN – You may not have heard about it, but there’s a judicial election coming up in central Brooklyn this month. Four candidates— Alice Nicholson [https://alice4district6.com/], Caroline Cohen [https://www.cohenforjudge2019.com/], Chinyelu Udoh [https://www.udoh4judge.com/] and Tehilah Berman [https://www.facebook.com/bermanforcivilcourt/
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Thomas and Lennie. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)COBBLE HILL – The first thing one notices when approaching Thomas DeVito is a beautiful Jindo-mix puppy named Lennie who, much like her owner, doesn’t like to sit still. DeVito is the Director of Advocacy at Transportation Alternatives, an organization [https://www.transalt.
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Two dozen disturbing art installations popped up across NYC early Wednesday morning depicting migrant children detained in cages. > Outside the Y in Park Slope, gym to a presidential candidate. NYPD started removing it right after this pic. It’ll be gone before he arrives #NoKidsInCages [https://twitter.com/hashtag/
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Ave D and 105th Street. (Photo via Google Maps)CANARSIE – A 29-year-old man on an E-Bike is dead after a drunk driver collided with him Sunday night. On June 9th at about 10:37 p.m., 22-year-old Treasure Liggins was driving her 2007 Infiniti G35 heading eastbound on Avenue D
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Brooklynites celebrating Bengali New Year at the Ave C Plaza. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON – The popular Ave C Plaza has been celebrating its fourth season of hosting events for the Immigrant Heritage Month and all are welcome! Ave C Plaza, located at Ave C and McDonald Avenue, kicked off
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GOWANUS – Carroll Gardens Coalition For Respectful Development [http://carrollgardenspetition.blogspot.com] (CG CORD) has requested that Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] (CB6) coordinate at least two town hall meetings with NYC agencies about the Gowanus rezoning. The group has also started an online