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Mar
30
86-Year-Old Shoved And Killed For Not Standing 6 Feet Away

86-Year-Old Shoved And Killed For Not Standing 6 Feet Away

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBED-STUY – An 86-year-old woman is dead after another woman allegedly attacked her for not standing more than
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Mar
30
Where to Order and Take Out Food: Coney Island

Where to Order and Take Out Food: Coney Island

We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in.
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Mar
30
Rep. Nydia Velázquez Diagnosed With ‘Presumed Coronavirus Infection’

Rep. Nydia Velázquez Diagnosed With ‘Presumed Coronavirus Infection’

Nydia Velázquez. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez confirmed that she was diagnosed with ‘presumed coronavirus infection’ and
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Mar
30
Briefing 3/30: Coronavirus-Related Homicide, Biggie In Brooklyn, PAUSE Extended

Briefing 3/30: Coronavirus-Related Homicide, Biggie In Brooklyn, PAUSE Extended

Some flowers to brighten up your Monday – we’ll see them soon again. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Happy Monday! We
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Mar
27
Briefing 3/27: 365 Deaths, Elon Musk To Donate Ventilators, ‘Play At Your Own Risk’

Briefing 3/27: 365 Deaths, Elon Musk To Donate Ventilators, ‘Play At Your Own Risk’

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerHappy Friday! There’s still a pandemic, so please stay home if you can. Staying at home
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Mar
27
A Murder, Stabbing & Two Assaults

A Murder, Stabbing & Two Assaults

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – A 21-year-old is dead and cops are investigating it as a homicide. On Thursday, March
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Mar
26
The Young Are Volunteering More As Those Over 50 Told To Stay Home

The Young Are Volunteering More As Those Over 50 Told To Stay Home

Volunteers before the coronavirus, when they were allowed to touch one another. (Photo via MAS Youth Center)BROOKLYN – As the
6 min read
Mar
26
Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime On The Subway

Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime On The Subway

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBARCLAYS CENTER – A man was arrested after spitting on and threatening an Asian man on the subway
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Mar
26
Main Street As We Know It May Never Recover From Coronavirus

Main Street As We Know It May Never Recover From Coronavirus

8th Avenue in Sunset Park’s Chinatown before the pandemic struck. Ana Lucia Murillo/Bklyner“Longterm, we could see the
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Mar
26
Briefing 3/26: Sakura Matsuri Canceled, Online Metrocard Exchange, & The Brooklyn Hospital Center On The Frontlines

Briefing 3/26: Sakura Matsuri Canceled, Online Metrocard Exchange, & The Brooklyn Hospital Center On The Frontlines

Sakura Matsuri festival in 2018. (Photo: Paul Stremple/Bklyner)Good morning! Hospitals need blood amid the coronavirus crisis. Have you
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