Crown Heights

Aug
06
Cops Find 1-Year-Old Boy in Stolen Car

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
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Aug
05
Briefly Noted: More de Blasio Real Estate Woes And Other News

Briefly Noted: More de Blasio Real Estate Woes And Other News

Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a press conference at City Hall after an NYPD judge recommend firing Officer Daniel Pantaleo
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Aug
05
4 Shot in Crown Heights

4 Shot in Crown Heights

Imago by BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS — Four people were shot at a vigil in Crown Heights early Monday morning, police said. At
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Aug
01
Borough President Adams Calls Third Party Transfer Program ‘Racist’

Borough President Adams Calls Third Party Transfer Program ‘Racist’

BOROUGH Hall — Borough President Eric Adams on Thursday said the city housing agency’s implementation of a controversial property transfer
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Aug
01
Jaleesa Rudder Has Lupus And Needs A New Kidney – Can You Help?

Jaleesa Rudder Has Lupus And Needs A New Kidney – Can You Help?

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – On Christmas Eve in 2006, when Jaleesa Rudder was just 14-years-old, she went to the emergency
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Jul
31
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Presents Exhibit Protesting Sun-Blocking Towers

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Presents Exhibit Protesting Sun-Blocking Towers

CROWN HEIGHTS – On Tuesday, July 30, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) debuted Fight for Sunlight [https://www.bbg.org/visit/
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Jul
30
Unimpressed With City’s Third Party Transfer Hearing Answers, Cornegy Pledges to Fix Program

Unimpressed With City’s Third Party Transfer Hearing Answers, Cornegy Pledges to Fix Program

Council Member Robert Cornegy at a press conference before last week’s Third Party Transfer Program Hearing (Image by Sam
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Jul
29
4 New Developments Going Up in Central Brooklyn

4 New Developments Going Up in Central Brooklyn

160 Clarkson Avenue, where a new apartment building is planned (Image via Google Maps)FLATBUSH — Since we wrote about an
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Jul
29

Help Cops Find Two Missing Brooklyn Boys

SHEEPSHEAD BAY/CROWN HEIGHTS – Cops need help searching for two teen boys that went missing in Brooklyn last week. Roberto
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Jul
26
Fred Baptiste Hopes To Rein In Dysfunctional Crown Heights Community Board

Fred Baptiste Hopes To Rein In Dysfunctional Crown Heights Community Board

Fred Baptiste by Sam Raskin/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS —On Tuesday, one of New York City’s most dysfunctional community boards got
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