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Central Brooklyn

Friday Crime Blotter: A Burglar Looking for Change & Cab Driver Robberies in Gravesend

Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-4zLBCi-8ByMpE-67qp7o-9qGYL-6nJf2B-52bAev-aa31z-6WSuSR-5ATaLP-dCP2Nk-7QwtgF] CROWN HEIGHTS – Police are looking for a burglar that broke into

Central Brooklyn

Man Stabbed to Death Outside Crown Heights Homeless Shelter

The homeless shelter at Atlantic and Bedford Avenues in Crown Heights (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – A man was stabbed to death outside the Atlantic Armory homeless shelter yesterday, police confirmed. Miguel Acosta, 21, was outside the shelter, on Bedford and Atlantic Avenues, around 1:00 pm on Sunday,

Central Brooklyn

Crown Heights Community Opposes Multi-Tower Rezoning Plan

The old spice factory at 960 Franklin may soon give way to six new residential towers (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – As another old industrial space undergoes redevelopment, another community stands opposed to the planned changes, this time in Crown Heights. As developer Continuum attempts to rezone the site

Bushwick

Wednesday Crime Blotter: A Flatbush Hit & Run, Dramatic Video of a Shooting and More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] EAST FLATBUSH – Yesterday, a driver struck a man in East Flatbush, then sped away from the scene, leaving the victim in critical condition. At 11:00 am on Tuesday, February 13, police

Arts & Culture

Artist in Residence Program Comes to Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights Libraries

(Photo via Brooklyn Public Library)BED-STUY/CROWN HEIGHTS – Applications are now open for Brooklyn Library’s Artist in Residence Program [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/content/artist-residence-air], which is seeking local artists from the Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights neighborhoods to “become part of a dynamic community of artists participating in the

Central Brooklyn

Crown Heights Man Shot to Death Outside Ebbets Field Apartments

The victim lived at the Ebbets Field apartments, and was shot to death nearby (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – A man was shot and killed outside the Ebbets Field apartments in the early hours this morning, police confirmed today. Thierno Barry, 26, was shot in the face and torso

Bed Stuy

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Three Major Robbery Patterns Across Brooklyn, Plus Foiled Robbers Smash Glass in Crown Heights

Add two more to the series of bank robberies across Brooklyn in 2018 (Screenshot via Google Maps)Two new bank robberies have been added to the running tally of a particularly active robber running roughshod over most of Brooklyn in the first months of 2018. Previously linked by NYPD to

Bed Stuy

Weekend Crime Blotter: Police Arrest Murder Suspect, Seek Brick Hurling Burglar and More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – At approximately 5:35am on Sunday, February 4, police responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision on Clarkson Avenue near East 37th Street. Investigators determined that a 64-year-old

Central Brooklyn

Crown Heights Community Group Fights To Save Historic Dean Sage Mansion

CROWN HEIGHTS – Crown Heights neighbors are standing up against the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page], New York City Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/index.page], and the Institute for Community Living (ICL) [http://www.

Bed Stuy

Weekend Crime Blotter: Teacher Bites Student, Sunday Robbery Spree and More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] On Sunday afternoon, January 28, three men went on an armed crime spree in Brooklyn, robbing corner stores at gunpoint across four police precincts, said the NYPD. First, the suspects hit Ralph

Bed Stuy

Governor Cuomo Announces Nearly $700 Million for Central Brooklyn Healthcare

Governor Andrew Cuomo (Source: Philip Kamrass / Times Union)Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced $664 million in funding for a new, unified healthcare system in Central Brooklyn that would improve access to healthcare and create new jobs in an area of the city that needs it most. The money is part of

Central Brooklyn

Man Indicted For Murder of 22-Year-Old Wife In Their Crown Heights Home

CROWN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that 29-year-old Barry Wells has been indicted for the murder of his 22-year-old wife, Tonie Wells, who was found dead in the basement of their Crown Heights brownstone [/police-suspended-husband-arrested-after-death-of-22-year-old-mom-in-crown-heights/] in December. A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)Wells was