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Crown Heights

Mar
28
Wednesday Crime Blotter: Ugly Scene in a Beauty Shop, Fashion Smash-and-Grab & More

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Ugly Scene in a Beauty Shop, Fashion Smash-and-Grab & More

An angry customer threatened employees with a handgun at a Bushwick beauty store over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)
3 min read
Mar
23
25 to Life for Man Who Stalked, Murdered Ex-Girlfriend

25 to Life for Man Who Stalked, Murdered Ex-Girlfriend

Lamont Wright was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of his ex-girlfriend (Via District Attorney’s Office)
2 min read
Mar
23
Friday Crime Blotter: Run Over in a Lover’s Quarrel, Shots Fired in the Storm & More

Friday Crime Blotter: Run Over in a Lover’s Quarrel, Shots Fired in the Storm & More

WILLIAMSBURG – Yesterday, a Williamsburg man was arrested for running over his girlfriend’s leg with a minivan after a fight,
3 min read
Mar
15
Bedford-Union Armory Files Permits for Redevelopment Project

Bedford-Union Armory Files Permits for Redevelopment Project

Permits have been filed for the 15-story building seen at the rear of the Drill Shed (Rendering via BFC Partners)
2 min read
Mar
13
Celebrate Pi Day 2018 With A Slice Of Pie

Celebrate Pi Day 2018 With A Slice Of Pie

Mathematicians, cool nerds, and pie lovers unite! Tomorrow, March 14 = 3.14 = Pi Day! You don’t have to know
2 min read
Mar
12
Weekend Crime Blotter: Sheepshead Bay Bicycle Thieves, A 99¢ Store Robber & More

Weekend Crime Blotter: Sheepshead Bay Bicycle Thieves, A 99¢ Store Robber & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SHEEPSHEAD BAY
2 min read
Mar
09
A Woman On A Mission: District 41’s Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel

A Woman On A Mission: District 41’s Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel

Ampry-Samuel (foreground) at a press conference at City Hall on February 20, putting pressure on NYCHA to fix heat and
4 min read
Mar
08
‘The Guide To Getting What’s Yours’: Weeksville Presents Story Of Famed Jewel Thief

‘The Guide To Getting What’s Yours’: Weeksville Presents Story Of Famed Jewel Thief

CROWN HEIGHTS – A one-woman show inspired by the exploits of an octogenarian jewel thief is one of the plays the
3 min read
Mar
06
Yeger on Parks and Expanding Safety For Private And Religious Schools

Yeger on Parks and Expanding Safety For Private And Religious Schools

Kalman Yeger by Esther Shittu/ BKLYNERBOROUGH PARK – Councilman is a new title for Kalman Yeger, but he’s no stranger
2 min read
Mar
02
Joel Anabilah-Azumah on Arming Teachers, Supporting the Muslim Ban, And Not Allowing Transgender People To Serve. He’s Running For Congress.

Joel Anabilah-Azumah on Arming Teachers, Supporting the Muslim Ban, And Not Allowing Transgender People To Serve. He’s Running For Congress.

Photo: Joel Anabilah-AzumaFLATBUSH – Joel Anabilah-Azumah has been living in Brooklyn since he was 9-years-old. Now, he is running for Congress
6 min read