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Central Brooklyn Violence Prevention Initiative To Launch After Uptick In Shootings

Mayor de Blasio with Council Member Cornegy, clergy, and community members on a walk through Bed-Stuy. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) BROOKLYN – The Mayor announced a new Central Brooklyn Violence Prevention plan today after an uptick in shootings. This comes after a weekend of violence across the city, which

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4 Deaths in Tragic Brooklyn Weekend

Over the weekend, even as Brooklynites celebrated Chinese New Year and took off work for President’s day, a series of deaths struck across the borough as the tragic long weekend claimed at least four lives. A man was found dead in the passenger seat of a car in front

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Community On Edge After Two Weekend Tragedies

Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark TreygerResidents say they are shaken up by two tragic incidents that occurred near neighborhood parks over a span of 24 hours. Daquan Spencer, 31, was fatally shot at 1:30am Sunday morning while attending a party inside Scarangella Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/scarangella-park]

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Ikea Recalls 29 Million Pieces Of Furniture After Six Children Die

(Courtesy Twitter/Gizmodo [https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/747837159483318272])Ikea is issuing a massive recall prompted by concerns over child safety following the deaths of six children under the age of 4 and injuries to many more. Ikea, which has a location [http://www.ikea.com/us/en/store/brooklyn]

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Park Slope Suffers A Loss: The Mulvaney Family Tragedy

Kat, Ledell, and Don Mulvaney (Personal Family Photo)On Saturday, August 15 the Park Slope community suffered a great loss, when three members of the Mulvaney family — Ledell, 61, Donald, 63, and their daughter Katherine (Kat), 31 — were in a car crash while returning from a United Church of Christ

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Shark Killed In Truck Accident On Way To Coney Island Aquarium

A Sandbar shark (Source: Wikimedia Commons [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbar_shark#/media/File:Carcharhinus_plumbeus_georgia.jpg] )A Sandbar shark that was on its way from Florida to a new home at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island was killed in a truck accident on Thursday. The

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UPDATE: Body Found In Marine Park Creek Identified As Missing Autistic Man Brian Gewirtz

Brian GerwitzUPDATE 6:45pm: Police have identified the body discovered yesterday in the Marine Park Creek as that of Brian Gewirtz, a 20-year-old man with autism who was reported missing by his family on February 17 [/autistic-man-goes-missing-marine-park-home/]. Gerwitz, whose family noted his love of parks in their requests for help

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Badly Decomposed Corpse Found Floating Near Floyd Bennett Field

File photoA badly decomposed body was found floating in a Marine Park marina on Sunday morning and was pulled ashore near Floyd Bennett Field. A fisherman found the fully-clothed man floating face up at Gateway Marina (3260 Flatbush Avenue) at 8:47am, according to authorities. First responders pulled the body

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Local Lottery Winner And Tabloid Celeb Richie Randazzo Loses Battle With Cancer

Richie Randazzo (Source: Legacy.com)The doorman from Avenue U who won the $5 million jackpot [/local-lottery-winner-battling-cancer/] died from lung cancer last week. Richie Randazzo, who had been battling the disease for a year, died on November 14 at age 50. His funeral mass was held at St. Simon & St.

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Highrise Homicide: Man Found Shot In Head In Hallway Of Coney Island Building

Sea Park Apartments (Source: Google Maps)Cops are investigating an apparent homicide in Coney Island, in which a 23-year-old man was found shot once in the head. The grisly scene unfolded at the Sea Park Apartments at 2980 West 28th Street just after 8:00pm. Cops arrived to find the

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P.S. 254 Cafeteria Renamed Mary Colgan Cafe After Passing Of Longtime School Aide

Colgan (Source: P.S. 254)Teachers, students and faculty gathered in the cafeteria of P.S. 254 (1801 Avenue Y) yesterday to honor the passing of a longtime school aide by renaming the facility Mary Colgan cafe in her memory. Colgan served 43 years in the New York City school

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BREAKING: Elderly Woman Struck, Pinned By Car On East 19th Street

2060 East 19th Street, the scene of the accident. (Source: Google Maps)A driver jumped the curb while attempting to park on East 19th Street between Avenue U and Avenue T, hitting an elderly woman and pinning her beneath the car. A tipster tells Sheepshead Bites that the accident occurred

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Man Found Dead In McDonald Avenue Basement

Just after midnight this morning, police say they found a man with deep cuts to his throat in the basement of 546 McDonald Avenue, between Beverley Road and Avenue C, after they responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress. Police say the man, identified as 57-year-old Mahiuddin

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Nikolai Rakossi Will Not Be Extradited To U.S. For Murder Of Tatyana And Larisa Prikhodko

Nikolai RakossiLarisa and Tatyana Prikhodko.Russian authorities will not be deporting Nikolai Rakossi [/tag/nikolai-rakossi/] to the Unites States to stand trial for the 2011 slayings of Larisa Prikhodko [/tag/larisa-prikhodko/] and her mother, Tatyana [/tag/tatyana-prikhodko/], a spokesperson for the Brooklyn district attorney confirmed to Sheepshead Bites. Still, Rakossi

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Three-Year-Old Boy Dies Mysteriously At Day Care Center

Maimonides Medical CenterA 3-year-old boy died of mysterious causes after being dropped off at a child day care center in Bensonhurst. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/boy-dies-child-care-brooklyn-article-1.1392240] that Andy Li lost consciousness before being rushed to Maimonides Hospital. After Li’s

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After Death Of Delivery Man, Bensonhurst Residents Fight For Traffic Light At Bay 25th St, Benson Ave

Benson Avenue at Bay 26th Street, the site of last week’s fatal accident. (Source: Google Maps)The accidental death of a delivery man on a bicycle on Bay 26 Street and Benson Avenue has renewed a community push for a traffic light on that corner. Mai Zhang, a 74-year-old

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Bicyclist Struck Twice, Killed On New Utrecht Avenue

A bicyclist was pronounced dead this morning after being struck by two vehicles on New Utrecht Avenue and 58th Street. NY Post reports [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/cyclist_killed_after_being_struck_qXNSoHwcTM9YChihb7zX8I] : > The unidentified victim, in his 30’s, was riding southbound on New Utrecht

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Former Goldstein H.S., Murrow H.S. Students Killed In Hurricane Sandy

Photo via Ditmas Park CornerTwo casualties of Hurricane Sandy were former students of Leon M. Goldstein High School at Kingsborough Community College and Edward R. Murrow High School. The two were together, killed while walking a dog on Monday night in Ditmas Park, where they lived. Ditmas Park Corner [http:

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Eugene Glebov, Brighton Beach Lifeguard, Lost To Sea

Tragedy struck the family of Yevgeniy “Eugene” Glebov, a 29-year-old Brighton Beach lifeguard found dead in the waters off the Rockaways yesterday. He was discovered by a tugboat crew after he disappeared setting off on a lone fishing trip this past Friday. Glebov, a Staten Island native, was an avid

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Body Washes Up Days After Man Jumps From The Verrazano

Source: Michael LoCascio via Wikimedia CommonsPolice found a dead body floating in the water near Exit 3 off the Belt Parkway, five days after a man jumped from the Verrazano Bridge. He was found unresponsive. When the emergency services team arrived, he was declared dead. The man has not yet

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BREAKING: Suicide On Brighton Beach, Near Brighton 14th Street

A 30-year-old man appears to have taken his own life on the sands of Brighton Beach this morning, having shot himself in the head. According to police, who arrived on the scene shortly after 9:00 a.m., the victim was a white male who died of a single gunshot

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Brooklyn Mourns The Loss Of Rabbi Abraham Abraham

Rabbi Abraham Abraham. Source: The Village VoiceSouthern Brooklyn has a lot less spirit this morning, as a kindly Herculean rabbi — infamous for donning bright orange Speedos while plunging every New Year’s Day into the freezing Atlantic waters off Brighton Beach, and who once froze himself [http://www.magictimes.com/

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Woman Crushed By Car In Tragic Accident

Photo of Cho, 40, killed in a car accident on Sunday (Courtesy of 1010 Wins)A 40-year-old woman was killed on Sunday when a car reversed too quickly and slammed into her and four others. The black 2010 Mercedes SUV was driven by a elderly parishioner (reports of his age