Announcements
Photo via Google Maps.PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – A wellness check that came too late. On January 30 at about 3:04 p.m., the NYPD was trying to conduct a “wellness check” inside a third-floor apartment at 145 E 18 Street. Cops were having a bit of trouble going inside
brownsville
WILLIAMSBURG – A Williamsburg church was vandalized in the early hours of Sunday, December 2, police confirmed. The suspect allegedly urinated on two angel statues outside the Our Lady of Consolation Roman Catholic Church, at 184 Metropolitan Avenue, before pushing them over, where they smashed on the ground. Police said the
brighton beach
EAST WILLIAMSBURG – A homeless man was crushed to death by a truck yesterday after he sought shelter from the summer rain under the vehicle. The accident occurred yesterday, August 14, at the loading dock at 1177 Flushing Avenue, near the intersection with Varick. Sometime during the day, the victim placed
News
La Guardia Playground in Williamsburg, where a man was found dead yesterday evening (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – A body was discovered in a North Brooklyn playground yesterday evening, police confirmed. Around 5:30 pm on Monday, August 6, police received a 911 call reporting an unconscious man in Williamsburg’
Police & Fire
The apartment building at 575 59th Street, where a man was stabbed to death on the street yesterday morning (Screenshot via Google Maps)SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for a suspect in the stabbing death of a man in Sunset Park yesterday morning. Just before 10:00 am on Thursday,
Central Brooklyn
Outside the Lenox Road apartment where a woman was found dead over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – A woman was found dead in her East Flatbush home on Saturday, police confirmed, in what is being described as a “suspicious death.” The body of 58-year old Kyinar Thein
mill basin
MILL BASIN – Yesterday, a body was spotted floating in the waters of Mill Basin near the Kings Plaza Marina, the NYPD confirmed. Officers from the 63rd Precinct responded to a call of a person in the water at 3:00 pm on Sunday, June 10, said police. FDNY units removed
midwood
1122 Chestnut Avenue in Midwood, where a man was found stabbed and slashed in his apartment (Screenshot via Google Maps)MIDWOOD – Last night, a man was found slashed and stabbed to death in his bed in a Midwood apartment building. Around 10:25 pm on Wednesday, June 6, police received
Bushwick
Putnam Avenue in Bushwick, where a resident died of what may be a drug overdose this weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – Over the weekend, a Bushwick man died in what might be a fatal overdose caused by the synthetic cannabinoid K2, which has been causing hospitalizations across Brooklyn. Police
Bay Ridge
An overpass on the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge (Screenshot via Google Maps)BAY RIDGE – A dead body was found under a Belt Parkway overpass in Bay Ridge late Tuesday night, the NYPD has confirmed. Responding to a call of an unconscious person near Shore Road and Belt Parkway around
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Jaren Canady and Alyssa Grippo were found dead from an apparent drug overdose in their Williamsburg apartment last weekend (Photo via Facebook)UPDATE (5/3/18) – The NYPD has released the names of the two people found dead in Williamsburg over the weekend. Jaren F. Canady, 28, and Alyssa Grippo,
Gowanus
Gowanus Canal seen from the 9th Street Bridge (Photo: Nathan Haselby)GOWANUS – A phone call early Tuesday morning alerted police to a dead body floating in the Gowanus Canal, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed. Responding to the 911 call at 7:00 am on Tuesday, April 3, police discovered an unconscious