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Aug
06
Man Beaten to Death in Downtown Homeless Shelter

Man Beaten to Death in Downtown Homeless Shelter

Outside the Prince Street homeless shelter where a man was beaten to death last night (Screenshot via Google Maps)DOWNTOWN
1 min read
Aug
03
Restaurant News: Stumptown Coffee Opens, Gage & Tollner Fundraising & More

Restaurant News: Stumptown Coffee Opens, Gage & Tollner Fundraising & More

Here’s some news on eateries opening soon and closing in northwestern Brooklyn’s ever-evolving restaurant scene. It’s difficult
5 min read
Aug
03
Friday Crime Blotter: Another Racial Incident on a Bus, Robbery in Coney Island & More

Friday Crime Blotter: Another Racial Incident on a Bus, Robbery in Coney Island & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – Police
2 min read
Jul
30
More Debris Falls On Platform At Borough Hall Station

More Debris Falls On Platform At Borough Hall Station

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Last Thursday afternoon a piece of plaster crashed down onto the southbound 4/5 platform at the Brooklyn
2 min read
Jul
30

Weekend Crime Blotter: Slashings, Purse-Snatchings, A Livery Cab Driver Robbed & More

PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS – A livery cab driver was robbed Friday night in PLG, but the suspects didn’t realize he
3 min read
Jul
25
Pop-Up Beach Party Coming To Downtown Brooklyn

Pop-Up Beach Party Coming To Downtown Brooklyn

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Can’t make it to the beach this weekend? The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com] will deliver
1 min read
Jul
18
Restaurant News In & Around Park Slope

Restaurant News In & Around Park Slope

Ample Hills [https://www.amplehills.com], 421 Van Brunt Street (at Beard), Red Hook Ample Hills debuted its newest location,
4 min read
Jul
18

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Three Shootings in Bed-Stuy, A Screwdriver Stabbing in a 99¢ Store & More

BED-STUY – A late-night shooting that wounded a 27-year old man has police on the hunt for an unknown suspect in
2 min read
Jul
16
Weekend Crime Blotter: A Daylight Shooting on Fulton Mall, A Home-Invasion Rape in Sunset Park & More

Weekend Crime Blotter: A Daylight Shooting on Fulton Mall, A Home-Invasion Rape in Sunset Park & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – On
3 min read
Jul
10
DOT Submits Plans To Rehabilitate Portions Of Brooklyn Bridge

DOT Submits Plans To Rehabilitate Portions Of Brooklyn Bridge

[UPDATED: Friday, July 13 at 2:30pm] The LPC unanimously approved DOT’s proposed plan to restore the Brooklyn Bridge’
2 min read