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An aerial view of NYCHA’s Sheepshead/Nostrand houses, where the drug ring operated (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – After a 16-month investigation into drug dealing in NYCHA’s Sheepshead and Nostrand Houses, the Department of Investigations announced 18 arrests—including 3 NYCHA employees—last Friday in a release
Announcements
CONEY ISLAND – A group of Coney Island gangsters have been indicted in a slew of crimes spanning the last six years, which include murder, racketeering, witness tampering and robbery. The four members and one associate of the “West End Enterprise,” a street gang based out of the Mermaid Houses on
Health
From left to right: Ann Marie Perrotto (founder of Christopher’s Reason, a substance abuse treatment center opening on Staten Island); NYS Assemblywoman Pamela Harris; Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle; and Donna Mae DePola, President & CEO of the Resource, Training & Counseling Center, during a visit to the Center
Events
Councilman Chaim Deutsch leads community forum at Homecrest Playground. (Photo: James Sienkievic / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Chaim Deutsch [http://council.nyc.gov/d48/html/members/home.shtml] held a community forum last night at Homecrest Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/homecrest-playground]. He was accompanied by Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey,
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Photos via Muslims Giving BackPolice are investigating an assault outside of a Sunset Park mosque early this morning, but say they are not treating the incident as a hate crime. The 17-year-olds were badly beaten outside of Muslim Community Center of Brooklyn [http://www.yelp.com/biz/jamiah-masjid-brooklyn] (5224 3rd
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(Courtesy Rob Nguyen via Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_nguyen/5472622043/in/photolist-9kABSt-8xnCfp-8xqE3j-3WxDap-8xqEfN-8xnBVX-8xnC2D-8xqEpq-8xnC8k-aW5w3k-8xqEn5-48ryw6-8xnC3T-3WBZZy-e81Gwj-8xnBYr-ahArv2-4S9LNZ-5pobLc-aW5vJK-bccaBr-6BocX7-6aUsbU-xxUHyU-aqKKfn-8pN9LD-xVn4N-8CK2U4-dzoygh-8fQaJF-4S9L5t-gSkCZZ-uELuhW-gSkwy1-KzfYi-99PjyB-8gvqhs-9SfdEF-4oJrGi-ckTaqA-ckTadw-6aUrT5-hjw2oP-3WxGf8-6aQgvp-6aUruL-6VBhQb-8xqEsb-7umc2c-yT9Z] .)A man apparently overdosed on drugs at Junior’s [/?s=
Police & Fire
A police cruiser parked outside the 61st precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Neighbors living near a troubled playground will have to wait for the Verizon strike to be resolved before police reinstate a regular patrol to deter drug activity in the area. Speaking at the community council meeting Wednesday,
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Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Cops are pulling more guns off the street as they respond the the growing heroin epidemic in Sheepshead Bay. Speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting Wednesday, Captain Winston Faison reported his officers
Arts & Culture
The legendary L’Amour [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27amour_%28venue%29] marquee, circa 1988 (image courtesy of Alex Kayne).Often hailed by its following as “The Rock Capital of Brooklyn,” L’Amour was a staple of hard rock/heavy metal [/bensohurst-hard-core-metal-destination/#.Vr67cvIrLIU]acts of the 1980s and 1990s.
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> Another Great Search Warrant by 61 Pct F.I.O Sgt Attia & 61 Special Ops. 245 Glassines of Heroin were recovered. pic.twitter.com/4S0vpCeAkF [https://t.co/4S0vpCeAkF] — NYPD 61st Precinct (@NYPD61Pct) October 22, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NYPD61Pct/status/657168533177126912] Officers seized hundreds of packets of
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Homecrest Playground. (Photo: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation) Although cops seized a sizable amount of pills and pot during a traffic stop this week near Homecrest Playground [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/homecrest-playground/history], neighbors say the local precinct’s neglect of the park, near Homecrest Avenue
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The Scientology-backed Foundation for a Drug-Free World gives a presentation with Miss New York Jillian Tapper at P.S. 186 in Bensonhurst. (Source: Foundation for a Drug Free World via Facebook)An anti-drug education program is coming under fire after parents discovered the group, The Foundation for a Drug Free
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Dynamic’s Brooklyn facility at 1830 Coney Island Avenue. (Source: DYCInc.org)The associate director of a Midwood-based drug rehabilitation and counseling center said she was among the first to sound the alarm about an impending spike in heroin abuse in the community, and now the group is turning to
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The following is a message from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Photo by Erica ShermanIn an effort to provide a safer alternative for prescription drug disposal, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are sponsoring the Eighth National Prescription Drugs Take-Back Initiative,
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Prosecutors charged six men for operating three phone delivery services that allegedly provided clients with narcotics, steroids and marijuana to locations in Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Sunset Park. The charges came after an undercover investigation and wiretaps conducted by the NYPD and the Brooklyn district attorney that recorded
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State Senator Diane Savino (Source: Thomas Good via Wikimedia Commons)State Senator Diane Savino, who represents parts of Coney Island, Gravesend, Brighton Beach and Bensonhurst, thinks highly of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to get groovy with medical marijuana. News came of Cuomo’s change of heart – he previously said