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Kings Highway and East 18th Street, the scene of the accidents (Source: Google Maps)An MTA bus struck a pedestrian on Kings Highway near East 18th Street yesterday afternoon, dragging him a short distance and leaving him seriously injured. News 12 reports [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/pedestrian-hit-by-
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Police are now circulating the above photos of the man they believe to be behind a spate of night-time home burglaries in Homecrest [/cops-warn-home-burglary-trend-homecrest-area/]. The image comes after yet another burglary on October 17. At approximately 2:55am, the suspect broke into a
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Cops say this is Malique YoungThe NYPD announced the arrest of 18-year-old Malique Young yesterday evening, the second and final suspect wanted for the shocking assault and robbery of an 18-year-old woman in Midwood [/video-two-men-wanted-beating-robbing-18-year-old-woman-midwood-apartment-
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2044 East 18th Street (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD is currently on scene at 2044 East 18th Street off of Avenue T after a person fatally plunged from the building. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. A tipster tells Sheepshead Bites that fire trucks and ambulances were also
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THE BITE [/tag/the-bite/]: One recent morning, I walked into Sheepshead Bay Fruit & Vegetables Market, also known as Sheepshead Bay Gourmet Market, and while the newly added fresh meats display did entice me with it’s array of pink-gray veal and tongue, it was, as I’ve
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Source: GenBug/FlickrAfter four months of repairs following extensive damage from Superstorm Sandy, the Bay Station Post Office at 2628 East 18th Street reopens today offering limited service. Community Board 15’s liaison to the United States Postal Service, Don Brown, informed us over the weekend that box mail and
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UPDATE (10/16/2012 @ 1:41 p.m.): Ping Yim Lee has been found! His granddaughter, Linda, tweeted the following to us at 1:30 p.m.: “Found! He was spotted at convenience store in Queens but no recollection how. On the way to dialysis w/him.” This is great
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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection shut down Jerome Avenue between East 17th Street and East 18th Street today, as crews worked to repair a broken sewage line. The line backed up, according to a worker on the scene, spurring them to open the fire hydrant and empty
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We don’t have any additional information about this incident. From the looks of it, I don’t think a pedestrian was involved – reads more like it was probably a parked car that was hit. Just thought we’d pass along the flier.
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Police are responding to Gravesend Neck Road and East 18th Street, pursuing a possible kidnapper and accomplice. The call came over police scanners at approximately 12:30 p.m. today. The call indicated that a man wearing all black was running down Gravesend Neck Road with a baby in his
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Source: Arrts-Arrchives.com THE COMMUTE [../tag/the-commute/]: The MTA does a decent job when it comes to finding and returning lost property to its rightful owners, except when it comes to finding its own property. The New York Times reported on Saturday [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/
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Courtesy of Daily NewsThe United States Postal Service (USPS) has signed a five-year lease on 3157 Coney Island Avenue, after a fierce battle with the landlord to keep the Brighton Beach Post Office branch open [/brighton-beach-post-office-still-at-risk/]. The agreement caps an almost year long