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District 40 Council Candidates Talk Policing, Affordable Housing and Bunny Wailer

Candidates for Brooklyn’s 40th Council District (Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Midwood) gathered virtually Wednesday night to discuss issues ranging from housing policy and mayoral control of schools to their favorite local business. Nine candidates looking to replace term-limited Council Member Mathieu Eugene introduced themselves and their vision for the

Brooklyn’s Largest Vaccine Site, At Medgar Evers College, Opens Wednesday

Governor Andrew Cuomo at Medgar Evers College on Monday. (Image: Governor’s office)A mass vaccination site at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights will open on Wednesday, February 24rd, at 231 Crown Street between Rogers and Nostrand Avenues. The site will be able to administer up to 3,000

Brooklyn’s Seafood Boom: “The Crab Craze Has Moved Up Into New York”

Over the last year, the influence of Brooklyn’s seafood-heavy coastal neighborhoods has started spreading inward. We’ve reported the openings of new seafood boil, crab, and lobster spots, not in the typical Sheepshead Bay, Red Hook and beach neighborhoods, but instead in East Flatbush, Crown Heights, and Bed-Stuy. The

NYPD Searching for Man Who Assaulted Bus Driver

Police are searching for a man who brutally assaulted an MTA bus driver at the Clarkson Avenue / E91 St bus stop (991 Clarkson Ave) last Tuesday. B47 bus was traveling westbound on Clarkson Avenue towards Remsen Avenue when an unidentified man approached the driver and spit on him before getting

NYPD Searching For Two Teenage Serial Robbers

These two kids are in trouble. Between the dates of December 9, 2020, and December 20, 2020, it was reported to police that two teenagers, aged 16 and 18 cops think, had committed 12 robberies. Images of the two robbers police are searching for. By NYPD Crime Stoppers.The boys

Suspended Attorney Charged With Stealing Deeds To Brooklyn Homes Worth $7.8 Million

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] MIDWOOD – An attorney was arraigned on an indictment in which he

Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center Expected To Open in 2025 With A Pool, Test Kitchen, And A Chess Team

Nostrand Playground’s current layout from NYC Parks Department. The proposed community center would be on Farragut Place where the turf fields are now.Over 120 attendees asked questions and made suggestions for the new recreation center in East Flatbush at a Parks Department’s virtual meeting Thursday night. The

East Flatbush Gets Its First Landmarked Block

East 25th Street. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously today to create the East 25th Street Historic District, the first official historic district in East Flatbush. The one-block district, which includes both sides of East 25th Street between Clarendon Road and Avenue D, comprises 56

Sunset Park Resident Pinned Between Dump Trucks And Killed

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] EAST FLATBUSH – A 24-year old dump truck driver was killed while

51-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot In East Flatbush

67th Pct data via NYPD.EAST FLATBUSH – A 51-year-old man was shot and killed over the weekend in front of an AutoZone store. The suspect is still on the loose. On Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 a.m., cops responded to a 911 call of a man shot on