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Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Sarah Crean)Residents in our area are relatively healthy when it comes to a 2015 analysis of New Yorkers by neighborhood — but there is major room for improvement. Department of Health data released last year [http://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/QuickView.aspx] found that we are
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via mmilberger [https://instagram.com/p/2ydpwhClNF/?taken-by=mmilberger]Ever wonder about the history of our neighborhood? Forgotten New York recently released a tour of Church Avenue [http://forgotten-ny.com/2016/01/church-avenue-flatbush-part-1/] highlighting the interesting history of one of the neighborhood’s main thoroughfares. > The road itself is
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Photo via Chuck NwokeNeighbor Chuck Nwoke published an essay in Salon [http://www.salon.com/2015/12/05/did_my_black_life_matter_when_i_was_roughed_up_in_front_of_my_house_i_was_surprised_by_who_helped_and_who_didnt/] over the weekend exploring race relations in the
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Photo by Lola FlashIn local Naomi Jackson [http://www.naomi-jackson.com/]‘s new novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill, two girls spend the summer of 1989 with their grandmother in Barbados, and it’s Jackson’s deft descriptions of both people and places that earned her the accolade “a
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Photo by Andrew Katz [https://instagram.com/akatzphoto/]An out-of-control SUV struck and killed a cyclist and crashed into two other cars near the Barclays Center early this morning, injuring at least three other people, according to the NYPD. The FDNY responded to Atlantic Avenue between Flatbush and 4th Avenues
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office Diego Rodriguez
An NYPD auxiliary officer assigned to the 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml] was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with hacking into police and FBI databases to steal the personal information of traffic accident victims so he could bill those individuals for fraudulent
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Source: NYPD’s 70th Precinct, via TwitterIt was a whodunnit of proportions usually seen on Saturday morning children’s cartoons. A crime was in progress, but the suspect had left the scene. How will they find him? Oh, the criminal mastermind left footprints in the snow. That’s what happened
Flatbush
Following years of discussion about creating a dog run in our area [/animals/meeting-about-possible-dog-run-in-the-area], the dog advocacy group FIDO [http://www.fidobrooklyn.org/] is continuing to spearhead efforts to make the space a reality. A member of FIDO, Lynn Radov, will hold a meeting about the dog run on Monday,
Politics
Over the holiday weekend, we were able to watch the political debate that Brooklyn Independent Media [http://bricartsmedia.org/community-media/brooklyn-independent-media] aired last week with the candidates running for the 42nd Assembly District (which covers Ditmas Park, Midwood, and Flatbush): Michele Adolphe [http://www.micheleadolphe.com/], Rodneyse Bichotte [http://www.
Flatbush
Source: Wikimedia CommonsONLY ON SHEEPSHEAD BITES: Chaos overtook Kings Plaza Mall (5100 Kings Plaza) yesterday afternoon when approximately 500 teenagers became rowdy, causing security officials to call the police and temporarily shutter the mall for at least two hours to restore order. The teens, who were off from school for
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KirtonThe Daily News is reporting that a grand jury decided to drop the hate crime charges [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/black-teens-hate-crime-charges-dropped-attack-white-brooklyn-couple-article-1.1496659] raised against Kashawn Kirton, 18, and Daehrell Finch, 17, two suspects that police arrested in connection with an assault of a couple near Kings Plaza on
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This morning at 8am, Burger King employees from the store at 971 Flatbush Avenue (on the corner of Albemarle) and New York Communities for Change [http://www.nycommunities.org] helped kick off a day of strikes across the city for better wages and the right to unionize without retaliation. In