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Five-Alarm Fire Injures 12 Firefighters And Displaces 4 Families In Dyker Heights

It took over 4 hours to battle the five-alarm fire. (Photo: FDNY)DYKER HEIGHTS – A five-alarm fire ripped through three homes late Saturday night, injuring 12 firefighters and displacing families. On Saturday, September 12, just before midnight, a fire blazed through 1330 74th Street and then spread to the two

Bay Ridge

Community Raises $13,000 for Bagel Shop Targeted By Vandals

The Brother’s Bagels, a family-owned bagel shop in Bay Ridge, is picking up the pieces after three men came in and, unprovoked, tore apart much of the shop, creating over $13,000 in damages. The incident took place this past Friday, after the shop had already closed for the

Announcements

Neighbors Give Back To Their Own Southern Brooklyn Immigrant Community

Brooklyn Immigrant Community Support – Distribution at Good Shepherd Church. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission) SOUTH BROOKLYN – One of the many communities that have been hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic are the undocumented. Because of their status, this group of hardworking people (most of them

Bushwick

Bushwick Food Coop Needs Help After Fire

BUSHWICK – A member of the Bushwick Food Coop [https://www.bushwickfoodcoop.org/] walking by the space in the wee hours of the morning on July 3rd discovered the devastating fire – which is estimated to have started around 3:00 am. While the direct cause of the fire is still being

Big Story

How To Help Displaced Residents Of Sunset Park Fire

A six-alarm fire ripped through 702 44th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn this evening, injuring several civilians and firefighters. Hundreds will be left homeless in this rare daylight fire. (Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Over 100 Brooklynites were displaced from their Sunset Park home at 702 44th Street after

Central Brooklyn

GoFundMe Started For Twins Who Recently Lost Mother

WINDSOR TERRACE – The family of a Windsor Terrace woman who passed away unexpectedly on Monday has set up a GoFundMe page [https://www.gofundme.com/t4auh-tonyas-funeral-expenses] for her seven-year-old twins. Tonya Muro via us.iearn.org [http://us.iearn.org/news/in-memory-of-tonya-muro] Tonya Muro was the Executive Director of iEARN-USA

Food & Drink

Community Pitches In To Help Putnam’s Employees Post Fire

Photo via Putnam’s Pub & Cooker via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQBq67AgQIy/?taken-by=putnamspub]Neighbors, patrons, and fans of Clinton Hill’s beloved Putnam’s Pub & Cooker [http://putnamspub.com/] are pitching in to help out the bar’s staff while the building undergoes extensive repairs following a

Central Brooklyn

Ivanka Trump Donates $1K To Fundraiser Honoring 7 Children Killed In Midwood Fire Last Year

(Photo via Rafael Lopez Jr. / RLJRNews.com)Ivanka Trump, entrepreneur, author, and daughter of present-elect Donald Trump, made a tax-deductible $1,000 donation to a Gofundme campaign [https://www.gofundme.com/the-sassoon-7-project] honoring seven children who died in a hot-plate fire in Midwood last year. [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/

News

Battered Boy’s Father Reportedly Starts GoFundMe, Questions Raised About His Motive

The Daily News dug this photo up from Jaden’s mother’s Facebook page.What happened to Jaden Jordan [/jaden-jordan-toddler-life-support-pronounced-dead/], allegedly at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend, Salvatore Lucchesse, 24, can only be described as vicious, senseless, and tragic. The details of this heart-wrenching story have raised more

Announcements

Help Support Family Of Slain Flatbush Teen Anthony Nazaire

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Community support is pouring in via a fundraiser [https://www.gofundme.com/anthonynazaire] to help cover funeral costs for Anthony Nazaire, a 19-year-old Flatbush resident who was stabbed to death on the Cornell University campus last week [/blog/crime/community-mourns-flatbush-teen-stabbed-death-cornell-university/]. Nazaire’s mother, Katia Toussaint,

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BRIC TV Features Babysitter Who Saved Her Child, Lost Her Leg, And Now Needs A Home And Childcare

Film by Steve de Sève of BRIC TV. Please note all information about fundraising and awareness is located at the bottom of this article. It’s an all too familiar fear that haunts parents in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City — virtually anywhere on the planet. A miscalculated swerve, a

Neighbors

Park Slope Babysitter Saves Her Child, Loses Her Leg, And Now Needs A Home And Childcare

Film by Steve de Sève of BRIC TV. Please note all information about fundraising and awareness is located at the bottom of this article. It’s an all too familiar fear that haunts parents in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City — virtually anywhere on the planet. A miscalculated swerve, a

News

Man Arrested And Indicted For Gowanus Hit And Run Which Severely Injured Pedestrian

Intersection of 3rd Avenue and 7th Street where the May 21 hit and run incident took place. (Screenshot via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6726473,-73.9899738,3a,75y,306.49h,82.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1llh98xekM2h1_zaVKTLNg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )The driver responsible

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Man Killed Trying To Stop Woman From Shooting Into A Crowd Outside Farragut Houses

(Courtesy Flickr/Laser Burner [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhodamine/3461574750/in/photolist-6e7BNc-6ebJPu-NFJ8q-6gTtzh-2aCcCX-76uwua-CAPYdt-xskRQ9-5GneKg-5GrwBj-db6xG7-6J8HEd-G4qxy] )A heroic bystander was shot in the head while trying to stop a woman from shooting into a crowd of women and children outside the Farragut Houses, reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/cops-hunt-gun-toting-woman-shot-crowd-brooklyn-article-1.2682172?utm_

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With $500K Possible In Bills, Victims Of Gowanus Hit And Run Set Up GoFundMe Page

Tanya Kinne with her fiancé Chris Kovacs were struck in a hit and run on Saturday, May 21 on 3rd Avenue. (Courtesy of the Kinne/Kovacs family)A pedestrian severely injured due to a hit and run incident [/blog/transportation/pedestrian-hospitalized-green-taxi-flees-hit-run-gowanus/] on Saturday, May 21 in Gowanus returned to her

Bensonhurst

After Meeting The Pope, Bath Beach Girl With Lyme Disease Gets Outpouring Of Support

This could be the miracle 12-year-old Julia Bruzzese was looking for. Earlier this year, the Saint Bernadette School [http://stbernadetteschool.org/] student, who is fighting Lyme disease and has not walked in a year, shared a special moment with Pope Francis [/wheelchair-bound-bath-beach-girl-finds-hope-when-she-meets-the-pope/#.VmkHHGSDGko] during his visit to New York City.

AmeriKick

Help Brooklyn Martial Arts Kids Go For Gold At Amerikick Internationals

Amerikick Park Slope Demo Team (Courtesy Ruth Levy)The stereotype that Brooklyn kids are entitled brats who expect everyone from Nanny to the stranger they just scooter-plowed on 5th Avenue to hand them everything in life on a locally (and organically) produced platter, is about as old and tired as