Ingersoll Houses

Shooting Leaves One Dead, One Injured

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Cops are looking for someone who shot and killed one man and injured another inside an apartment over the weekend. On Saturday, May 30 at around 3:15 a.m., cops found a 36-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back and an unidentified man with gunshot

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NYCHA Botched Fixing Roofs That Had Warranties, Wasting Millions – Comptroller Finds

Comptroller Scott Stringer at a press conference outside Ingersoll Houses in Fort Green (Image by Sam Raskin/Bklyner)FORT GREENE — The city’s housing authority has been ‘botching’ maintenance of its buildings’ roofs, Comptroller Scott Stringer said Friday. “NYCHA wasted millions and has put tens of millions of dollars at

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LGBT-Friendly Affordable Senior Housing Lottery Launches May 29

FORT GREENE – The application process will launch next week for 108 units at an LGBT-friendly affordable senior residence at 112 St. Edwards Street (at Myrtle Avenue) in Fort Greene, 6sqft [https://www.6sqft.com/in-fort-greene-nations-largest-lgbt-senior-development-will-open-affordable-housing-lottery/] first reported. Ingersoll Senior Housing rendering by LiFang via Marvel Architects [https://marvelarchitects.com/work/

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Youth Tennis Program Launches At Ingersoll Houses

FORT GREENE – Kings County Tennis League [https://www.kingscountytennisleague.org/#homepage] (KCTL) hosted a ribbon-cutting on Saturday, May 4 to celebrate its newest kids’ tennis programming facility at the Ingersoll Houses. Courtesy of Kings County Tennis LeagueKCTL builds and maintains tennis courts at NYCHA developments in Brooklyn to promote youth

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Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Dating App Killing

FORT GREENE – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday [http://www.brooklynda.org/2019/01/10/philadelphia-man-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-fatally-stabbing-fort-greene-man-during-drug-fueled-encounter/] that a 44-year-old Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the stabbing death of a “Brooklyn man inside his apartment during a drug-fueled sexual encounter.” According to trial

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A Date Went Terribly Wrong. Was it Murder—Or Self-Defense?

NYS Supreme Court (Photo by Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FORT GREENE – Last April, David Keegan Riotto Haigh drove from his sister’s house outside Reading, Pennsylvania, to visit a friend in New York City. There he would connect with James Koron Johnson, who went by his middle name, on a gay

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Fort Greene Man Sentenced To 90 Years To Life For 3 Fatal Shootings

FORT GREENE – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Monday that a 33-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to 90 years to life in prison for fatally shooting three people near the Ingersoll Houses in September 2015, including a 76-year-old innocent bystander. Allen Cooper (Photo via the Office of Acting

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Man Convicted Of 2015 Fatal Shooting Of 3 In Fort Greene

FORT GREENE – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that a 33-year-old Fort Greene resident was convicted of killing three men, including a 76-year-old innocent bystander, near the Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene in September 2015. Allen Cooper (Photo via the Office of Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez)

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Man Plunges To Death Trying To Escape Police In Fort Greene

A screen shot of Jamel Chandler from the video he posted to Facebook LiveA 21-year-old man trying to escape the police fell eleven stories to his death Tuesday evening in Fort Greene. The NYPD say they were seeking Jamel Chandler in connection to a robbery. Chandler, who was recently released

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Man Arrested For Fatal Stabbing In Fort Greene

Ingersoll Houses at Navy and Myrtle by snapitschelsea via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRd6wyxlUah/?taken-by=snapitschelsea]Police have arrested 42-year-old David Haigh of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the murder of a Fort Greene man early Sunday. On Sunday, April 9, at approximately 6:03am, police responded to a call

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Man Found With Knife Lodged In Chest At Fort Greene’s Ingersoll Houses

Ingersoll Houses at Navy and Myrtle by snapitschelsea [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRd6wyxlUah/?taken-by=snapitschelsea] via Instagram On Sunday, April 9, at approximately 6:03am, police responded to a call at 30 Fleet Walk at the Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene. Police say they found inside an apartment unit

Events

National Night Out Features Events At Fort Greene Park And Ingersoll Houses

Auxiliary officers at the 88th Precinct enjoyed National Night Out Festivities in 2013. Pictured, top row: Officer Anthony Johnson, Sergeant Lynford Fairclough, Officer Justin Lopez, Deputy Inspector, Officer Kevin Grant, Officer Joseph Barber; second row: Officer Jason Woods, Officer Ezra Glasgow and Officer Ellen Moseley. (Photo by Amanda Woods)Today

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At 550 Vanderbilt, There’s An Emphasis On Inclusion In The Construction Process

A rendering of 550 Vanderbilt.As Pacific Park [/?s=pacific+park] rises amidst questions about the changing character [/blog/2016/04/26/gentrification-dominates-cumbos-state-district-speech/]of the neighborhood, it’s the role of minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) in the construction process that may surprise some. 550 Vanderbilt [http://550vanderbilt.com]

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Ingersoll Residents Question Affordability Of New Housing

The meeting in session. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)“What do you call affordable?” asked Ingersoll Residents Association President Darold Burgess [/?s=darold+burgess] in reference to the developments rising around the Ingersoll Houses and the proposed affordable housing set-asides. The Ingersoll Residents Association Meeting was last night at

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Community Leaders React To Arrest In Triple Homicide

Allen “Pike” Cooper is wanted for shooting and killing three people at the Ingersoll Houses in September 2015. (Photo via NYPD)Community leaders have rallied around the families of the residents of the Ingersoll Houses following the arrest [/blog/2016/04/25/suspect-ingersoll-triple-homicide-apprehended/] of the suspect in last fall’s

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Suspect In The Ingersoll Triple Homicide Finally Arrested And Charged

Allen “Pike” Cooper was charged three counts of murder and criminal possession . (Photo via NYPD)The NYPD got their man, tracking the suspect in the Ingersoll Houses triple murder [/blog/2015/09/21/three-men-shot-and-killed-at-ingersoll-houses-this-weekend/] all the way down to North Carolina. Cops followed a series of tips to nab Allen

Business

Free Wi-Fi Almost Here For Ingersoll And Whitman Residents, Courtesy of Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Image via americanvirus/Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvirus/3688768361/].We truly live in a connected world, with friends, family, strangers, news, and more available at the touch of a finger to a phone screen. But for many low-income New Yorkers, particularly those who live in public housing, internet

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Ingersoll And Fort Greene Leaders Bring Voter Registration To The People

Photo courtesy of Darold Burgess.Voter registration may be over for anyone seeking to vote in the April 19 presidential primary (FYI it’s not too late to register for the main thing, aka General Election in November), but Fort Greene community leaders definitely made the most of the time

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Much-Needed Lighting And Security Cameras Are Being Installed At Ingersoll Houses

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Let there be light. Now that a $4.8 million lighting installation project has been completed at Harlem’s Polo Grounds Towers public housing development, the city is continuing to go full steam ahead at the next eight (8) locations — including our very own Ingersoll

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Three Youths Sought For Violent Beating Of Teen At Ingersoll Houses (PHOTO)

Image via DCPI.Remember: a baseball bat is more dangerous than your average “toy.” One of them was used in the beating of a 19-year-old man on Monument Walk at the Ingersoll Houses this past Monday, March 7, at around 10:25pm, according to cops. Police stated that the teen

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Cops Release Description Of Suspect In Ingersoll Triple Homicide

Image via NYPD.Police have released a “Wanted” poster with a photo of the man suspected of shooting — and killing — three Ingersoll Houses residents [/blog/2015/09/21/three-men-shot-and-killed-at-ingersoll-houses-this-weekend/], including local grandfather figure Herbert Brown [/blog/2015/09/22/ingersoll-residents-remember-mourn-slain-neighbors-criticize-gun-culture-and-lack-of-jobs/] , this past September 20. Allen “Pike” Cooper is wanted for

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17-Year-Old Fort Greene Resident Charged With Murder In Shooting Death

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.A 17-year-old resident of Ingersoll Houses was arrested on Friday, October 30 and charged with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon — all in the second degree — in the shooting death of 16-year-old Armani Hankins [/blog/2015/10/27/17-year-old-killed-by-bullet-to-the-head-in-rush-hour-shootout-at-flatbush-and-dekalb-avenues/] last Monday, October

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Comptroller’s Audit Reveals Outsized Vacancy Rate In Several NYCHA Houses, Including Ingersoll

Anthony Sosa, president of Ingersoll Tenants Association, speaks about wait times for apartments and repairs at Ingersoll and NYCHA. (Photo by Fort Greene Focus)Despite a waiting list of over 270,000 people for an apartment in one of the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA), an audit by

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Tonight At 6:30PM: Informational Forum On Downsizing In NYCHA Houses

The controversial and emotional issue of downsizing — the practice of forcing existing residents, usually seniors, of New York City public housing to move into smaller apartments once their families grow up and move away, in order to make room for new residents and families who are currently on waiting lists

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Cumbo Criticized For Question About Growing Asian American Population In Fort Greene NYCHA Houses

35th District City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo. (Photo by The Nabe)Councilmember Laurie Cumbo [http://council.nyc.gov/d35/html/members/home.shtml]issued an apology on Thursday (March 26) for remarks made during a City Council Public Housing Committee hearing where she asked whether the New York City Housing Authority