Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/1lbiu_Lp6ss Police are searching for a teen who allegedly hurled a rock and shouted an anti-semitic remark at a passing car in Midwood Tuesday. The victim was driving a 2015 Chrysler van northbound on Nostrand Avenue, near Avenue J, around 5pm when the rock came crashing
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(Photo: jon jordan [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jontintinjordan/2984318067/] / Flickr)The MTA’s plan to close part of Avenue O for construction during Midwood Mardi Gras [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/midwood-mardi-gras/] this Sunday has local elected officials up in arms. The construction work, part of the MTA’s project
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)Former police officer from Midwood was convicted Wednesday of sexually abusing a young girl, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced. Jacob Sabbagh, a 34-year-old Midwood resident, was arrested in December after his victim reported the abuse to authorities, according
Police & Fire
(Photos provided by the NYPD)Police are asking for the public’s assistance apprehending two men who last week tried to break into a Midwood store. The NYPD released surveillance photos of the two suspects, who are accused of trying to force their way into the Mekor Judaica store, located
Police & Fire
The crash scene at Avenue P and East 12th Street Monday night. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208228719452901&set=pcb.10154228525989038&type=3&theater] / Facebook)The 26-year-old driver who blew through a red light in Midwood Monday night — fatally striking a bicyclist
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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Photo: Nick Solari. Courtesy: Wikimedia CommonsPresidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be speaking in Midwood today [https://www.facebook.com/events/943938072370375/]. Sanders will address fans at 3pm, on “Bernie’s Block,” AKA James Madison High School [http://www.madisonhs.org/] (Avenue P and East 26th Street)
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Education
https://youtu.be/PwaasiPArFg Less than a week after a father’s arrest scandalized P.S. 193 [/arrest-p-s-193-spurs-calls-principals-removal/], another educator threatened to call police on a parent — this time for videotaping a meeting with two city councilmen. More than 200 people, including children, packed the elementary school’s auditorium Tuesday
Police & Fire
> @sheepsheadbites [https://twitter.com/SheepsheadBites] driver runs over person after fight on east 14th and P pic.twitter.com/FFt7vixjcT [https://t.co/FFt7vixjcT] — Jack Aboutboul (@jackfoundation) March 2, 2016 [https://twitter.com/jackfoundation/status/704825212269887488] A driver ran over his opponent during a fight in Midwood Tuesday night,
Central Brooklyn
https://youtu.be/Q79SV0ebnu8 Long-simmering tensions at Midwood’s P.S. 193 boiled over Wednesday when the principal had a parent arrested for speaking up about his child not being allowed to use the bathroom. In a video posted to YouTube, parents can be heard saying “this is wrong” and
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Photo provided by Diana AmirovaA bus driver was suspended without pay after being accused of calling one passenger a “stupid bitch” and flipping her the bird, according to the MTA. Diana Amirova, of Midwood, said she was attempting to board a crowded B82 bus at Kings Highway and Coney Island
Announcements
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerFree legal counseling is available to area homeowners who are in danger of losing their homes or have encountered changes in their financial circumstances. Councilmember David Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml] is partnering with Brooklyn Housing and Family Services [http://brooklynhousing.