Announcements
Captain Kenneth Quick of the 66th Precinct. (Photo: Jole Carliner)The 66 Precinct Community Council will NOT be meeting this Thursday. The next Community Council meeting for the 66th Precinct will be: Thursday, February 25, at 7:30pm Royal Community Care Center 818 Coney Island Avenue (and Dorchester Road) The
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders being interviewed by CBS. (Photo: CBS News) Midwood residents caught a glimpse [/bernie-sanders-spotted-midwood-afternoon/] of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Wednesday. The Vermont Senator, who met that same day with civil rights leader Al Sharpton, stopped by his childhood home near East 26th Street and Kings Highway
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> TONIGHT: See @ScottPelley [https://twitter.com/ScottPelley]‘s interview with @BernieSanders [https://twitter.com/BernieSanders] in the Brooklyn neighborhood where the senator grew up pic.twitter.com/G3wz67FK2N [https://t.co/G3wz67FK2N] — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 10, 2016 [https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/697504897315508224] Following a big win
Central Brooklyn
McDonald Avenue at Church Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)Kensington and Borough Park are at the top of the pack in several health categories despite the high poverty rate in our area. Department of Health data released last year [http://a816-dohbesp.nyc.gov/IndicatorPublic/QuickView.aspx] found that we are doing
Police & Fire
Cops say the suspects used a Jeep Cherokee to flee the robbery. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sleep soundly, neighbors. Police caught up with the third suspect involved in a robbery that ended in a shootout [/breaking-police-involved-shooting-avenue-o/] with police on a quiet Midwood street. Police reported that the third robber,
Central Brooklyn
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
Police & Fire
Cops cuffed two teens believed to have savagely mugged a 55-year-old man in Midwood [/graphic-video-shows-jewish-man-brutally-mugged-in-midwood/] last week, according to the NYPD. Eldin Sabovic, 17, and Baskim Huseinovic, 19, were taken into custody on Thursday and charged with robbery and assault, authorities announced. The teens both live in Midwood — about four
Central Brooklyn
(Photo provided by Assemblyman Dov Hikind)A series of car vandalisms have been plaguing 20th Avenue and 21st Avenue in Borough Park, and now the NYPD is issuing a warning for drivers in the area. “Be sure to park your cars in well-lit areas and don’t leave anything of
Central Brooklyn
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)The medical examiner has ruled that a Midwood man died last year from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub more than 36 years ago, police announced Tuesday. Anthony Defonte, 69, was found dead
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)The medical examiner has ruled that a Midwood man died last year from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub more than 36 years ago, police announced Tuesday. Anthony Defonte, 69, was found dead
Police & Fire
Chris McLean’s 2013 Honda Accord outside James Madison High School. (Photo provided by Chris McLean)At least two Midwood residents discovered their vehicles sitting on blocks and their tires stolen the day after Christmas, police say. MTA bus driver Chris McLean, one of the victims, said he was on
Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/Wxn_oi8rb3s Police have released new surveillance video of the two men believed to have assaulted and robbed [/graphic-video-shows-jewish-man-brutally-mugged-in-midwood/] a 55-year-old Jewish man on a Midwood sidewalk early Monday morning. The NYPD could not immediately provide further details about where the new footage was taken, but it