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BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A shooting last night turned deadly, injuring three and killing one. Police are treating it as a homicide. On Wednesday, February 6 at about 10:26 p.m., a shooting took place in the lobby of 1778 Fulton Street. When cops arrived, they found a 20-year-old man shot
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616 Brighton Beach Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)BRIGHTON BEACH – A fight that turned deadly and a 52-year-old man died after being pushed down the stairs of his home by a family member. On February 3rd at 2:27 a.m., cops were called to the Brighton Beach apartment for
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Layoffs have been sweeping the borough and based on filings from the Department of Labor, there are many more to come. According to DOL filings [https://labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=6680], we found that 112 employees at Metropolitan Jewish Home Care [https://www.mjhs.org/], Inc.
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Ilhan Omar. (Photo: Ala’a Assamawy/YAMA)SUNSET PARK – America’s first hijab-wearing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was the keynote speaker at the first annual Yemeni American Merchants Association (YAMA) [https://www.yamausa.org/] Gala on Saturday, February 2. [/thousands-yemeni-americans-supporters-rally-trumps-muslim-ban/] She spoke of not giving up, the Muslim Ban, and what
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FORT GREENE – Last Thursday, January 31, The Brooklyn Hospital Center [https://www.tbh.org] (TBHC) kicked off the first event of a three-year celebration to honor the medical facility’s 175th anniversary. Gary G. Terrinoni, TBHC President & CEO; Julian Macrone, Fort Greene Park Conservancy; Sandra Chapman, Chief of Staff,
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Photo via Google Maps.BUSHWICK – A teenager was shot and killed last weekend outside his home. On January 26 at about 8:50 p.m., according to cops, one of the two suspects shot the victim once in the chest at Bushwick Avenue and Weirfield Street, while the other suspect
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Vice LogoEarlier today The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that “around 250 jobs are expected to be cut” as Vice, the Brooklyn Headquartered media company [https://twitter.com/vice] that employs 2,500, “reduces redundancies internationally and reorients to focus on growth areas like film and television production and branded
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Photo via Google Maps.PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – A wellness check that came too late. On January 30 at about 3:04 p.m., the NYPD was trying to conduct a “wellness check” inside a third-floor apartment at 145 E 18 Street. Cops were having a bit of trouble going inside
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – To honor baseball legend Jackie Robinson on what would’ve been his 100th birthday, his family was presented the posthumous “Key to Brooklyn” award yesterday afternoon. Though Borough President Eric Adams was not able to make the event – he was stuck in the airport due
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Anita Bulan. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Anita Bulan immigrated to America 15 years ago with her now ex-husband. She was born and raised in Australia, but the island never felt like home. Fortunately for her, she found a home in Sunset Park. Now, she spends her days running
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Thousands of women at the annual International Chabad-Lubavitch Women’s Conference dinner at the New York State Armory in Williamsburg. (Photo credit: Shmuel Amit/Chabad.org)WILLIAMSBURG — There are roughly 60 Chabad-Lubavitch synagogues in Brooklyn. A thriving retail corridor along Kingston Avenue hums with shoppers daily, just down the block
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSUNSET PARK – “This is basically a neighborhood community patrol on steroids,” said Noor Rabah of the new Muslim Community Patrol & Services, “and people are intimidated.” Last November, neighbors in Sunset Park formed a new community patrol. Run by Muslims to serve both Muslim and non-Muslim communities