Central Brooklyn
Via NYPDThe NYPD are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 77-year-old man from Flatbush. Pierre Ancy was last seen at approximately 2:30pm last Friday, August 4, leaving his home on Newkirk Avenue between East 25th and East 26th Streets, police say. Ancy is described as a
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Central Brooklyn
Last weekend, an unknown perpetrator was caught on tape carving nearly 30 swastikas into freshly poured cement on Newkirk Avenue in Kensington. The video, from a private surveillance camera, shows the suspect etching multiple swastikas while gripping a small flashlight in his mouth on a residential Newkirk Avenue block near
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a suspect accused of pushing a woman down the stairs at the Newkirk Plaza Q train earlier this month. The victim, 55, was walking into the Newkirk Avenue and East 16 Street subway station around 9:30am on September 1, when the suspect kicked
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is searching for two men wanted for a shooting that occurred outside a Flatbush Avenue hair salon over the weekend. The first suspect allegedly passed a handgun to the second suspect on the street outside 1227 Flatbush Avenue, near Newkirk Avenue, at approximately 3:50am on Sunday, according
Central Brooklyn
The intersection of Dahill and Albemarle Roads. (Photo: Google Maps)Van Break-In On Dahill Road Two thieves broke into a van parked on Dahill Road (at Albemarle Road) around 5am last Thursday, April 14. This is the second time thieves have broken into the van in the last 6 months,
Arts & Culture
Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner“The Americans [http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-americans/about],” an Fx drama in which Keri Russell [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005392/] and Matthew Rhys [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722629/] play two KGB spies posing as Americans in Washington D.C. in
car windows
A car window smashed last week. (Photo via Susanna Stein)We received word from a neighbor today that more car windows were discovered smashed on East 19th Street between Ditmas and Newkirk avenues over the weekend, just days after we reported that car windows had been smashed [/blog/crime/more-car-windows-smashed-near-e-18th-street-and-dorchester-road]
Adetunji Ajakaye
Police gathered at the crime scene at Newkirk & E. 17th Street. Photo by Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/midwoodnewsnet/photos/a.178377325686284.1073741828.178373932353290/385066301684051/?type=1&theater] Updated 11:32am Police have arrested neighbor Oshane Fyffe, 18, and charged him in the murder of Adetunji Ajakaye
Con Ed
Photo by Amber CeffalioUpdated 12:59pm Thursday, May 28: A Con Ed spokesman told us they have a team taking care of the issues with stray voltage [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2j0HcJEWSM] on Newkirk Avenue, between E. 16th and E. 17th Streets. The specific cause of the stray
automobile accident
Photo courtesy neighbor TomAt least two vehicles were involved in a crash at Newkirk Avenue and Westminster Road around 8:30pm Monday evening, though fortunately no one was hurt, neighbors told us. Photo courtesy Amber CeffalioAccording to a neighbor, the car that caused the crash didn’t heed the stop
Celebrate Urban Trees
Autumn is in full swing at Compost for Brooklyn [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] (Newkirk Avenue at E. 8th Street), which has a busy fall lineup of activities, including its Celebrate Urban Trees event [https://www.facebook.com/compostforbrooklyn/posts/10153205994227729] on Sunday, October 19, from 1pm to 3pm. Everyone is invited
colombia
Coffee Mob [http://coffeemob.com/] owner Buck Berk just shared some exciting news with us – he’s traveling tomorrow to a specialty coffee farm situated in the Colombian Andes, La Palma y el Tucan [http://lapalmayeltucan.com/], to study farming techniques, learn about micro-climates, and see how coffee is processed