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Photo from after the second incident.DYKER HEIGHTS – Cops are searching for another man who they believed attempted to rape two women in two separate incidents in a span of three weeks. On August 31 at around 1:20 a.m., a 41-year-old woman was walking on Battery Avenue and
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Photographer/Mayoral Photography OfficePARK SLOPE – Four months after announcing his run for the 46th president [/park-slope-neighbor-runs-for-president/] of the United States, our Park Slope neighbor Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning that he is out of the race. “It’s clearly not my time,” he said on Morning Joe. [https:
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Deborah Lauter. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CITY HALL – Hate crimes have spiked all over the country. They have risen in New York, but more particularly in Brooklyn. A few weeks ago, a young Muslim woman was spat on and harassed on the bus. [/islamophobia-b6-bus-crime/] A few days later, a Jewish
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A sketch (left) and a photo of the man from the second incident.PARK SLOPE – Cops are looking for a man who they believed attempted to rape two women in two separate incidents in a span of a week. On September 8 at around 4:30 a.m., a 26-year-old
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WILLIAMSBURG – Cops are searching for the man who slashed a woman and robbed her last week. On September 10 at around 1:20 a.m., a 24-year-old woman was walking on Humboldt Street near Boerum Street when a man approached her. According to cops, he displayed a knife and demanded
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Here’s what else has been happening this week: TRANSIT: * F Train officially went express – which would be fantastic if it was not just two trains during rush hours. Predictably, Southern Brooklyn celebrated, as Carroll Gardens/ Cobble Hill grumbled. Express F Schedule/2019 * Utica Avenue subway extension plan missing in
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A sample of the letter National Grid has been sending people, asking them to lobby. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – National Grid has been denying gas to thousands of customers, asking them to lobby to get the Willaims Pipeline passed. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams called it a hostage situation.
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Shahana Hanif. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON/PARK SLOPE – Shahana Hanif was meant to survive. When she was diagnosed with lupus, her doctor told her she wasn’t going to die, but she wasn’t going to be OK. Eleven years later, Hanif stands as strong as ever. She stands
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Industry City rendering via S9 ArchitectsSUNSET PARK – Sunset Park Councilmember Carlos Menchaca sent a letter to Industry City [/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Letter-on-Industry-Citys-Rezoning-Proposal.pdf] (IC) yesterday outlining the conditions which need to be accommodated for him to support the company’s quest for rezoning. If you are new to this,
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Homeless activists and VOCAL-NY walked into a luxury apartment building– which the City has deemed as “affordable housing”– to protest Mayor de Blasio’s “affordable” housing plan on Friday. 15 Bridge Park Drive is a tall, glass residential building located near the water in Brooklyn
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CLINTON HILL – A man shot and killed his girlfriend– who was an NYPD school safety agent– and then shot and killed himself over the weekend. On Sunday, September 15 at around 11:20 p.m., cops were called to a “harassment in progress” at an apartment in Clermont Avenue near
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These last three days have been busy for Da Pride A Flatbush firefighters. 312 Parkville Ave Fire. Todd Maisel/BklynerKENSINGTON – A massive 3-alarm Kensington fire left numerous people homeless Monday night, with one firefighter suffering minor injuries. The fire broke out at 8:42 p.m. on the second floor