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The City just issued its latest notification urging all New Yorkers to prepare for the upcoming extremely cold weather. National Weather Service is forecasting average temperatures to be just 19 degrees for the next seven days – that’s 10 -15 degrees below what we usually get this time of the
Central Brooklyn
Ms. Noel confronts Jacob Friedman, Management Operations Director for 585 E 21st St, over her eviction, along with Councilmember Jumaane Williams (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)FLATBUSH – It has not been easy reading the stories about the very elderly in our communities on the brink of eviction [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/
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A gunpoint robbery in Crown Heights and a hammer robbery in Boerum Hill are just two of the crimes from the last few days: * An off-duty sanitation worker, Robert Leslie (33) was arrested for assault in Southern Brooklyn (60th Precinct) late last night, December 25. * There was a gunpoint robbery
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NYPD has released information on a number of suspects in crimes that took place in the second half of November. * The early morning commute was not a pleasant one for at least one passenger on the Manhattan-bound “R” train on Thursday, November 16. A 31-year-old woman reported the man in
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Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. After 31 Years, Polish Eatery Kasia’s Closes Its Doors On Bedford Ave [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/polish-eatery-gentrifying-williamsburg-close-31-years-article-1.3713656] [NY Daily News] A Brief History Of Downtown Brooklyn Retailer Abraham
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(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)CROWN HEIGHTS – The NYPD has released photos of two men investigators are searching for in connection to the shooting death [/crown-heights-man-killed-in-saturday-shooting/] of a 32-year-old man last Saturday in Crown Heights. Officers discovered John Barnes at approximately 1:40am on December 16 in the vicinity of St. Johns
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FORT GREENE – There are going to be a lot fewer blue and orange jerseys around the Barclays Center. Governor Cuomo announced on Wednesday that the New York Islanders will skate away from the Barclays Center and return to Long Island to a reportedly $1 billion new complex adjacent to Belmont
Central Brooklyn
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)WILLIAMSBURG – A shooting just after midnight last night in Williamsburg left one man dead and another wounded, said police. Arriving at 160 Havemeyer Street, near South 2nd Street, police found two gunshot victims: a 19-year old man shot in the leg and back, and a 20-year old
Central Brooklyn
Mayor de Blasio announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/760-17/five-borough-bike-share-mayor-de-blasio-nycdot-plans-expand-public-bike-share-with] last week that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) released a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) aimed at expanding bike sharing across all five boroughs. Citibike docking station in Fort Greene (Photo: BKLYNER)While the
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Waiting for the Greenpoint Ferry on a quiet winter night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Abandoned SUV At Fort Greene Park Racks Up Tickets and Tweets About Loneliness [https://nypost.com/2017/12/17/abandoned-car-in-brooklyn-has-been-racking-up-tickets-over-past-year/] [NY Post] Coney Island
Cypress Hills
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for three individuals wanted in connection with the robbery of a tobacco shop in Sunset Park on the morning of Monday, December 18. Around 6:30 am,