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Photo: Gerry O’BrienThe 48th District has one Republican and one Democrat– Marat Filler [https://www.maratfiller.com/]–running against the incumbent Chaim Deutsch [/?s=chaim+deutsch]. Steven Saperstein [http://saperstein2017.com/] is the Republican candidate vying to represent Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Homecrest, Trump Village, Luna Park,
Central Brooklyn
GREENPOINT: A card advertising for a Neo-Nazi group was found on a sidewalk in Greenpoint today. The card promoting the Neo-Nazi hate group The New Order of Milwaukee, WI, was discovered by a resident a couple blocks west of McGolrick park [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Greenpoint,+Brooklyn,+NY/
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Daffodils on Flatbush AveRegistration [http://ny4p.convio.net/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&SURVEY_ID=2020] for the 2017 Daffodil Project is open, and ends on Friday, September 1 at 3:00 pm. Every year since 2001, the Daffodil Project has been giving away free bulbs
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257 Gold Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The 8,000-square-foot commercial space on the ground-floor of BKLYN GOLD [http://www.bklyngold.com/], the luxury rental building located in Downtown Brooklyn, has finally found a tenant. Changing Tomorrow Childcare is planning to open up a daycare center in the space
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Red Hook Channel (Photo by Nathan Haselby)A 23-year old man was found dead, floating in the water off Red Hook this Saturday afternoon, August 12. The NYPD Harbor Unit removed the body to Pier 12, where EMS pronounced the man dead, police said. Investigation is ongoing and the name
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The New York City Police Department is looking for Thomas Farrell, a 6’2″ tall white man with a light complexion, short gray hair and blue eyes and a tattoo on his left arm. They estimate he’s about 210 pounds. He is wanted for questioning regarding a grand larceny
Bensonhurst
Spotted in Park Slope by Tom PendergastFrom our inbox this weekend: I was in Bartel Pritchard Square and this vehicle just appeared. I approached the driver to ask who and why was he parked here.He said, in garbled English that he had read De Blasio and Lander were bragging
Bed Stuy
The NYPD is seeking assistance in identifying a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery on Sunday, August 6, near Broadway Junction. At 3:25pm an individual entered the Metro PCS store at 142 Rockaway Ave and displayed a handgun, demanding money and property from a 27-year old male
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Police are searching for two men in connection with a robbing an electronics store in Williamsburg this Sunday, August 13. Around 10:25am, two men entered Mikey’s Hook-Up on 88 North 6th St, where they proceeded to display a firearm and ordered employees to the ground, police report. The
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The brawl at Emmons Ave and 21st St (Screenshot via Aram Dzhamgarian)After a brawl erupted on Emmons Ave in Sheepshead Bay last weekend [/late-night-brawl-prompts-call-for-enforcement-changes-on-emmons-ave/], many called for something to be done about the party boats and their often unruly customers. Council member Chaim Deutsch held a meeting to address
gravesend
SHEEPSHEAD BAY/GRAVESEND — A man has been brutally robbing women along Sheepshead Bay/Gravesend border, and the police believe he’s involved in five robberies that took place in just over a week between July 11 and July 22. Please help them identify the suspect: Here are the details from
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223 Manhattan Ave (J Goldman Design/BEAM)A design has been revealed for a 5-story apartment building planned for Williamsburg, YIMBY [http://newyorkyimby.com/2017/08/reveal-for-223-manhattan-avenue-williamsburg-brooklyn.html] reports. Permits for construction of the 10-unit building were filed in May of this year. The 3-family building currently occupying the space