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BED STUY – In March, a man was shot and killed. Yesterday, about four months later, another man was arrested and charged for his murder. On Tuesday, March 3 at around 3:11 a.m., 26-year-old Janile Whitted, a Queens resident, was shot in the chest on Nostrand Avenue between Herkimer
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MARINE PARK – On Wednesday morning, elected officials toured the notorious Kings Highway and Nostrand Avenue intersection in Marine Park with the Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) borough commissioner to find safety solutions for both motorists and pedestrians. Officials watch as a
Crown Heights
OBK Oyo’s Bar and Grill (formerly Summerhill) at 637 Nostrand Avenue. (Photo credit: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The controversial bar Summerhill in Crown Heights is rebranding — a new name, coat of paint and new items on the menu. Chef Wallahi Oyo told Bklyner he entered into a co-ownership
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – Police have identified the man shot to death in East Flatbush earlier this week, along with tracking down a surveillance image of his suspected killer, the NYPD confirmed. The shooting took place just before 3:00 am on Monday, October 8, said police, at the intersection of Nostrand
Bed Stuy
CONEY ISLAND – Last week, a man stole money from the hands of a 22-year old in a deli as the victim was just trying to buy some milk at a Coney Island bodega. The theft took place on Thursday, August 16, around 7:30 pm, police said. An unidentified suspect
Announcements
FLATBUSH – There’s a pedestrian plaza coming to Hillel Place from Kenilworth Place to Flatbush Avenue! The plaza will be located across the new entrance of the Tow Center for the Performing Arts. [/the-hillel-gate-entrance-to-the-brooklyn-college-opens-monday/] Construction has already begun, and the roads have been closed for good and construction is expected
News
Looking north on Nostrand Avenue, towards Avenue R, near where the victim was struck (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A 70-year old man who was struck by a car on Nostrand Avenue earlier this month succumbed to his injuries and died in the hospital over the weekend. Stewart Feldman
![[UPDATE] Crown Heights Siblings Lied About Man Stalking Them](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/police-tape-source-mikey-k-flickr.jpg)
Central Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Tuesday, October 24 at 9:45am] Following reports that a man was stalking an eight-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother in Crown Heights over the weekend, the suspected stalker turned himself in to police on Monday afternoon and the two siblings recanted their story, police say. The kids were
Announcements
2220 Nostrand Avenue. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Next weekend, a new local vendor market is set to open on Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush. Junction flea, opening in the parking lot at 2220 Nostrand Avenue between Avenues H and I, will include vendors from local businesses spanning clothing, food, and
Central Brooklyn
> Nostrand Ave and Lincoln Rd in Brooklyn. Witnesses say woman was hit by a bus. pic.twitter.com/D3k2TiIq7e [https://t.co/D3k2TiIq7e] — William Turton (@WilliamTurton) July 8, 2017 [https://twitter.com/WilliamTurton/status/883765894069051392] A pedestrian was killed on Nostrand Avenue after colliding with an MTA Bus on
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Police & Fire
> On Friday Afternoon in Brooklyn on Nostrand Ave and Ave M. pic.twitter.com/ihyTbu2yQs [https://t.co/ihyTbu2yQs] — NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) January 15, 2017 [https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/820758351990681603] A woman was struck by a mini school bus on Friday afternoon in the crosswalk at Nostrand Avenue
Police & Fire
Photo via DCPI.Neither the 88-year-old victim nor the police could find any reasoning for the Nostrand Avenue attack that took place on Friday. At around 5pm, the woman, who is approaching her ninetieth year, was walking and minding her own business in front of Esther’s Deli at 3664
Police & Fire
Scene of a crash on Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Y. (Photo: Stacey Kraus)Four people were hospitalized this afternoon when an Access-A-Ride slammed into another vehicle near the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Y, according to a witness. Neighbor Stacey Kraus, who sent photos of the crash, said the
Police & Fire
The scene of a fatal car crash at Emmons and Nostrand avenues. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has called on the Department of Transportation to install a dedicated left-turn signal at the intersection of Emmons and Nostrand avenues after a horrific car crash there caused the
Police & Fire
Scene of fatal car crash at Emmons and Nostrand Avenues. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Police announced a woman was killed Tuesday night in a violent car crash at the intersection of Emmons and Nostrand avenues. Authorities identified the woman as 64-year-old Marie Beavers of Canarsie, who was making a
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Suspects in robbery at the Leah Discount Store at 3354 Nostrand Avenue. (Photos provided by the NYPD)Cops are searching for two suspects who last month carried out a midnight raid on a local discount store, in which the thieves made off with hundreds of dollars in cash. Police say