brighton beach
RED HOOK/BRIGHTON BEACH – Police discovered two more bodies in Brooklyn waters over the weekend, bringing the total to five found in the month of July. 70 Hamilton Avenue via Google MapsAt approximately 9:40am on Saturday, July 27, police responded to a 911 call regarding a person in the
Announcements
EAST NEW YORK – A 29-year-old livery cab driver from Long Island was shot dead early this morning in Brooklyn. At around 3:16 a.m., the NYPD responded to a ShotSpotter activation. ShotSpotter is a technology that uses sensors to pinpoint gunfire. It is currently being used in over 85
brownsville
Borough President Eric Adams. Todd Maisel/BklynerBorough President Eric Adams said Thursday that he would have arrested the men who over the weekend doused water on police officers. During the heat wave, two videos [https://time.com/5632901/nypd-de-blasio-water-police/] were recorded and posted to social media of people dumping water
Bushwick
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez at a recent press conference (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Thursday defended a program aimed at keeping first-time offenders out of jail that he’s administered in recent years, after receiving criticism from a top NYPD official and the
Police & Fire
SUNSET PARK – Another body was found in the waters off Brooklyn Thursday morning—the third this week. Via Google MapsAt approximately 11:30am on July 18, police responded to a 911 call at Bush Terminal near 44th Street and 1st Avenue. The NYPD Harbor Unit recovered an unconscious and unresponsive
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE/BENSONHURST/SOUTH SLOPE – Earlier this month, one man sexually abused a sleeping woman inside a car. Another man grabbed a woman’s butt and then ran. Another man pulled up a woman’s skirt. Cops need help searching for all three men. On July 3 at around 1:
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Rockaway Parkway and Avenue K. (Photo via Google Maps)CANARSIE – Last night ended in another biker death in a crash involving a motorcycle and a car. Roshaun Miller, 31, was riding a 2013 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on Rockaway Parkway on Tuesday, July 16 at 11:51 p.m. with a
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Big crowd at MCU Park in Brooklyn on Opening Night for the baseball game between the Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Gordon Donovan)CONEY ISLAND – MCU Park is hosting a free community baseball game. The teams? Hatzolah Flatbush and the NYPD. The game isn’t
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Council Member Deutsch holds the sign with Gerald Fox. (Photo via NYC Council.) CONEY ISLAND – The intersection on Surf Avenue and West 12th Street has officially been co-named after NYPD officer Leon Fox who was killed while on duty in 1941. On February 15, 1941, Fox was gunned down near
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SUNSET PARK – After reports of ICE knocking on doors on Saturday, July 13, in Sunset Park, the neighborhood and its main park, a place usually packed with people, was eerily empty this Sunday. > This Sunset Park soccer field is Never empty….from 7 am until they shut the lights
Health
Borough President Eric Adams at the press conference standing next to PBA second vice president Joseph Alejandro (Image by Sam Raskin/Bklyner)CITY HALL— Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams says the NYPD’s recently formed mental health and wellness task force [https://nypost.com/2019/07/08/nypd-launches-health-and-wellness-task-force-amid-spate-of-cop-suicides/] is missing
North Western Brooklyn
PROSPECT HEIGHTS/PARK SLOPE – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the two men seen in the photos and video below in connection to a trio of recent robberies in, or a few blocks away from, Prospect Park. Via NYPDPolice say the first incident occurred at approximately