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America’s First Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Is A Native Brooklynite

1480 Ocean Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)MIDWOOD – America’s first Second Gentleman, Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’s husband Douglas Emhoff was born in Brooklyn. Emhoff and his parents lived at 1480 Ocean Avenue, near Avenue J, until he was about five years old, Curbed reported. The building is near

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Early Morning Car Crash On Ocean Avenue & Beverly Leaves Two Injured

A torn up car after the crash on Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – An early morning car crash on Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road has left two people in the hospital, with one in very serious condition. In the month of July alone, there were

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Man Stabbed To Death Yesterday in Midwood

MIDWOOD – A 54-year-old man was stabbed to death over the weekend in Midwood. On Sunday, November 3 at around 10:19 a.m., Ramon Marrero was found unconscious and unresponsive with stab wounds to his torso inside 1306 Ocean Avenue (by Avenue H). The man was taken to Kings County

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Two Women Shot In Flatbush, Gunman Sought

FLATBUSH – Two women were wounded in Flatbush Monday night after a gunman opened fire, hitting one woman in the leg and the other in the arm, police said. Police investigate scene of the shooting on Ditmas and East 21st Street. (Photo by Todd Maisel)Police believe the women were innocent

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CB6 Approves Protected Bike Lane On Flatbush By Prospect Park

PROSPECT PARK – The Brooklyn Community Board 6 Transportation Committee unanimously approved NYC Department of Transportation‘s (DOT) proposal to install a protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue between Grand Army Plaza and Empire Boulevard/Ocean Avenue. Via NYC DOT’s Flatbush Ave Safety Improvements Grand Army Plaza To Empire Blvd

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Police Identify Woman Found Dead In Flatbush Parking Lot

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)FLATBUSH – The body of a 40-year-old Brooklyn woman was discovered by police in a Flatbush parking lot just before the new year. After notifying the woman’s family, police released her identity as Denise Moses of Flatbush. Moses lived on Ocean Avenue, a few blocks north from

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Traffic Calming Comes To Avenue U

Avenue U traffic calming project in progress. (Photo Liena Zagare / BKLYNER)New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has painted a stretch of Avenue U from McDonald to Ocean Avenue with a pair of double yellow lines, confusing residents. The mystery will be solved by end of the week, weather

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Man Shot & Killed After Fight On Ocean Avenue In Flatbush

(Screenshot via Google Maps)A 20-year-old man was shot and killed after a fight on Ocean Avenue in Flatbush last night, said cops. Two men were having a verbal dispute outside 533 Ocean Avenue between Church Avenue and Albemarle Road on Tuesday, July 11 around 11:30pm, said cops. The

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Two Ocean Avenue Houses To Be Demolished, Six-Story Residential Building To Replace Them

Photo via Google Maps.Two of the last remaining houses on Ocean Avenue between Avenue U and Avenue T will be biting the dust to make room for a six-story residential building. Permits for the demolition of the houses were filed in June, and permits for the building were filed

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Gunfire On Ocean Avenue Stirs Panic In Neighbors

Outside 682 Ocean Avenue. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Multiple gunshots were fired on Ocean Avenue near the Kings Theater on Sunday evening, frightening neighbors who were walking in the area. An unknown person fired five shots into an empty 2008 Honda parked outside of 682 Ocean Avenue, between Albermarle and

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Police Have ID’ed Suspect In Last Week’s Church & Ocean Avenue Shooting

The intersection of Church and Ocean Avenues, looking south down Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)Police now have a “person of interest” related to the shooting of a young man last week in the 70th Precinct. Police have identified and are searching for a suspect in the shooting of a

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19-Year-Old Shot At Church And Ocean Avenues Yesterday

Photo: Ditmas Park CornerA young man was shot yesterday in the 70th Precinct in what police think was a random act of violence. A 19-year-old man was shot around 5pm yesterday as he walked southbound on Ocean Avenue near Church Avenue. He then collapsed in the lobby of 550 Ocean

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Pedestrian Hit By Van At Corner Of Beverley Road And Ocean Avenue

A 71-year-old-man was hit by the driver of white Ford E-250 van around 7:20pm Thursday evening as he crossed Ocean Avenue at the corner of Beverley Road, according to the police. The van, which was heading southbound on Ocean Avenue and had a green light, hit the man as

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Police Looking For Suspect Who Robbed Gas Station At Gunpoint

document.createElement('video'); /wp-content/uploads/2015/12/3192-15-70pct-Robbery.mp4Cops are on the lookout for a man suspected of robbing Liberty Gas Station on Ocean Avenue near Avenue 0 on Sunday, December 27. According to the police, the suspect entered the gas station around 2:45 Sunday morning and displayed a

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Developers Agree To Rent Stabilize Apartments And Pay Restitution After AG Investigation

1997 Ocean Avenue (Photo via Google Maps)An Ocean Avenue developer has agreed to pay $12,000 and place another 12 of the building’s apartments under rent stabilization after an investigation by the state Attorney General determined the property had been improperly benefiting from a lucrative real estate tax

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Get Your Pets Blessed At St. Paul’s Church This Sunday

Photo via Church Avenue BIDSt. Paul’s Church (157 Saint Paul’s Place) is holding its annual Blessing of the Animals service this Sunday, October 4, at 1pm, the Church Avenue BID told us. If you want to bring your furry friends to be blessed, they need to be leashed,

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Fire On Ocean Avenue Scorches Medical Center

https://youtu.be/p_yVPB1EU0Y Firefighters and emergency responders swarmed the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Avenue X Monday evening after a fire broke out in a two-story medical center. The fire started just after 5pm in the basement of the Fair Gardens Medical Plaza at 2818 Ocean Avenue, according

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After Robbery In Ocean Avenue Apartment Elevator, NYPD Asks For Public’s Help

Recognize this person? If so, let the 70th Precinct know – police said he robbed a victim in an elevator on the 400 block of Ocean Avenue, a crime which was caught on security footage. If you have any information about this, you can call the NYPD’s crime stoppers hotline

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1191 Ocean Avenue Sold For $2.25 Million, Seven-Story Building Planned For Site

You can say goodbye to a small, wooden house from the turn-of-the-20th century at 1191 Ocean Avenue – it has sold for $2.25 million, and now there are approved development plans to raze the home and replace it with a seven-story, 26-unit building, Brownstoner reports. Situated between Farragut and Glenwood,

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Ditmas History: Fewer Horses, More Housing

In 2014, the intersection of Caton and Ocean Avenues is bustling with a combination of pedestrians, cars, bicycles, and delivery scooters, and is flanked at each corner by mid rise apartment buildings. In 1800, not so much. Back in the day, as you can see from this Brooklyn Visual Heritage

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Updated: Woman Arrested, Charged In Death Of 19-Month-Old Son In Ocean Avenue Apartment

The NYPD is investigating after they found a 19-month-old boy dead in an Ocean Avenue apartment last night. Police say they responded to a 911 call of a possible emotionally disturbed woman on Sunday, October 6 at just before 8pm at a building on Ocean Ave near Glenwood Rd, and

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Orange Is the New Black Filming in the Neighborhood

You guys, we’re going to be famous. Orange Is the New Black is filming today at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Church Avenue, in addition to around Ditmas Ave. As we previously noted, this is a new Netflix-exclusive series based on a memoir by Piper Kerman about her

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iPhone Attack and Mugging on Ditmas and Ocean Avenues

Alexandra wrote in to tell us about a recent mugging in the neighborhood. Last Friday, my neighbor was walking home at 5:00 in the afternoon when a man came up from behind her and covered her eyes. He proceeded to grab her by the hair and throw her down

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Ocean Ave Entrance to Prospect Park Closes to Cars on June 18

Remember the plan to make the intersection of Ocean and Parkside Avenues safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers? You know, that intersection that is in the 99th percentile of most dangerous intersections in the city? Well, the process to redesign the intersection to straighten the angles is starting. Step one

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Sheepshead Bay Architecture: Ornaments

Even minor embellishments to this home's bargeboard help to highlight the stark differences from its sleek modern neighbor on the leftAnyone who has ever had a Christmas tree knows that without decorations, all you’ve got is a chopped down pine tree in your living room. Tinsel and lights may