Central Brooklyn
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
Central Brooklyn
/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 gun. He then
Central Brooklyn
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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Photo via Church Avenue BIDSt. Paul’s Church [http://www.stpaulsflatbush.org/] (157 Saint Paul’s Place) is holding its annual Blessing of the Animals [/blog/animals/the-blessed-ones] service this Sunday, October 4, at 1pm, the Church Avenue BID [https://www.churchavenue.org/Pages/default.aspx]told us. If you
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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
Ocean Avenue
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 [https://twitter.com/NYPD70Pct/status/529048998318206976], a crime which was caught on security footage. If you have any information about this, you can call
1191 Ocean Avenue
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 [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=320593504&passdocnumber=01] to raze the home and
brooklyn visual heritage
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
Ocean Avenue
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
Ocean Avenue
You guys, we’re going to be famous. Orange Is the New Black [/blog/art-music/orange-is-the-new-black-filming-on-dorchester-on-friday] 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
Ocean Avenue
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
Ocean Avenue
Remember the plan [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/20111206_ocean_parkside_slides.pdf] 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