Central Brooklyn Worker Fell to Death From Flatbush Historic Bank Site: Police The Flatbush Savings Bank building in March 2021. (Image: Dann Lawrence)A construction worker has fallen to his death at the site of a half-demolished historic bank building, according to police. The 49-year-old man was part of a crew working inside the former Flatbush Savings Bank building at 1045 Flatbush
Borough Park Jewish Neighbors Harassed Outside Temple During Sabbath This past Saturday, May 22, 2021, at approximately 7:00 pm, a blue Toyota Camry pulled up in front of 4911 16 Avenue (Agudath Israel of Sixteenth Avenue) in Borough Park.According to reports to police, the three men in the car began to yell anti-Jewish statements at four men
Central Brooklyn Brooklyn Crime Blotter – May 21st (Image: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Concerns about an increase in crime continue to play a central role [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/nyregion/nyc-crime-mayoral-race.html] in the city’s mayoral race.New NYPD data [https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2021/05/11/around-brooklyn-crime-rate-up-30-in-nyc/] shows crime across the city jumped 30%
homicide Bushwick Man Charged In Last Week’s Bed-Stuy Shootings That Killed One, Injured Three Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that Boyce Hayward, 26, of Bushwick, Brooklyn was arraigned virtually yesterday from Brookdale University Hospital before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on a 36-count indictment for fatally shooting one man, shooting and injuring another man and then opening fire on three police officers
Cypress Hills Replacement Named for Controversial Commanding Officer of East New York Precinct NYPD Deputy Inspector Rohan Griffith. (Image: NYPD)The New York Police Department has chosen a new leader for one of the borough’s most troubled precincts, months after announcing that his controversy-laden predecessor would be re-assigned. Deputy Inspector Rohan Griffith is the new commanding officer for the 75th Precinct, which
