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Police are searching for a perp who grabbed a middle schooler by her backpack in Gravesend Wednesday. The 11-year-old female victim was walking home from school at around 2:50pm, when she was approached by a man who grabbed her shoulder and school bag near Highlawn Avenue and West 7th
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(Courtesy Josh Freed)This morning’s commute has been a miserable one. The Q train was stopped at 7th Avenue in Prospect Heights due to a rubbish fire in the tunnel, according to the FDNY. Additionally, there are problems on the 2/3/4/5, according to the MTA. An
Business
A beauty salon near Newkirk Plaza has been shuttered following an illegal gambling operation. Two court orders appeared on the shuttered metal gates on Beauty Fair Unisex Salon, at 1622 Newkirk Avenue this week — one ordering the business to close, and another, a restraining order for the premises. The store
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There was a fire at 461 Dean Street on June 9. (Courtesy Twitter/Norman Oder [https://twitter.com/AYReport/status/740610845336580096/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] .)A fire broke out at the world’s largest [http://pacificparkbrooklyn.com/living/] modular building Wednesday. A small fire broke out on the
Police & Fire
Captain Winston Faison, right, awarding “Cop of the Month” to officer Bryan Baroniunas. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Criminals beware! The 61st Precinct has a new eagle-eyed cop. Rookie officer Bryan Baroniunas, barely two months on the job, was awarded “Cop of the Month” Wednesday for cuffing a career criminal
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Photo of two of the three suspects courtesy of the NYPD.Cops are searching for three who robbed a man at knifepoint on Bay 46th Street — just a block from Calvert Vaux Park and Home Depot — in broad daylight. The 37-year-old victim was standing in front of 210 Bay 46th
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)On June 7, the day after neighbor Abiel Harry, father of four, died from smoke inhalation at 106 Marlborough Road [/blog/news/37-year-old-man-dies-in-blaze-at-106-marlborough-road/], the street was eerily quiet. A breeze ruffling through the enormous trees was the only sound on the residential street between Albermarle
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The graffiti. (Courtesy NYPD)Cops are on the lookout for four unknown bicyclists who they say scrawled anti-Semitic graffiti and they’re asking for the public’s help in finding them. At about 1:20am on May 25, four unknown bike riders approached 45 Taaffe Place, where one of the
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> Police identify victim of deadly #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] bicycle crash as 27 y/o Leah Sylvaine. @CBSNewYork [https://twitter.com/CBSNewYork] pic.twitter.com/e4HpDJGYFz [https://t.co/e4HpDJGYFz] — ilana gold (@ilanagoldTV) June 7, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ilanagoldTV/status/740220891154546688] A 27-year-old cyclist
Central Brooklyn
Photo: NYPDThe NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old teen reported missing in Midwood last week. Antoine Williams was last seen leaving his home on Coney Island Avenue, near Avenue K, around 9:30pm on Friday, June 3, according to police. Williams is described as
News
Police investigating a shooting in Coney Island on June 5. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Local elected officials are calling on the city to address gun violence in Coney Island by expanding youth and employment services after a terrifying shootout [/gunfire-erupts-at-crowded-intersection-in-coney-island/] occurred this week at a crowded intersection this week.
Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/mz_DJ0pqTWo Move over Hamburglar [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/11/cops-release-photo-of-suspected-big-mac-hamburglar/] ! Cops say a mustached outlaw tried to rob the Burger King on 5th Avenue last week. Wearing a grey hoodie, the suspect entered the Burger King at 5212 5th Avenue, on Friday, April 8, at