Central Brooklyn
Still image of Alex Lichtenstein as seen on CBS News/New York.The de Blasio administration has frozen two City Council grants intended for an Orthodox Jewish security patrol in Borough Park. Mayoral spokeswoman Karen Hinton announced this week that $35,000 intended for the Borough Park Shomrim would not
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Protesters were arrested outside Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson’s house in Clinton Hill earlier this week. At the dramatic scene, which unfolded at around 1am Wednesday, protesters criticized the prosecutor’s recommendation that a judge presiding over the Peter Liang case spare the former officer jail time, reports the
Central Brooklyn
Our neighborhood traffic issue of the week comes from a reader: > “All day and night (especially during rush hour) Hollywood Car Wash at Coney Island and Church Avenues blocks one of the two southbound lanes [on Coney Island Avenue] with cars that are drying from their wash.” https://youtu.
Police & Fire
> #ESU [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ESU?src=hash] assisted @NYPD67Pct [https://twitter.com/NYPD67Pct] in the execution of a search warrant yesterday. 3 under, multiple guns, fake C/Cs Great job pic.twitter.com/jXYtuwXOfs [https://t.co/jXYtuwXOfs] — NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) April 20, 2016 [https://twitter.com/
Central Brooklyn
https://youtu.be/fo_M9ZTyQx8 This time the thief did not get away by skateboard, but another neighbor recently had a package stolen from the front porch of their home. We have video of the incident, which occurred last Thursday (4/14) at 4:35pm on Marlborough Road, from two
Bensonhurst
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A 57-year-old woman was shot in the face by a stray bullet Thursday night while crossing the street in Coney Island, police say. The victim was walking across Mermaid Avenue, near West 33rd Street, around 7:
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A 57-year-old woman was shot in the face by a stray bullet Thursday night while crossing the street in Coney Island, police say. The victim was walking across Mermaid Avenue, near West 33rd Street, around 7:
Bensonhurst
Capt. Kenneth Quick (center) with 66th Precinct Council President Mark Katz (left), and Community Board 12 District Manager Barry Spitzer (right) discussing business before the meeting. (Photo: Jole Carliner)A quick Happy New Year’s greeting to the Bangladeshi community, and then Captain Kenneth Quick got right to the point.
Central Brooklyn
Capt. Kenneth Quick (center) with 66th Precinct Council President Mark Katz (left), and Community Board 12 District Manager Barry Spitzer (right) discussing business before the meeting. (Photo: Jole Carliner)A quick Happy New Year’s greeting to the Bangladeshi community, and then Captain Kenneth Quick got right to the point.
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Image via Brooklyn DA’s Office.A 22-year-old Walt Whitman Houses resident will now be living at least another life-time in prison, after being sentenced to 22 years to life for the 2014 murder of a neighbor back on April 14, 2014. Shaquille Upson of North Portland Avenue had been
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Billy Hathorn via Creative CommonsA young woman jogging in Prospect Park early this morning fought off a man who threatened to rape her, police said. The 23-year-old woman, who was running inside Prospect Park near Garfield Place around 5:15am, was approached from behind by an unknown attacker and
Bensonhurst
Via NYT videoNot only won’t ex-officer Peter Liang spend a single day behind bars for the shooting death of unarmed Akai Gurley [/rookie-cop-indicted-akai-gurley-slaying-bensonhurst/] in a Brooklyn housing project, but his charges have been reduced. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun sentenced the former cop from Bensonhurst to five years