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David Henry Hwang Talks About What It Was Like To Be Stabbed In Fort Greene

Photo by Lia Chang [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Henry_Hwang_photo_by_Lia_Chang2013.jpg] .Just over one month after being stabbed in the neck [/blog/2015/12/03/blood-splatter-victim-identified-playwright-david-henry-hwang-is-recuperating-after-seemingly-random-slashing/] in an apparently random attack [/blog/2015/12/01/blood-stained-sidewalk-at-south-portland-streets-and-lafayette-avenue-startles-residents/] just feet away from his Fort Greene

Bensonhurst

Family Parks In Front Of Illegal Driveway, Gets Tires Slashed [Video]

https://youtu.be/N9FaJhrwhvY A frustrated Bensonhurst man kicked off 2016 in the worst way possible — with two flat tires — after he dared to park his sedan in front of an illegally constructed driveway while visiting family on New Year’s Day. When our tipster returned to the vehicle at

fort greene

88th Precinct Rookie Officer Gets Broken Jaw Trying To Break Up A Fight In Manhattan

A rookie officer from the 88th Precinct as badly beaten and left with a broken jaw and multiple bruises after he reportedly tried to break up a fight at a bar in Manhattanthis past Sunday, January 3, at around 1:40am. Officer Timothy Keane, 24, was off-duty at the time

Police & Fire

Teen Accused Of Killing Two, Including Her Mother, Held Without Bail, Cops Say It Was Not Self-Defense

15-year-old Destiny Garcia is accused of murdering her mother and mother’s boyfriend. (Photo: Destiny Garcia [https://www.facebook.com/julisa.guzman.10?fref=ts] / Facebook)The 15-year-old girl accused of killing two people, including her own mother, at the Sheepshead Bay Houses was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court just

Police & Fire

Murder Charges For Teen Accused Of Shooting Mother And Another Man At Sheepshead Bay Houses

(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Police charged a 15-year-old girl with murder after she allegedly confessed to gunning down two people [/15-year-old-girl-taken-into-custody-after-cops-find-two-bullet-riddled-bodies-at-the-sheepshead-bay-houses/] , including her mother, in an apartment at the Sheepshead Bay Houses last week. The NYPD announced Monday that the teen, Destiny Garcia, who lived in the apartment with her

Bensonhurst

40 Years To Life For Man Convicted In 2013 Marlboro Houses Shooting

Tromaine Holmes (Source: Facebook via Home Reporter)The 33-year-old Gravesend man found guilty in the 2013 Marlboro Houses shooting [/29685/] that left one man wounded and another dead has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison, according to District Attorney Kenneth Tompson. As we reported [/29685/], Tremaine Holmes,

Central Brooklyn

Rogue Spitter Allegedly Roaming Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Accounts on the Prospect Park Lefferts Gardens Facebook group about the alleged spitter. (Photo Credit: Sue Yellin)The community of Prospect Lefferts Gardens has been on alert for a man dubbed the “PLG Spitter.” In the last two months there have been several posts on the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Facebook

Police & Fire

Two Bandits Hold Up Liquor Store On Avenue Z, Cops Say

(Photo: Google Maps)Two bandits stormed an Avenue Z Liquor store Sunday night and drew a pistol on an employee while demanding cash, police say. The heist occurred just after 7pm at the Friendly Liquor Discount Store located at the intersection of Avenue Z and Sheepshead Bay Road, according to

Central Brooklyn

Police Looking For Subway Smart Phone Thief

via NYPDThe police are looking for a suspect wanted for swiping an iPhone on the subway early last week. The incident took place on a southbound 2 train stopped at the Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College station on Sunday December 27 around 5:45pm. The man grabbed an iPhone 6S out of

Police & Fire

Cops Arrest Two Teens For Brutal Midwood Mugging

Cops cuffed two teens believed to have savagely mugged a 55-year-old man in Midwood [/graphic-video-shows-jewish-man-brutally-mugged-in-midwood/] last week, according to the NYPD. Eldin Sabovic, 17, and Baskim Huseinovic, 19, were taken into custody on Thursday and charged with robbery and assault, authorities announced. The teens both live in Midwood — about four

Police & Fire

15-Year-Old Girl Taken Into Custody After Cops Find Two Bullet-Riddled Bodies At The Sheepshead Bay Houses

An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)Police took a 15-year-old girl into custody after authorities discovered two bullet-riddled corpses Sunday night inside an apartment at the Sheepshead Bay Houses, according to the NYPD. Police said they found the bodies inside the fifth-floor

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Thief Steals Package From Hallway, Winds Up With Lame Baby Monitor

(Photo provided by the NYPD)Each December, as if on cue, Grinch-like crooks come out of the woodwork [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/watch-crook-stealing-packages-porches-holidays/#.VoVeIMArLu0] and take advantage of neighbors’ good will and holiday cheer by swiping gift packages from porches and hallways — and there seems to be little