Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS—A man faces attempted murder and assault charges after he allegedly attacked a 66-year-old man in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens last week. On Monday, July 1, 24-year-old Jason Jacobs got into a verbal altercation with the victim inside a bodega that turned violent, police say. The physical part of the
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CROWN HEIGHTS—The NYPD has sent dozens of additional police officers to a pocket of Brooklyn that in recent months has seen an increase in shootings and homicides, a department official said Monday. NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan, First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and
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At the corner of Church Avenue and Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON/ PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – A 49-year-old female pedestrian was struck and killed by the driver of a Honda vehicle Monday morning at an intersection people have been complaining about for years. At around 9:10 a.
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BQE and Brooklyn Heights Promenade (Photo: Nathan Haselby)BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY – A New Jersey man is dead after being thrown off his motorcycle on the BQE yesterday and being hit by a vehicle which then left the scene. At about 1 a.m. on July 4th, 37-year-old Daniel Costa was
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A man lost control of his car in Crown Heights after being shot early Friday morning, the NYPD says. Photo BklynerWhile driving away after being shot once in the stomach at around 3:30 a.m., the victim’s car, a Nissan Maxima, flipped over after hitting a
Central Brooklyn
Borough President Eric Adams talks about Meatless Mondays. Todd Maisel/Bklyner BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Wednesday defended his calling for the city’s police officers to receive a raise, arguing keeping crime at bay is an “economic stimulus.” “Public safety is a prerequisite to prosperity,” Adams, who
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EAST NEW YORK – One of two people injured from a shooting in May has died. Cops have now deemed the incident a homicide. On Sunday, May 26 at around 8:08 p.m., five unidentified males starting shooting at two men who were standing on Hendrix Street near Dumont and
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS — A man was shot in the Lincoln Terrace/Arthur S. Somers Park Tuesday morning, according to police. Lincoln Terrace/Arthur S. Somers Park via Google MapsFollowing a dispute, at approximately 5:10 a.m., a 47-year-old man was shot twice in the left leg, the NYPD says. The
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Photo: Todd Maisel/BklynerUPDATE: Cops have identified the slain cyclist as 28-year-old Devra Freelander. She was an artist from Bushwick. BUSHWICK – Just four days after a bicyclist was killed in Brownsville, another cyclist was hit and killed by a truck Monday afternoon. This marks the 15th cyclist death in NYC
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FLATLANDS – Another pedestrian was killed by a driver. This time, a 33-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle last week. Ingrid Pineda-Cuellar was crossing the street at Avenue L and Utica Avenue on Thursday, June 27 at around 6:53 a.m. Cops say she was crossing west to east
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Photo: BklynerUPDATE: Cops arrested 41-year-old Sam Chen on July 4th. He was charged with Murder and Criminal Possession of a Weapon. SUNSET PARK – A 45-year-old man is dead after being shot in his own bed last Friday. On Friday, June 28, at around 12:34 p.m., cops found an
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Photo: Todd Maisel/BklynerBROWNSVILLE – Ernest Askew, a cyclist, was killed in Brooklyn last night after being struck by a vehicle. Askew, 57, was riding his bike westbound on Sutter Avenue near Chester Street around 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 27. He was just a five-minute bike ride from his