bath beach
Todd Maisel/BklynerBATH BEACH – Police are holding a 63-year-old driver of a box truck who struck two pedestrians on 86th Street in Bath Beach this afternoon, police said. Police officials say they suspect the driver attempted to flee the scene at about 3:10 p.m. when he hit the
Announcements
Photo: Mordechai LightstoneCROWN HEIGHTS – Another act of anti-Semitism. Last night, a note saying “Hitler is coming” was on a billboard at the Jewish Children’s Museum (JCM). The hateful note was placed on an interactive billboard at the Jewish Children’s Museum. It’s a billboard where people are encouraged
Police & Fire
SUNSET PARK – A man’s body discovered in the water by the Brooklyn Army Terminal in March has been identified, according to the NYPD. Ferry docked at Brooklyn Army Terminal/Sunset Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident Mathew Holley, 33, was identified by his uncle who recognized the
Central Brooklyn
Photo of the motorcycle. Adam Balhetchet/Loudlabs.KENSINGTON – Police have arrested and charged Jasmin Morales-Cruz, 24, of Coney Island Avenue, with vehicular manslaughter, DWI and driving without a license, in the death of Evvon Alexander, 28, of Foster Avenue. On Monday, May 27, 2019, just before 4:00 AM hours,
Bed Stuy
East 29th Street and Clarendon Road shooting, a detective investigates, East Flatbush Todd Maisel/BklynerCENTRAL/EASTERN BROOKLYN – Six people were shot, and one died from gunshot wounds since between last night and this morning, according to police. The shootings were centered in three of the four highest crime areas that
DUMBO
DUMBO – A body discovered in the East River on Sunday, May 19 has been identified as a missing University at Albany SUNY student, according to reports. Via Google MapsJohn Carlos Garcia-Mendez was reported missing on May 7 [https://cbs6albany.com/news/missing-persons/missing-john-carlos-garcia-mendez]. Originally from Washington Heights, the 21-year-old student
Central Brooklyn
Church and Flatbush shooting. Todd Maisel/BklynerFLATBUSH & EAST FLATBUSH – Two teenagers were shot Friday afternoon and evening in separate incidents on busy Church Avenue in Flatbush and East Flatbush, police said. Both teens are expected to survive their wounds and no suspects have been arrested as yet. Crime scene
Bed Stuy
Chief of Department Terence A. Monahan made an announcement at One Police Plaza about staffing and increases in manpower at certain precincts in the city for the summer. Todd Maisel/BklynerBeginning on Wednesday, May 22nd, cops normally assigned to desk duty hit the streets of 73rd, 75th, 79th, and 67th
Gowanus
GOWANUS – A man was slashed on the northbound G train platform at the Smith-9th Street subway station early Thursday morning. Smith-9th Street Station via Google MapsAt approximately 2:45am on Thursday, May 23, police say a man was slashed in the face and leg by an unknown assailant. It is
Announcements
DYKER HEIGHTS – The fifth dead body in three months and the second this week was retrieved from the Brooklyn waterfront late yesterday afternoon. On Monday, May 20 at around 3:50 p.m., a jogger discovered a body floating in the water and called 911. Cops say a 33-year-old man
Announcements
There has been an 82 percent increase in anti-Semitic attacks since last year. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BORO PARK – It’s no secret that anti-Semitism has been on the rise. Just over the weekend, anti-Semitic slurs were yelled at two Jewish teenagers. According to the NYPD, there has been an
DUMBO
DUMBO – The body of a man was pulled from the East River near the Manhattan Bridge on Sunday morning. Via Google MapsAt approximately 8:20am on May 19, police received a call regarding a body floating in the water in the vicinity of Adams Street and John Street in DUMBO.