North Western Brooklyn
BARCLAYS CENTER/SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for the man seen in the below video in connection to a forcible touching incident that occurred at the Atlantic Avenue/Barclays Center subway station earlier this year. At approximately 7:45pm on Tuesday, January 8, police say that a 16-year-old boy was
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GRAVESEND – Timing seems to be everything. Yesterday charges of rape were dropped against two former NYPD officers [https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-rape-cops-no-more-20190306-story.html] , who had admitted to engaging in sexual activity with an 18-year-old woman they had detained back on September 15, 2017 [/two-nypd-cops-arrested-for-raping-teen-in-back-of-police-van/]. Both “detectives quit the
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2965 Avenue S. (Photo via Google Maps)MARINE PARK – An 85-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car as it was backing up into a driveway yesterday. On Wednesday, March 6 at about 4:18 p.m., Stella Clinton was walking westbound on the Avenue S sidewalk just a
Announcements
UPDATE: Cops are telling us an 11-year-old boy was taken into custody for the shooting threat made on Instagram last night. It is not clear if the boy was a student at Bay Academy. SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A person threatened to shoot inside Bay Academy Junior High School last night, telling
Bed Stuy
A man was shot to death as he entered an Uber at Greene Avenue and Bedford Avenue last night. Todd Maisel/BklynerBEDFORD STUYVESANT — A 26-year-old man was shot to death as he was entering a waiting Uber SUV on Bedford Avenue near Greene Avenue in Bed Stuy last night, bringing
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Cyclist holds a sign calling attention to the death of Aurilla Lawrence who was killed last Thursday night on her bike. Todd Maisel/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – “A ray of sunshine in a dark world.” That was the message at a memorial gathering of tearful bike messengers from throughout the city on Broadway
northern brooklyn
A fire roared through Kent Avenue at Broadway when workmen hit a 12-inch gas main while replacing water mains, injuring three workmen who were working in the trench this morning. Todd Maisel/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – A 12-inch gas main was apparently ruptured by workers replacing a water main on Kent Avenue at
North Western Brooklyn
RED HOOK – The NYPD released new surveillance video last week showing a person of interest in connection with a 2016 homicide in Red Hook. At approximately 4:30am on May 19, 2016, the body of 51-year-old Sharon Whigham, a mother of seven, was discovered in front of 110 West 9th
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WILLIAMSBURG – A cycle that doesn’t seem to end. Another cyclist was struck and run over by a tanker truck, which did not care enough to stay at the scene. On February 28 at around 11:36 p.m., cops responded to a collision on Broadway near Marcy Avenue and
canarsie
By Todd Maisel/BklynerFLATLANDS – A suspicious all-hands fire destroyed a private home at 1257 East 52nd Street in Flatlands Wednesday, February 27, afternoon, fire officials said. No injuries were reported, but damage to the home was extensive and it also caused some damage to the house connected to it. By
Central Brooklyn
Firefighters rushed to extinguish a fire on the roof of a six-story apartment building at 180 East 18th Street in Ditmas Park Monday morning. By Todd Maisel/BklynerDITMAS PARK – A 3-alarm fire raced through the top floor and roof of a six-story apartment building on East 18th Street in Ditmas
Bushwick
Women of the Chabad of Bushwick light candles in the window to rededicate the synagogue and bring in the Sabbath. Todd Maisel/BklynerBUSHWICK – The Jewish community of the Chabad of Bushwick showed their resilience on the Sabbath Friday night, February 22, by lighting candles in the very window of the