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Investigators from the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad investigated the accident. (Source: Mike Wright)A 17-year-old student from James Madison High School was struck by a car outside of the school building on Bedford Avenue near Quentin Road yesterday, tossing him into the side of a bus and knocking him
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Family, friends and authorities are searching for Brian Gewirtz, a 20-year-old Marine Park man who went missing from his Coleman Street home on Tuesday. Gewirtz, described as a white man, 5’5″ tall and weighing 130 pounds, is autistic and needs medication to treat his diabetes, according to information distributed
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A car collision yesterday afternoon caused one of the vehicles to veer off the road, slam into a traffic signal and burst into flames on Ocean Parkway. The dramatic accident left two in critical condition. Firefighters pulled them from the burning wreckage and transported them to Staten Island University Hospital,
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Authorities are turning to the public for help in their search for Efigencia Aviles, a 79-year-old woman who has been missing since Saturday. Aviles was last seen at approximately 6:00 p.m. at her home on Quentin Road, near Ocean Avenue. She is described as 4’8″ tall, 80
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After the Department of Transportation erroneously posted a sign on a residential stretch of Nostrand Avenue indicating two-hour metered parking, several nearby residents received wrongful summonses. Now Councilman Chaim Deutsch is leading the fight to get those tickets thrown out. Deutsch announced the agency’s error at last night’s
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Scene of the explosionTwo people were critically injured after a propane tank blew up in Marine Park early this morning. First responders arrived at the scene, a residential home at Marine Parkway and Quentin Road, at 2:29 a.m. today and doused the flames. The two critically injured people
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The Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association is celebrating the holidays tomorrow with refreshments, music and a panel on community service. The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Kings Chapel (Quentin Road and East 27th Street). The panel, titled “Inter-relationships: Neighbors Serving and Sharing,” feautres Dr. Alvin Kass, Rabbi
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Kings Chapel. Source: Google MapsFind incredible bargains on clothes, furniture, kitchen items and more during a yard sale hosted by the Kings Chapel, October 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the chapel, corner of Quentin Road and East 27th Street. Funds raised from the
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Photo by Yuriy SemenovThere will be a public hearing of the New York City Water Board at 7:00 p.m., April 24, at Public School 222, 3301 Quentin Road in Marine Park, concerning a proposed seven percent increase on water rates. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
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Reader Janelle F. sent in the above photo, taken by her friend Marc, of emergency responders on the scene of a house fire on East 38th Street, between Avenue P and Quentin Road. The fire broke out around 3:30 p.m. It’s unclear if there were any injuries.
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Tipster ShadowLock drove past this mess at around 12:00 p.m. We’re trying to figure out what happened, but he said “it looks awful.” Got any information? Let us know in the comments section. UPDATE: Just received two more photos from another reader. Man, we’ve got the
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Our local politicians are putting your tax dollars to work by organizing various community events and happenings to help increase to quality of life for residents. Two such events will be occurring on Friday, December 11. Senator Marty Golden [http://www.martygolden.com/] with JASA [http://www.jasa.org/] (Jewish