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By Albin Lohr-JonesThe Coney Island Polar Bear Club [http://www.polarbearclub.org/] has become widely associated New Year’s Day, when hundreds of hipsters and health nuts alike charge into the Atlantic Ocean [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/01/a-cold-wet-start-to-2015-photos-from-coney-islands-polar-bear-plunge/] to take part in group’s momentous annual swim, which
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(Photo provided by the NYPD)A 32-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint on Christmas eve by someone responding to the Craigslist ad for his iPhone 6, police say. The pair met just before 8pm near Avenue U and East 16th Street, according to the NYPD. The suspect entered the victim’
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https://youtu.be/qr3gMo8SCiE Police are searching for a pair of punks wanted for sticking up a man in Brighton Beach last week. Cops say the two suspects approached a 40-year old man in an alleyway just before 7pm on Tuesday, December 22. One of the robbers pulled out a
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Kebabs roasting on spits at Nargis Cafe. (Photo: Nargis Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/nargiscafe/photos/pb.230968093699355.-2207520000.1451510650./696743370455156/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Nargis Cafe, the darling neighborhood restaurant that’s attracted glowing reviews in the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/nyregion/
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The vacant lot at 1780 Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Google Maps)The Department of Buildings (DOB) this month denied a property owner’s application to raise a six-story, 70-foot-tall residential building on Sheepshead Bay Road. Property records show [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=1&passjobnumber=321267464&
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Lots of little Olympians-in-training showed off their moves on the ice Tuesday. For the ninth year in a row, local elected officials sponsored a free ice skating event at Abe Stark Skating Rink [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/abe-stark-skating-rink] (1902 West 19th Street) in Coney Island. Councilman Mark Treyger, Senator
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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)The medical examiner has ruled that a Midwood man died last year from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub more than 36 years ago, police announced Tuesday. Anthony Defonte, 69, was found dead
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(Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops are searching for an armed robber suspected of sticking up two local Subway sandwich shops, a Dunkin’ Donuts, and another store in Queens during the last two months. Police describe the suspect a black man, just over six feet tall, between 230 and 250
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Chris McLean’s 2013 Honda Accord outside James Madison High School. (Photo provided by Chris McLean)At least two Midwood residents discovered their vehicles sitting on blocks and their tires stolen the day after Christmas, police say. MTA bus driver Chris McLean, one of the victims, said he was on