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Jan
14

Monday Crime Blotter: Drunk Firefighter Arrested, 2 Missing People, Free Shopping Spree At Target & More

MARINE PARK – A firefighter was arrested for drunk driving and hitting a pedestrian after going home from a slain firefighter’
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Jan
11
Friday Crime Blotter: Screwdriver Subway Stabbing, 2 Burglary Sprees, A Missing Person & More

Friday Crime Blotter: Screwdriver Subway Stabbing, 2 Burglary Sprees, A Missing Person & More

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Police are searching for a man involved in a robbery on a 2 Train yesterday. On
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Jan
10
Top 5 Brooklyn Social Justice Nonprofits Win $100,000 Spark Prize

Top 5 Brooklyn Social Justice Nonprofits Win $100,000 Spark Prize

Five Brooklyn nonprofits are each receiving a $100,000 windfall this week as they’ve been named the winners of
2 min read
Jan
10
De Blasio Announces NYC Ferry Service For Coney Island – in 2021

De Blasio Announces NYC Ferry Service For Coney Island – in 2021

NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that Coney Island will finally get ferry service as part of a
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Jan
10
Weekend Art Events: January 11-13 (Brooklyn Podcast Festival, Meet The Strings & More)

Weekend Art Events: January 11-13 (Brooklyn Podcast Festival, Meet The Strings & More)

This weekend delivers plays, musical performances, the return of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival, and two family-friendly events at the Brooklyn
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Jan
08
Community Coalition Seeks Landmark Status for Flatbush Presbyterian Church

Community Coalition Seeks Landmark Status for Flatbush Presbyterian Church

1922 Rendering of Flatbush Presbyterian Church (Image: The Brooklyn Library) FLATBUSH – In the December issue of Bklyner [/a-bit-of-history-about-the-flatbush-church-looking-for-developer/] we wrote
3 min read
Jan
07
Top Ways To Look for a Summer Camp

Top Ways To Look for a Summer Camp

Best Ways to Research a Camp There are many ways to look into finding the right day or overnight camp
2 min read
Jan
07
Firefighter Steven H. Pollard Dies Trying To Save Crash Victims

Firefighter Steven H. Pollard Dies Trying To Save Crash Victims

Steven H. Pollard died in the line of duty on Monday, January 7, 2019. (Photo credit: FDNY)MILL BASIN — Firefighter
2 min read
Jan
06
This Week In Brooklyn: Polar Bear Plunge, Freshman Senators, Dog-Delayed Subways & More

This Week In Brooklyn: Polar Bear Plunge, Freshman Senators, Dog-Delayed Subways & More

Carroll Street (near 7th Avenue), Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Keep up with what’s going on in the
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Jan
04
Friday Crime Blotter: Escaped Prisoner, Attempted Bank Robbery, NYCHA Shooting & More

Friday Crime Blotter: Escaped Prisoner, Attempted Bank Robbery, NYCHA Shooting & More

CONEY ISLAND – A person was shot inside a NYCHA building this morning and police are still searching for the suspects.
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