brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – An attack in Brownsville left one man dead and a woman in custody last Friday. Responding to reports of an assault at a residence on Howard Avenue around 8:15 pm on Friday, January 12, NYPD officers discovered a 51-year old man who had been stabbed in the neck,
Bensonhurst
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BENSONHURST – Police are looking for the man who violently attempted to rob a 16-year old for his coat at gunpoint last Tuesday in Bensonhurst. The 16-year old male victim was walking on
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Looking north on Nostrand Avenue, towards Avenue R, near where the victim was struck (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A 70-year old man who was struck by a car on Nostrand Avenue earlier this month succumbed to his injuries and died in the hospital over the weekend. Stewart Feldman
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] Even with the New Year underway, some parts of 2017 still remain—like crime. Here are the NYPD’s updates on crimes committed in Brooklyn over the last month. SUNSET PARK – Police
Central Brooklyn
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)WILLIAMSBURG – A shooting just after midnight last night in Williamsburg left one man dead and another wounded, said police. Arriving at 160 Havemeyer Street, near South 2nd Street, police found two gunshot victims: a 19-year old man shot in the leg and back, and a 20-year old
Police & Fire
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two individuals wanted in connection with a grand larceny in Sheepshead Bay last month. Just before midnight on Saturday, November 25, a 22-year old woman left her purse in the backseat of her car, parked in the United
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[UPDATED: Monday, December 18 at 12:40pm] The NYPD has released the names of the four family members who died in this morning’s fire. The deceased include 39-year-old Aliza Azan, 11-year-old Moshe Azan, 7-year-old Yitzah Azan, and 3-year-old Henrietta Azan. SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A mother and three children were killed
Borough Park
Boundaries of NY Senate District 17 via Senator Simcha Felder’s home page.By Naomi Rabeeya In the past few weeks I have received a number of communications from my state senator, Simcha Felder. There was the fire safety alert, library forgiveness for unpaid late fees, a card offering health
Announcements
Cuthbert Thomas, missing from in Flatbush Ditmas Park since 12/9/17 (Photo via DCPI)FLATBUSH DITMAS PARK – The New York City Police department is asking for help locating 89-year old Cuthbert Thomas, missing since Friday, December 9. Thomas was last seen around 7:00 pm at his home, on
Central Brooklyn
Councilmember Mark Treyger (D, 47th) has been busy making our schools better and more equal for the kids. Today, the council approved his anti-bullying bill Intro 1757-A requiring Department of Education (DOE) to collect and report bullying data – student-to-student bullying, harassment, intimidation, or discrimination, bullying complaints – every six months, including
brighton beach
Holiday gift shopping is in full swing. Here is a list of local businesses that offer one-of-a-kind, authentic gifts with an international flair that can only be found in the eclectic Brighton Beach, culturally diverse Sheepshead Bay and “oh, so nostalgic” Coney Island. From Russian caviar to the Uzbek dance
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Hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli posing with an Enigma machine, a possession he might be forced to sell (Photo: Martin Shkreli [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100963244517225&set=pb.16400586.-2207520000.1450377114.&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Reviled “Pharma Bro” and securities fraudster Martin Shkreli may