Police & Fire
Photo by Raisa Chernina.A serious dent was made in a notorious Russian crime syndicate that operated out of Brighton Beach and Coney Island yesterday when nine members of the Eastern European gang, Thieves in Law, were arrested, according to U.S Attorney Robert L. Capers. The nine “Thieves” are
Arts & Culture
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News
Photo courtesy e.ann.s / InstagramHere are the winning candidates in yesterday’s historic election. Candidate for President / Vice President Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/ny/en/ballot/election/44-fcc614/address/null/zip/11218/contests/contest/12806/candidate/129869] (Republican) Across Brooklyn, 595,086 voters
Police & Fire
An interactive map from DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/numbers/clinton-trump-president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-nyc?utm_source=Brooklyn+Breaking+News&utm_campaign=a4e204c48e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_11_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c71c0605aa-a4e204c48e-135706633] allows you to see how each election district voted in the city for last night’
Nonsponsored
Photo via Flickr/DavidDonald Trump came out on top in this historically crass election, and all of the pundits are speaking about the divisions in our country as if it was any news to anyone. Simply judging by the reactions by neighbors to this shift in power, Sheepshead Bay, and
history
Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote
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A still from YouTube user Saul W’s video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS1Qyk1WIwc] of Hurricane Sandy destruction in Sea Gate immediately following the stormOn Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/862-16/mayor-de-blasio-signs-legislation-expediting-build-it-back-construction-work] introduced by Council Member Mark
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(Photo courtesy Prospect_ Park / Instagram)New Yorkers have a new way to learn about our urban landscape just in time for the last hurrah of the autumn leaves. The NYC Parks Department’s newest tree census data charts our urban forest on a micro and macro scale, so we can
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Photo via Army Corps of Engineers.The deadline to give input to the Army Corps of Engineers is November 17, but local politicians are pushing for it to be extended until the end of the year. Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz and other pols penned a letter to Colonel David A. Caldwell,
Police & Fire
Photo via District Attorney’s office.The man who stabbed another man in the chest [/brighton-beach-man-convicted-murder/] as he tried to flee the conflict was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on Monday, November 7, according to the Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Jonathan Mansilla, 26, tried to
Arts & Culture
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Events
Photo by Katia Nunes.Here is our weekly roundup of events and goings on around the neighborhood this week. You can find a complete list in our events calendar. We also encourage everyone to add events to the calendar to help get the word out! Karaoke at Cats on the