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Police are on the hunt for two men believed to be behind a violent home invasion that occurred late last month in SunsetPark. On February 27, just before 2:00 a.m., the suspects followed a 28-year-old man into his apartment building on 39th Street and 10th Avenue. The suspects
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Last month, The Wall Street Journal said that Greenwood Heights was “desirable [/blog/real-estate/greenwood-heights-becoming-desirable-according-to-wsj],” and now it appears that our quiet neighborhood is in the midst of an invasion. A hipster invasion. According to a new list by website RealtyTrac, zip code 11232 (comprised of Greenwood Heights and Sunset
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Source: NYPDAuthorities have handcuffed two out of three suspects believed to be the perpetrators of a violent robbery spree [/police-seek-three-suspects-in-connection-to-eight-local-robberies/] that we reported about yesterday. The two arrested are Abdul Kareem Moazb, 20, and Kareem Ahmed, 17, taken into custody yesterday, hours after the sketch above of Moazb was released.
72nd precinct
Mark your calendars, because the 72nd Precinct will host their 2013 National Night Out Against Crime [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=200947990068740&set=a.200947986735407.1073741826.195263140637225&type=1&theater] on August 6 in Sunset Park (44th Street and 6th Avenue entrance), starting at 4pm.
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5th Avenue has seen a flurry of construction activity lately [/blog/shopping/484-5th-ave-has-sole-shoe-shop-set-to-open-in-old-99-space], and it looks like it’s time to welcome another business to the neighborhood. Signage appeared this weekend outside of 467 5th Avenue (the old Rachel’s Tattoo [/blog/business/for-rent-sign-spotted-at-rachels-tattoo-and-hair-salon] space between 10th and 11th) for
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If you’ve got some spare time tomorrow, and will be around the hood, you might want to consider checking out Operation Identification [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/l7mabc], hosted by the 72nd Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_072.shtml]. The Crime Prevention Unit [http:
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Source: Giancarlo Dessì via Wikimedia Commons. A hydroponic tomato greenhouse. The environmental movement has taken root all over New York. From compost workshops in Flatbush [http://sustainableflatbush.org/] to community gardens in Park Slope [http://www.parkslopecsa.org/], the support for localized sustainable agriculture grows. Now, there is something else.
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Lou Powsner (Photo Credit: Daniel Bush via Brooklyn Daily)An editorial in today’s Brooklyn Paper features longtime community activist Lou Powsner lamenting Bensonhurst’s lack of unified political representation in City Hall. The problem, Powsner states, is gerrymandering. While ostensibly excused as a way to ensure equal representation among
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First, an explanation as to why we had so much coverage about this yesterday when none of the reported assaults were in Bensonhurst: Yesterday, I decided to report on a rape suspect wanted by police who had allegedly been preying on women throughout Central and Southwestern Brooklyn. The attacks were