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WILLIAMSBURG – Police need help finding the driver who struck a woman and left the scene yesterday afternoon. A 25-year-old woman was crossing the street at Lee Avenue and Middleton Street at around 2:50 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9th. Then, someone driving a 2007 Chrysler struck the woman. The
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Crime scene, Wednesday June 14, 2017. (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)A man was shot on the street near the Barclays Center earlier this afternoon, sending pedestrians scattering and police rushing to the area. An assailant fired gunshots near 620 Atlantic Ave and Flatbush Avenue at 2:14pm on Wednesday,
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brighton beach
Two mics in Brighton Beach, produced by Filippo Piscopo / BRIC TV Meet two Russian-language radio producers broadcasting live from Brighton Beach, “where every step you hear Russian language, Russian shops, Russian businesses.” Victor Topaller, Radio-TV host, is proudly conservative and pro-Trump. The main difference between him and Rush Limbaugh? “The
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Central Brooklyn
Surveillance video via NYPD Help cops find a man who threatened a fast-food worker and stole his phone near Brooklyn College on Tuesday. The suspect cajoled an employee to open the door at Popeye’s, 2158 Nostrand Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H, at 1:15am on November 8,
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Central Brooklyn
Photo by Matvey MorozovEarly this morning, a garbage truck smashed into parked cars on Albemarle Road in Kensington before driving away, surveillance footage shows. Initial police reports accounted for one of the damaged cars in front of 114 Albemarle Road between McDonald Avenue and East 2nd Street. The dark blue
Central Brooklyn
BUTTERED SUGAR SNAP PEAS Ingredients: * 1 pound sugar snap peas, stems and strings removed * 2 tablespoons unsalted butter * 1⁄4 cups coarsely chopped fresh mint salt & pepper. * Ingredients available seasonally at your neighborhood Greenmarket Instructions: 1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter. 2. Add the
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Bensonhurst
Rescue divers jumped from a helicopter Saturday to save a 33-year-old man from a kayak sinking two miles from Coney Island Beach, the New York Post reports [http://nypost.com/2016/04/30/police-rescue-kayaker-from-sinking-vessel/]. The kayaker, identified by the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/divers-rescue-man-sinking-kayak-mile-coney-island-beach-article-1.2619891] as Daniel
Bensonhurst
Angelo Bonsignore wears his Trump gear. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)The last time we spoke to Angelo Bonsignore, he was documenting — in meticulous detail — the history of Dyker Heights’ spectacular architecture [/dyker-heights-just-holiday-lights/]. These days, the 37-year-old film editor and occasional character actor has a new obsession: GOP presidential frontrunner Donald
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Bensonhurst
https://youtu.be/KkFzJCtbMDs Cops have identified one of four suspects wanted for robbing a cab driver in Gravesend in January. The men got into a livery cab at 472 Kings Highway on January 25, at 2:30am, and asked to be taken to 65th Street and West 4th Street,
Bensonhurst
It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s a Phantom 3 drone [http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-3-standard]! Calvert Vaux Park [/?s=calvert+vaux] — southern Brooklyn’s hauntingly beautiful, yet neglected and overgrown green space [/de-blasio-criticized-for-abandoning-bloomberg-plan-for-calvert-vaux-park/]— is known as a haven for rare birds and other exotic animal
News
This month the New York Times is featuring Ditmas Park as part of its ongoing Block By Block video [http://www.nytimes.com/video/new-york-city-neighborhoods-block-by-block] series. We can’t help but love seeing beautiful views and hearing how great the neighborhood is. (We might be biased since we were interviewed
Central Brooklyn
This month the New York Times is featuring Ditmas Park as part of its ongoing Block By Block video [http://www.nytimes.com/video/new-york-city-neighborhoods-block-by-block] series. We can’t help but love seeing beautiful views and hearing how great the neighborhood is. (We might be biased since we were interviewed
Animals
Prospect Park Zoo [http://prospectparkzoo.com/] recently welcomed a furry new family member and on Monday, the little guy made his public debut. The mini Hamadryas baboon was born on October 22 to 12-year-old female Kaia, and 23-year-old dad Bole, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society [http://www.wcs.org/
62nd precinct
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo0ocU9PqjQ A duo wanted for a pair of deli holdups [/bandits-involved-in-bath-beach-heist-believed-to-have-committed-another-robbery-on-ocean-avenue/#.VjEELGSrTu0] in Bath Beach and Sheepshead Bay are still on the loose, and police believe they are responsible for two more store robberies in Queens in the last two months. A description of
neergaard toys
Behind the Glass [https://vimeo.com/134647813] from JamesBruffee [https://vimeo.com/jamesbruffee] on Vimeo [https://vimeo.com]. Neighbor and teacher James Bruffee has always thought the toy displays at Neergaard Toys [https://neergaardtoys.com/] at 454 5th Avenue near 9th Street were unique and intriguing. So he sought out
construction
Ever wonder why the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is always under construction? The MTA released two Youtube videos describing the agency’s ongoing Verrazano-Narrows projects [/235-7m-awarded-to-verrazano-narrows-bridge-for-upper-deck-and-hov-lane-project/] : the upper level deck replacement project [/lane-closures/]and the construction of the new HOV/bus ramp [/verrazano-bridge-to-get-an-hov-lane-in-2017/] that will connect the HOV/bus lane from the