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Walt Whitman Houses

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Police Identify Woman Shot In The Head At Walt Whitman Houses

Walt Whitman Houses (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus / Justin Fox)Police have identified a woman who was shot and killed [/blog/2016/07/22/cops-help-identifying-woman-killed-whitman-houses/]at the Walt Whitman Houses last Thursday, as 26-year-old Coral O’Brien from Los Lunas, New Mexico. When police found her, responding to a call at

Free Wi-Fi Almost Here For Ingersoll And Whitman Residents, Courtesy of Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Image via americanvirus/Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanvirus/3688768361/].We truly live in a connected world, with friends, family, strangers, news, and more available at the touch of a finger to a phone screen. But for many low-income New Yorkers, particularly those who live in public housing, internet

Much-Needed Lighting And Security Cameras Are Being Installed At Ingersoll Houses

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Let there be light. Now that a $4.8 million lighting installation project has been completed at Harlem’s Polo Grounds Towers public housing development, the city is continuing to go full steam ahead at the next eight (8) locations — including our very own Ingersoll

Local Housing Cops Tackle Police-Community Relations, One Toy At A Time

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Toy giveaways are a fun tradition held in communities across the country, putting smiles on kids’ faces and making the adults feel happy and grateful, too. But do you know what’s even better? When you’re stopped on the street completely unawares outside your

Another Shooting In Fort Greene Leads To Chase And Shoulder Wound For Suspect

Image via NYPD.Some of you heard helicopters flying over the northwest corner of Fort Greene Park on Friday night (December 11) shortly after 8pm and wondered what was going on. Well, as we noted on Facebook, it was an NYPD copter deployed after shots were fired and police chased

Brownsville Man Arrested For Fatal February Shooting Of Whitman Resident Kevin Colon

An arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Kevin Colon [/blog/2015/02/19/investigation-launched-murder-20-year-old-man-whitman-houses/] , who died earlier this year on February 19 of a gunshot wound to the stomach near his apartment on North Portland Street at the Walt Whitman Houses. Leonaldo Parrado, 21, of Brownsville,

Tuesday: Meet Local Police At The National Night Against Crime Outdoor Fairs In Fort Greene Park And The Whitman Houses

If you have questions about police-community relations or about issues on your street and neighborhood, and want to meet local police officers face-to-face, then now’s your chance. Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4 is the National Night Against Crime — a nationwide day where police precincts across the city and country hold

Tonight At 6:30PM: Informational Forum On Downsizing In NYCHA Houses

The controversial and emotional issue of downsizing — the practice of forcing existing residents, usually seniors, of New York City public housing to move into smaller apartments once their families grow up and move away, in order to make room for new residents and families who are currently on waiting lists

Cumbo Criticized For Question About Growing Asian American Population In Fort Greene NYCHA Houses

35th District City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo. (Photo by The Nabe)Councilmember Laurie Cumbo [http://council.nyc.gov/d35/html/members/home.shtml]issued an apology on Thursday (March 26) for remarks made during a City Council Public Housing Committee hearing where she asked whether the New York City Housing Authority