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Photo by sayhishutterup [https://www.instagram.com/p/BDAB1xIyyYu/]St. Patrick’s Day is this Thursday, March 17, and the neighborhood is a pot o’ gold full of celebratory options! From parades, to bars, to the beloved Irish Soda Bread, you need not leave our neighborhood to take part in
Police & Fire
Less than one day after two-year-old Melody Pheng’s drowning death was ruled a homicide [/police-fire/sunset-park-toddlers-death-is-ruled-a-homicide-no-arrests-made-yet/] by the city medical examiner, police arrested the toddler’s mother, Lin Li, 24, on charges of second degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, and acting in a manner injurious to a child. It is
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last two weeks, courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct. * On March 11 at 9:30pm, a man returning to his vehicle on 19th Avenue was shocked to find
Food & Drink
Bread & Joe opened Tuesday, March 8. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)“I live around the corner, and I’ve been waiting for you to open,” says Jennifer, a South Slope resident. The new coffee and pastry spot Bread & Joe [https://www.facebook.com/breadandjoe/?fref=ts] (618 4th
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Source: Google MapsAn Israeli supermarket chain has purchased the shuttered Pathmark location in Borough Park, reports Bloomberg Business [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-13/first-israeli-supermarket-chain-said-to-open-branch-abroad] . Jerusalem-based Osher Ad — which is set to open at 1245 61st Street in August — sells strictly Kosher food and is the first Israeli supermarket
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Photo: NYPDCops are turning to the public for help in locating a man who went missing from Coney Island over the weekend. Michael Davis, 49, was last seen on Sunday, March 13, at approximately 8:30am, inside of Mermaid Manor adult home. Davis is described as a male black, 6
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Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Don’t miss the opening day at Luna Park. There’s also the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Bay Ridge, the Coney Island USA Spring Gala, and several community group meetings this week. Send us your own event listing by posting
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Courtesy of Luna Park/FacebookBrooklynites rejoice! Coney Island’s Luna Park, the Thunderbolt, and the iconic Cyclone rollercoaster will all re-open for spring on March 20 at 12pm. The iconic coaster, which has brought fearless daredevils to the park for almost a century, has been refurbished and painted, bringing it
Police & Fire
The heartbreak continues surrounding two-year-old Melody Pheng’s death this past Sunday, March 13, which has now been ruled a homicide by the city medical examiner. Pheng was found “unresponsive” [/police-fire/sunset-park-toddler-dies-family-bathtub/] in her family’s bathtub in a home on 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues and later
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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,
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In a heartbreaking discovery, a two-year-old Sunset Park girl was found “unconscious and unresponsive” in a bathtub inside her family’s home on 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues this weekend; she was later declared dead at Maimonides Hospital. It was around 8:26pm on Sunday, March 13 when
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A violent rapist is on the loose and cops are hoping that we can help ID and find him. The suspect reportedly raped a 29-year-old woman at knife-point in the lobby of her apartment building on 50th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues on the border between Sunset Park and