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WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with a car burglary near Division and Lee Avenues in Williamsburg. On Tuesday, September 19, around 7:00 pm, the man entered a 2017 Toyota Sienna and stole a radio and two credit cards before fleeing, police said. The police
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WILLIAMSBURG – The driver who killed a bicyclist in a hit and run last year was convicted yesterday, announced Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzales. Defendant Juan Maldonado, 57, of Williamsburg, was found guilty of reckless manslaughter, leaving the scene of an incident and reckless driving after killing 35-year old Matthew
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WILLIAMSBURG – A uniformed NYPD officer was assaulted at Bedford Ave and Wilson St while on duty yesterday in Williamsburg, a NYPD spokesperson confirmed. At 6:00 pm on Sunday, September 24, the officer was placing Anthony Caines, 37, in handcuffs when Caines attempted to grab the officer’s gun belt,
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The security cameras in McGolrick Park have been upgraded (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – The NYPD 94th precinct will benefit from increased police numbers both in McGolrick Park and throughout Greenpoint and Williamsburg after a summer fraught with fatal violence and community concerns over hate speech. State Assemblyman Joe Lentol was
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BUSHWICK – The North Brooklyn community is rallying to help those affected by Hurricane Irma, holding a relief drive that is running through the weekend and ending Tuesday, September 26. The group is accepting donations of socks, bug spray, hygiene products, baby formula, diapers and snacks to be sent to Florida
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A rendering of the proposed development at in Broadway Triangle (Image via Dept of City Planning)WILLIAMSBURG – The City Planning Commission voted 9-1 yesterday to approve the rezoning of the controversial Pfizer site for development into housing by the Rabsky group. In a City & State [http://cityandstateny.com/articles/
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WILLIAMSBURG – Residents in Brooklyn’s Community Board #1 expressed skepticism at the DOT’s plan to introduce dedicated carshare parking spaces in North Brooklyn this fall. The pilot will take place in two zones determined by the DOT: Williamsburg and East Williamsburg. North Brooklyn locations for the DOT’s Carshare
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The burglaries took place in the area around Berry & South 5th Streets (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – The NYPD has identified a pattern of bike burglaries from residential buildings in Williamsburg. A thief has been gaining access to the bike storage rooms of buildings in the vicinity of Berry
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Joe’s Pizza at 216 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg (Screenshot via Google Maps) WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for help identifying two men who stole delivery bikes and batteries from Joe’s Pizza at 216 Bedford Ave earlier this summer. At 5:30 in the morning of Friday, June 23, a man
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545 Broadway (Rendering via Blesso Properties)WILLIAMSBURG – Renderings were revealed this week for a new mixed-use rental high-rise to be constructed above the Lincoln Savings Bank in Williamsburg. The 27-story building will have 218 units rental property, with office and retail space below, 6sqft reports [https://www.6sqft.com/revealed-27-story-tower-at-lincoln-savings-bank-site-will-be-tallest-in-east-williamsburg/
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Pedro Sanchez, missing in Williamsburg since Monday (Photo via DCPI)WILLIAMSBURG – The New York City Police department is asking for help locating 72-year old Pedro Sanchez, missing from his home since Monday, September 11. Last seen at 1:00 pm Monday at his residence—the Bushwick Houses off Flushing Ave
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NORTH BROOKLYN – At the community council meeting for the 94th precinct last week, residents of Greenpoint and Williamsburg voiced concerns about truck traffic in their neighborhoods. Truck traffic—and accidents—have been under a microscope after the death of Neftaly Ramirez [/garbage-truck-struck-killed-bicyclist-greenpoint-identified/], a bicyclist struck and killed by a garbage