Archive | March, 2010

Video – Custom Rides in Red Hook – Keino’s Cycles

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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Keino Sasaki describes his journey through New York City, from working with legendary bike builder Indian Larry in SoHo, to opening his own custom motorcycle garage on Union Street.

DAILY ROUNDUP

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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City Sued in DWI Killing The family of a 33-year-old woman, who was killed by an off-duty police officer who was driving drunk last September, has filed a lawsuit against the city, saying fellow police [...]

Heavy Rain May Have Caused Williamsburg Building Collapse

Monday, March 29, 2010

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by Nushin Rashidian and Matthew Huisman Alyson Martin contributed reporting to this story. At 11 am on Monday, Ken Corey noticed a vertical crack running down the side of a brick building undergoing renovation at [...]

Remembering Islam’s Prophet With an Uninvited Latin Beat

Monday, March 29, 2010

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By Mustafa Mehdi Vural Hundreds of Turkish Muslims flocked to the Millennium Theater on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn on Friday evening to commemorate Islam’s prophet, Muhammad. Little girls dressed in white bride dresses welcomed [...]

Four Injured in Building Collapse

Monday, March 29, 2010

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Four people were injured after a building undergoing renovation in Williamsburg collapsed earlier this afternoon. The Brooklyn Ink’s MatthewHuisman, Nushin Rashidian and Alyson Martin are at the site at 34 Conselyea  St. One victim was [...]

Sentencing for Rabbi Is Pushed Back

Monday, March 29, 2010

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At 11:30 a.m. on Monday at the Brooklyn Supreme Court, the scheduled sentencing for Baruch Lebovits, the rabbi convicted on eight counts of sexually assaulting a teenage boy, was adjourned and rescheduled at the request [...]

DAILY ROUND UP

Monday, March 29, 2010

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Here’s what’s going on around the borough: Tenant Says Cache of Weapons Are Collectors Items A tenant of the Gravesend home where police on Friday found an arsenal of weapons, including 30 guns, seven knives [...]

Brooklyn Man Arrested in Bank Robbery

Friday, March 26, 2010

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Police arrested a Brooklyn man suspected of robbing a Manhattan Bank earlier today. Around noon, an unidentified man entered a Capital One Bank on Broadway, and passed the teller a note demanding cash. Fifteen minutes [...]

Making Sense of Teenager’s Senseless Death

Friday, March 26, 2010

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Earlier we told you about the stabbing of a Brooklyn teenager on Coney Island Avenue, who was gunned down walking home from work on Tuesday. It’s still a mystery why, Matthew Huisman reports.

A Question of Identity

Friday, March 26, 2010

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“She was either a culprit, or a naive employee in the middle of an alleged fraud.” Nate Rawlings brings us a scene from the Criminal Court, where attorneys could not even agree on the name [...]