Brooklyn Bike Patrol Ushers Subwaygoers Home Safely
At night, a group of bikers escorts women home safely from the subway. Read more at NYDailyNews.com
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Ex-Con Convicted In Cop’s Death
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Today, a jury convicted George Villanueva, an ex-con, of shoving veteran police officer Alain Schaberger to his death. Read more at NYDailyNews.com
Brooklyn Mother’s Deportation Case in Limbo
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Sarah Martinez, an Ecuadorian national with a 6-year old U.S. citizen daughter has been waiting for Immigration Customs and Enforcement to apply prosecutorial discretion to her immigration case. But she has still not received an [...]
Brooklyn resident dies mysteriously
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Brooklyn resident, 30-year old Monica Luna was found unconscious by her husband on Friday night, according to officials. She was taken to Brookdale hospital where she was pronounced dead. Read more: New York Daily News
Brooklyn’s most expensive home goes for $14 million
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
A single family home in the Sheapshed borough received top listing. The home has heated sidewalk and elevators. Read more:New York Daily News
Brick-and-mortar merchants occupy food cart sites in Bay Ridge
Monday, April 30, 2012
The simmering cold war between Bay Ridge’s food vendors and Fifth Avenue’s brick-and-mortar businesses boiled over on Monday morning when merchants occupied two prime pieces of sidewalk used by popular neighborhood gyro sellers — sparking [...]
Charter Management Firms charging Huge Markups
Monday, April 30, 2012
A for-profit education firm is soaking taxpayers by subleasing buildings to the Brooklyn public charter schools it runs at astronomical rates — including one at an incredible 1,000 percent markup, sources said Read more : [...]
Brooklyn Home finally “unoccupied”
Monday, April 30, 2012
Police arrested six Occupy Wall Street members squatting inside a Brooklyn home five months after the movement seized the property amid grand promises to “renovate” it and move in “a homeless family.” Read more : [...]
NY1 Anchor Pat Kiernan Nabs $2mn Townhouse in Williamsburg
Friday, April 27, 2012
NY1’S Pat Kiernan, every hipster’s favorite morning anchor, is moving from Manhattan to Williamsburg. Kiernan paid $2.02 million for an unassuming-looking three-story, four-bedroom townhouse with aluminum siding on Bedford Ave., records show. The Brownstoner blog [...]
Disgraced Former Brooklyn Sen. Carl Kruger Sentenced for Corruption
Friday, April 27, 2012
Disgraced former Brooklyn Sen. Carl Kruger is trading his tacky Mill Basin mansion for the Big House. Kruger was sentenced to seven years in prison for taking $365,000 in bribes, much of which was spent [...]
The Brooklyn Lens Webcast
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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