Neighborhood watch groups across the United States, including in Brooklyn, are facing increased scrutiny following the death of an unarmed black teenager shot by a member of a Florida group. “We’re not trying to apprehend, [...]
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Three years after Edwin Thomas was murdered on the B46 in broad daylight, his family mourns his death.
Monday, November 14, 2011
I arrived with a friend at Death by Audio on South 2nd Street to find two women at the entrance asking for a sliding-scale donation. I asked them what lay at the end of the [...]
Monday, November 7, 2011
An 87-year-old man was hit and killed by an NYPD vehicle last Friday, Nov. 5 on Eastern Parkway between Dean Street and Bergen Street, according to the New York Daily News. Theauther Love, an assistant [...]
Monday, November 7, 2011
Two Brooklyn teens were killed in a car crash on I-84 early Monday morning as they headed to a Connecticut yeshiva, according to the Connecticut News Times. Eli Shonbron, 16, and Dani King, 15, died [...]
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Canarsie resident and autograph collector Louis Schlamowitz talked about his connection to fallen Libya leader Muammar el-Qaddafi. Over the last few decades Schlamowitz has written letters to world leaders asking for their autographs. He has collection at least [...]
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Dispatches from Crown Heights the day after the West Indian Day Parade, where three people were fatally shot and two New York City police officers were wounded.
Monday, March 28, 2011
By Evan MacDonald and Audrey Yoo For many, college is a chance to meet new people while living away from home for the first time. Students at American Academy McAllister Institute meet new people, too. [...]
Monday, April 26, 2010
A Coney Island man was killed last night at Shell Road and Bouck Court after his car jumped a curb and struck a stanchion on the F line last night. Constatine Beyn, 22, was pronounced [...]
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The man killed in the Ocean Hill fire last night has been formally identified, the Daily News reports. He was 35-year-old Eddie Ortiz. The two other victims have been identified as Paco Ortiz, 81, and [...]
Friday, March 30, 2012
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