1 graffiti cleanup request

• 507 Osborn St, Brooklyn Graffiti reported at 507 Osborn St, Brooklyn

  Waiver authorizing cleanup received on July 17, 2008.

3 news articles

• Crown Heights Tasty restaurant gossip

  On Sunday, July 26, from 11 am to 1 pm, Crown Heights resident A.J. Bull, the chef de cuisine at Brasserie 8 1/2 in Manhattan, will host a class called “Cooking with Mushrooms,” where cooks of any skill level can learn how to make fantastic fungi dishes.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 17, 2008.

• 357 Chester St. $200 GUN BUYBACK

  The participating churches are: Helping Hands Ministries, 326 Junius St.; First Baptist Church of Brownsville, 357 Chester St.; Grace Baptist Church, 181 New Jersey Ave.; First AME Zion Church, 54 MacDonough St.; Southern Baptist Church, 798 Stanley St.; and Brown Memorial Baptist Church, 484 Washington Ave.

  Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.

• 326 Junius St. $200 GUN BUYBACK

  The participating churches are: Helping Hands Ministries, 326 Junius St.; First Baptist Church of Brownsville, 357 Chester St.; Grace Baptist Church, 181 New Jersey Ave.; First AME Zion Church, 54 MacDonough St.; Southern Baptist Church, 798 Stanley St.; and Brown Memorial Baptist Church, 484 Washington Ave.

  Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.

3 graffiti cleaned

• 320 Grafton St, Brooklyn Graffiti cleaned up at 320 Grafton St, Brooklyn

  Cleanup completed on July 3, 2008.

• 650 Powell St, Brooklyn Graffiti cleaned up at 650 Powell St, Brooklyn

  Cleanup completed on July 10, 2008.

• 12 sutter Ave, Brooklyn Graffiti cleaned up at 12 sutter Ave, Brooklyn

  Cleanup completed on July 9, 2008.

2 news articles

• Crown Heights Immigrant shot to death outside Brooklyn home

  The victim, identified by relatives as Mustafa Oumaria, was shot four times outside his Albany Ave. apartment in Crown Heights about 10 p.m., witnesses said. He died en route to the hospital, cops said. The lone gunman fled.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 16, 2008.

• Brownsville Brooklyn rappers PNG score with new dance

  Persona Non Grata is rappers Ill-O and Ivo Dinero, both 19, and Heedi Blacc, 18, all of Brownsville, Brooklyn. They are part of a wave of hip hop in which Web-savvy teens with an ear for catchy music can create and control their own fame.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 16, 2008.

1 graffiti cleaned

• 373 Van Sinderen Ave, Brooklyn Graffiti cleaned up at 373 Van Sinderen Ave, Brooklyn

  Cleanup completed on June 27, 2008.

5 crime reports

• Precinct 73 43 crimes reported in Precinct 73

  Week of July 7, 2008: 2 murders, 13 robberies, 7 felony assaults, 9 burglaries, 9 grand larcenies, 3 grand larcenies (auto).

• Precinct 67 40 crimes reported in Precinct 67

  Week of July 7, 2008: 2 rapes, 8 robberies, 9 felony assaults, 11 burglaries, 9 grand larcenies, 1 grand larceny (auto).

• Precinct 75 72 crimes reported in Precinct 75

  Week of July 7, 2008: 19 robberies, 22 felony assaults, 11 burglaries, 14 grand larcenies, 6 grand larcenies (auto).

• Precinct 69 18 crimes reported in Precinct 69

  Week of July 7, 2008: 1 rape, 2 robberies, 4 felony assaults, 1 burglary, 6 grand larcenies, 4 grand larcenies (auto).

• Precinct 77 22 crimes reported in Precinct 77

  Week of July 7, 2008: 8 robberies, 3 felony assaults, 5 burglaries, 4 grand larcenies, 2 grand larcenies (auto).

8 news articles

• Brownsville 15-Year-Old Killed, 2 Teens Wounded in Shooting

  A 15-year-old boy has been shot to death in Brooklyn and two other teens have been wounded. The gunfire erupted shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday in back of a building on Boyland Street in the Brownsville section.

  Published by New York Sun on July 14, 2008.

• 866 Thomas S. Boyland St. TEEN MURDERED AT B'KLYN PARTY

  A Brooklyn graduation party ended in horror yesterday when two gunmen crashed the soirée and killed a 15-year-old boy, police sources said. Dondi Williams was shot dead after gunplay erupted in the courtyard of an apartment building at 866 Thomas S. Boyland St. in Brownsville at around 2 a.m., cops said.

  Published by New York Post on July 14, 2008.

• Crown Heights How Payroll of Paterson Dwarfs All

  Judges have threatened a work slowdown to protest their salaries, which have been frozen for the last decade. Frustration among legislators regarding their own pay has boiled over to the point of prompting one lawmaker, Eric Adams, a Democrat who represents Park Slope and Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to bellow "Show me the money" on the Senate floor. But the governor's office is one place in Albany where complaints about salary are rarely audible.

  Published by New York Sun on July 14, 2008.

• Ocean Hill 44th Precinct near top in CCRB complaints

  This figure ranks the "44" behind only the 75th Precinct, covering East New York, Brooklyn (349 complaints), and the 73rd Precinct, covering Ocean Hill/Brownsville, Brooklyn (280 complaints), according to recently-departed CCRB spokesman Andrew Case.

  Published by West Bronx Blog on July 14, 2008.

• Precinct 75 44th Precinct near top in CCRB complaints

  This figure ranks the "44" behind only the 75th Precinct, covering East New York, Brooklyn (349 complaints), and the 73rd Precinct, covering Ocean Hill/Brownsville, Brooklyn (280 complaints), according to recently-departed CCRB spokesman Andrew Case.

  Published by West Bronx Blog on July 14, 2008.

• Precinct 73 44th Precinct near top in CCRB complaints

  This figure ranks the "44" behind only the 75th Precinct, covering East New York, Brooklyn (349 complaints), and the 73rd Precinct, covering Ocean Hill/Brownsville, Brooklyn (280 complaints), according to recently-departed CCRB spokesman Andrew Case.

  Published by West Bronx Blog on July 14, 2008.

• Crown Heights Led Astray by Diabolical Subway Notices

  Cryptic notes like these and the added hours of commuting is why I bought a Scooter and stopped renewing my Metrocard. Spending 2 am through 4:30 am trying to get from the West Village to Crown Heights just wasn’t worth it anymore, especially when one could never figure out where one was supposed to go.

  Published by New York Times on July 14, 2008.

• Brownsville Let the Challenges Begin

  A Republican in the overwhelmingly Democratic 58th Assembly District (Brownsville) would have to garner only 112 signatures, and a candidate hoping to land on the ballot as the Conservative Party's pick there needs merely seven names.

  Published by Gotham Gazette on July 14, 2008.

5 crime reports

• Precinct 67 47 crimes reported in Precinct 67

  Week of June 30, 2008: 1 murder, 7 robberies, 7 felony assaults, 8 burglaries, 16 grand larcenies, 8 grand larcenies (auto).

• Precinct 69 24 crimes reported in Precinct 69

  Week of June 30, 2008: 3 robberies, 6 felony assaults, 4 burglaries, 4 grand larcenies, 7 grand larcenies (auto).

• Precinct 73 34 crimes reported in Precinct 73

  Week of June 30, 2008: 7 robberies, 9 felony assaults, 4 burglaries, 11 grand larcenies, 3 grand larcenies (auto).

• Precinct 75 79 crimes reported in Precinct 75

  Week of June 30, 2008: 1 murder, 19 robberies, 26 felony assaults, 9 burglaries, 16 grand larcenies, 8 grand larcenies (auto).

• Precinct 77 17 crimes reported in Precinct 77

  Week of June 30, 2008: 4 robberies, 4 felony assaults, 4 burglaries, 4 grand larcenies, 1 grand larceny (auto).

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