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Special Report: 2008 Pharmacy Investigation

Locations of pharmacies the New York attorney general says sold expired products in spring 2008.

New on EveryBlock today July 9, 2008

  • 3 stars out of 5: Rope reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock yesterday July 8, 2008

  • 229 | 229 posted by junepapercups to Flickrcrispy chicken with fennel salad posted by junepapercups to Flickr
  • 4 stars out of 5: Habana Outpost reviewed on Yelp.com.
  • 1 star out of 5: Target reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock Monday July 7, 2008

  • Boerum Hill More Brooklyn Neighborhoods Get Temporary Parking Relief

    Starting Monday, street cleaning rules in parts of Gowanus Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill will be temporarily suspended while 2100 street signs with new parking rules are put in place.

    Published by WNBC on July 7, 2008.

  • 2 stars out of 5: Sushi D reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock Sunday July 6, 2008

  • Atlantic Yards The Score: Kiss my grass, Bloomberg

    Bloomberg, meanwhile, has been a shameless cheerleader for Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project, which has become an international synonym for a shameless corporate land grab.

    Published by New York Daily News on July 6, 2008.

  • downtown brooklyn LOST CAMERA W/BABY PICS

    Lost small digital canon powershot camera with baby pictures in downtown brooklyn by Sackett Street....

    Posted to Craigslist on July 6, 2008.

  • Atlantic Mall LOST NOKIA EXPRESS MUSIC PHONE (CHUCK E CHEESE)

    I LOST MY NOKIA EXPRESS MUSIC PHONE YES. ON JULY 4TH IN CHUCK E CHEESE...

    Posted to Craigslist on July 6, 2008.

  • 4 stars out of 5: Red Bamboo reviewed on Yelp.com.

New on EveryBlock Saturday July 5, 2008

  • Fort Greene Muggings Revive Memories of an Area’s Bad Old Days

    On June 10, Nina Lalli was mugged as she walked from Fort Greene to her home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, she said in an interview.

    Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

  • Clinton Hill Muggings Revive Memories of an Area’s Bad Old Days

    In recent months, an old crime has started to reappear near where Ms. Evans lives, on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood by surprise.

    Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

  • Precinct 88 Muggings Revive Memories of an Area’s Bad Old Days

    The 88th Precinct, which covers Clinton Hill, has recorded a 26 percent increase in robberies so far this year, from 99 in 2007 to 125, for the period ending on June 29. Robberies are defined as the forcible taking of property from a person.

    Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

  • Pratt Institute Muggings Revive Memories of an Area’s Bad Old Days

    The head of security at Pratt Institute, whose campus is in the neighborhood, said that at least six students had been mugged since April.

    Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

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New on EveryBlock Friday July 4, 2008

  • Sidewalk Suite posted by urban_lisa to Flickr

New on EveryBlock Thursday July 3, 2008

  • Clinton Hill What’s wrong with this picture?

    Little Severine McQueeney’s mom, Margo Gibson, was harassed by Parks workers after taking this cute picture of her daughter at Underwood Playground in Clinton Hill.

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

New on EveryBlock July 2 July 2, 2008

  • Prospect Heights Smooth ‘Trans’ition

    We’ve mainly used butter in the past six months. Some [recipes] do use [trans fat], but the amount is below the standards. That’s always been our policy. Trista Brown , 28, Prospect Heights

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

  • Flatbush and Third ave Caller No-D

    Cops arrested two thugs — ages 18 and 25 — for beating up a 48-year-old man with a baseball bat on June 28 at the corner of Flatbush and Third avenues.

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

  • Lafayette ave and Cumberland street It’s Gate-gate!

    A civilian captured a man who had just mugged a woman on Lafayette Avenue and held him until police arrived to make the arrest on June 24.

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

  • DeKalb ave and Carlton ave It’s Gate-gate!

    An inquisitive crook stole a man’s laptop, literally from his lap, in a DeKalb Avenue coffee shop on June 27.

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

  • Greene ave and Clermont ave It’s Gate-gate!

    A white man attacked a black teenager — verbally and then physically — on Greene Avenue on June 19.

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

  • Cumberland street and DeKalb ave It’s Gate-gate!

    Two men hijacked a car that was idling on Cumberland Street on June 29 and also robbed the driver and passenger.

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

  • Carlton ave and Park ave It’s Gate-gate!

    A woman impersonating a prostitute robbed a man with the help of her accomplices on Carlton Avenue on June 29.

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

  • DeKalb ave and Carlton ave It’s Gate-gate!

    A burglar broke into a popular DeKalb Avenue restaurant on June 22 and stole cold hard cash.

    Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

  • Prospect Heights June Bug Expands His Pedicab Empire

    Ten or 11 months ago, I was stopped at a light in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn near a bunch of hole-in-the-wall-looking auto garages when I did a double-take at the vehicle that passed me by: a candy-apple red pedicab.

    Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

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