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361 Livonia Avenue
EMS revives baby in cardiac arrest
Authorities say the baby boy was in cardiac arrest when emergency workers arrived at 361 Livonia Avenue just after 9 a.m.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on October 10, 2008.
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1555 Linden Blvd.
Calendar: October 8 - October 15
Brownsville Recreation Center, 1555 Linden Blvd. at Christopher
Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 8, 2008.
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Saratoga and Atlantic
SUIT SLAMS DONUT-COP 'CRULLER-TY'
Armstrong, who informed the officers that she was a former traffic cop on disability, was charged with impersonating an officer and obstructing governmental administration in connection with the Feb. 22 run-in at the Dunkin' Donuts at Saratoga and Atlantic avenues.
Published by New York Post on October 6, 2008.
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Glenmore Avenue near Watkins Street
Brooklyn Boy Shot Twice Near P.S. 298
The shooting on Glenmore Avenue near Watkins Street is under investigation.
Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 1, 2008.
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Glenmore Avenue near Watkins Street
Boy, 13, Wounded In Shooting Near Brooklyn School
The shooting on Glenmore Avenue near Watkins Street is under investigation.
Published by WNBC on September 30, 2008.
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Glenmore Avenue near Watkins Street
BOY, 13, WOUNDED IN SHOOTOUT NEAR BROOKLYN SCHOOL
The shooting on Glenmore Avenue near Watkins Street is under investigation.
Published by New York Post on September 30, 2008.
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Glenmore Avenue near Watkins Street
Boy, 13 shot near Brooklyn school
The shooting on Glenmore Avenue near Watkins Street is under investigation.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 30, 2008.
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Glenmore Ave. near Watkins St.
Brooklyn boy, 13, shot 'without a motive'
It was unclear what provoked the shooting on Glenmore Ave. near Watkins St., but Latrenda Peebles said her son did not know the attackers.
Published by New York Daily News on September 30, 2008.
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Glenmore Avenue near Rockaway Avenue
HERO KID, 13, SHOT IN B'KLYN
Lamont "Shariffe" Peebles was coming home from a park just before 8 p.m. when shots rang out on Glenmore Avenue near Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville, according to his aunt, Pam Harris.
Published by New York Post on September 30, 2008.
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1870 Eastern Parkway
Hedge Fund Leaders Don Hardhats To Build Affordable Homes in Bâklyn
The crew worked alongside Tetiana Slupitska, a future owner of one of the 41 affordable homes at the site, at 1870 Eastern Parkway in Ocean Hill-Brownsville â all âready to focus on drywall, not the stock market,â a spokesperson said.
Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 25, 2008.
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Crown Heights
COPS: JEW GUYS NEED TO TALK!
Shmira and Shomrim, private crime-patrol organizations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, have been rivals since the late '90s, when they split.
Published by New York Post on September 22, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Touched by beat vic, he helps out
The Crown Heights woman was punched, choked and robbed in an elevator at her niece's apartment building on Aug. 14. The attack was captured on video surveillance. Cornelius Abson, 36, a life-long criminal, has confessed to the attack.
Published by New York Daily News on September 21, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Brooklyn girl hit by gunfire at block party
Denia Kearse was in the crowd on President Street in Crown Heights on Saturday night. Shots rang out, and she was hit in the shoulder. She was taken to a nearby hospital and her injuries were not considered life-threatening.
Published by amNY.com on September 15, 2008.
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Crown Heights
'A close call' for girl, 10, hit by bullet
Denia, who was at a block party on President St. in Crown Heights Saturday night, was an innocent bystander, cops said.
Published by New York Daily News on September 15, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Affordable areas attract young professionals
Yet Roth, a freelance journalist who has lived in this Crown Heights neighborhood for 14 years, is seeing changes once again.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 15, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Girl, 10, Hit By Stray Bullets At Block Party
Denia Kearse was in the crowd on President Street in Crown Heights on Saturday night.
Published by WNBC on September 14, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Brooklyn Girl Hit By Gunfire At Block Party
Denia Kearse was in the crowd on President Street in Crown Heights on Saturday night. Shots rang out, and she was hit in the shoulder.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 14, 2008.
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Crown Heights
GIRL, 10, IN GUN HORROR
Dania Kerse, 10, was walking out of her grandmother's apartment building on President Street, near Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights just after 8 p.m. when shots rang out, relatives said.
Published by New York Post on September 14, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Imagining Grand Army Plaza 2.0
Residents in Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, the four neighborhoods it separates instead of unites, are hard pressed to figure out how to reach the Bailey Fountain and the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch without becoming roadkill. The traffic whizzing around the plaza has been called “the only concrete and asphalt roulette wheel in the world.”
Published by New York Times on September 12, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Franklin Avenue Changes as Crown Heights Attracts New Residents
A main thoroughfare in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, an increasingly powerful magnet for recent college graduates and young professionals seeking affordable rent and access to mass transit, is undergoing a transformation.
Published by New York Sun on September 11, 2008.
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Brownsville
Case goes on after death, and Kerlin's name is cleared (News and Features Section)
The court resoundingly reversed a 2000 victory, awarded by a Brownsville, Texas jury, for the heirs of the original settler of Padre Island, who claimed Mr. Kerlin had defrauded them of oil and gas royalties for 60 years.
Published by Riverdale Press on September 11, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Big Races Rule New York State Primary Day
The 21st district includes Crown Heights and Borough Park. Parker faces a tough primary fight from two opponents, City Councilmen Kendal Stewart and Simcha Felder.
Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 9, 2008.
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Brownsville
Couple found dead in apparent slay-suicide
Officers responding to a 911 call found the couple dead in the rear bedroom of their third-floor apartment on Lott Ave. in Brownsville about 10 p.m.
Published by New York Daily News on September 7, 2008.
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Precinct 73
Police: Man Shoots Girlfriend, Then Himself
Officers said a man and woman were both found shot in the head in the back of an apartment on Lott Avenue in the 73rd precinct at about 9:45 p.m.
Published by WNBC on September 7, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Diversity Day in Brooklyn Is Reaction to Hate Crimes
The day is designed to "observe and honor the multiplicity of ethnicities, cultures, religions, and lifestyles that make up our great borough," Mr. Adams said. It will bring together residents for a community dog run in Prospect Park on Saturday morning and a bike ride later through several neighborhoods, including Bedford-Stuyvesant, Park Slope, Crown Heights, and Borough Park.
Published by New York Sun on September 5, 2008.
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Brownsville
Man Gets Life Sentence for Graffiti Killing
After the beating in the Brownsville neighborhood, the 26-year-old Small shot Carol twice, killing him.
Published by New York Sun on September 4, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Bus freeloaders targeted in crackdown
Above-ground fare-beating is most prevalent on 10 routes in Brooklyn and the Bronx, according to NYC Transit. The worst is the B46 in Brooklyn where drivers have reported "theft of service" at a rate of about 4,000 a week. The route runs the length of the borough, between Williamsburg and Marine Park, through Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant and East Flatbush and Flatlands.
Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.
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Tilden Houses
Man fatally shot in Brooklyn
Police say they discovered an unidentified man suffering from a gunshot wound in an apartment inside the Tilden Houses.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 3, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Narmer’s Newstand
The Crown Heights Lubavitchers
Published by UPTOWNflavor on September 3, 2008.
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Brownsville
Taking on the Brownsville Dynasty
The Boyland family has been a power in Brownsville for decades, and now the nephew of the founder of the local dynasty, William F. Boyland Jr., represents the area in the Assembly. This Boyland won the seat in a special election, called when his father resigned only weeks after being re-elected.
Published by Gotham Gazette on September 2, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Parade Brings Out the Superhero in West Indians in New York City
The vibrant and festive West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade makes its way through Crown Heights on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn yesterday.
Published by New York Sun on September 2, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Crowds revel at West Indian American Day Parade
Spectators waved the flags of a dozen nations as they waited for the parade to move slowly down Eastern Parkway from Crown Heights to Grand Army Plaza.
Published by amNY.com on September 1, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Church-loving Brooklyn mom slain
Officers found Katrina Anderson unconscious inside her seventh-floor Ebbets Field apartment in Crown Heights on Friday after getting a 911 call, police said.
Published by New York Daily News on September 1, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Parade lets its revelers soca up fun, ambiance
"The smells, the sights, the women, the costumes - I like to arrive early to get a little preview," said Karl Brown, 27, from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, who works in retail.
Published by New York Daily News on September 1, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Brooklyn Woman Was Killed During Botched Robbery
A 63-year-old Brooklyn woman who was found dead in her apartment on Friday night was killed by a blow to the head during a botched robbery, the police and her family said on Sunday.
Published by New York Times on August 31, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Elderly woman found dead in Brooklyn
Relatives of Katrina Anderen became concerned when they didn't hear from her. Later on they discovered her body at her home in Crown Heights.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 30, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Reinventing Grand Army Plaza, Giant Traffic Circle
One person who was there on business was Corey Bell, 16, of Crown Heights, who had a cooler full of water bottles that he was selling for $1 apiece to motorists stopped at one of the circle’s traffic lights. Mr. Bell said the traffic around the circle is a little intimidating at first – though it doesn’t bother him when he is selling water.
Published by New York Times on August 29, 2008.
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Precinct 83
Gunman opens fire on Brooklyn street, shoots 2
When a NYPD car roared onto the Bushwick street moments later, Jones turned his wrath on two officers from the 83rd Precinct.
Published by New York Daily News on August 29, 2008.
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Brownsville
'Loving' owner of video store slain by Brooklyn thugs
Police sources said two men walked into the Lott Ave., Brownsville, store about noon, confronted Shabazz with a weapon and demanded the cash he kept in a box.
Published by New York Daily News on August 28, 2008.
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27 Lott Avenue
Police Search For Record Store Killer
Early Wednesday morning, police received a 911 call of shots fired inside a record store at 27 Lott Avenue in Brownsville.
Published by NY1 on August 28, 2008.
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390 Sutter Avenue
Police Release Photo Of Man Wanted In Brownsville Robberies
The man, who was caught on surveillance camera, followed his victims into an elevator at 390 Sutter Avenue in Brownsville.
Published by NY1 on August 28, 2008.
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Crown Heights
The Crown Heights Lubavitchers
You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone in Crown Heights who could point to a single character flaw that the rebbe possessed—or still possesses, because people like Sara Kanevsky insist that he never died.
Published by Village Voice on August 27, 2008.
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27 Lott Ave.
Man Fatally Shot In Chest; Gunmen On Loose
The man, police identified as Steven Howard, 55, was shot at about noon Wednesday at 27 Lott Ave.
Published by WNBC on August 27, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Lengthen City Term Limits? No Way, Challengers Say
For the last two years, Saquan Jones, an auditor at Columbia University, has planned his political future, a plan that has led to his becoming a candidate for an open City Council seat in Brooklyn. Months ago, he held fund-raising events and started his campaign Web site, and he has taken a more hectic schedule of civic involvement in his neighborhood, Crown Heights.
Published by New York Times on August 27, 2008.
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27 Lott Avenue
Man gunned down during robbery
Authorities say the 55-year-old was gunned down inside 27 Lott Avenue at around noon.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 27, 2008.
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1528 Pitkin Avenue
Woman survives elevator shaft plunge
Authorities say the 37-year-old victim may have been distracted by her son when she stepped into the empty shaft inside 1528 Pitkin Avenue just before 11:40 a.m.
Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 26, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Mayor's crew hunts for problems plaguing streets
The neighborhoods that counted the most conditions last month range from leafy Bellerose, Queens, to boisterous Inwood, Manhattan. Those with the fewest included midtown and Gramercy Park in Manhattan; Crown Heights in Brooklyn; Kingsbridge and Riverdale in the Bronx and Astoria in Queens.
Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.
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EBC/East New York High School for Public Safety & Law
Fridays are their bye-day
"There's no doubt about it. It's a real problem," said Jeff Kaufman, a teacher at Brooklyn's EBC/East New York High School for Public Safety & Law, which had an average Friday attendance last fall of 54.9%. "If there's a Monday holiday, forget it."
Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Man Accused in Elevator Mugging Appears in Court
Mr. Abson was arrested on Wednesday and charged with robbing the woman, Lilian France, in an Aug. 14 attack that was captured on video in the elevator of the Crown Heights building where she had gone to visit her niece.
Published by New York Times on August 22, 2008.
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Crown Heights
Arrest Made In Robberies Of Elderly
Cornelius Abson, 36, a resident of the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, was arrested Wednesday for choking Lillian France in a Crown Heights elevator last Thursday and robbing her of $900. Police say he implicated himself in that crime, as well as the July 11 robbery of a 67-year-old man in Flatbush.
Published by New York Sun on August 22, 2008.