Police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding the man suspected of an attempted bank robbery on Wednesday evening at the Citibank on 1528 Sheepshead Bay Road. According to the police, the suspect walked up to the teller and passed a note through the window demanding money. When the teller walked away, the suspect fled. Police...
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December 16, 2010December 16, 2010Live Wire
Markowitz Pushes for Skyscraper Historic District in Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz lent his support to plans to designate the center of Downtown Brooklyn as New York’s first “Skyscraper Historic District”, according to The New York Post. However, he clarified that his support hinges on the removal of a co-op complex at 75 Livingston St. from the proposal. The designation would protect...
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December 16, 2010December 16, 2010Live Wire
Cathleen Black Visits Medgar Evers College
In an attempt to get up to speed on her new position as chancellor of city schools, Cathleen Black visited Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights, Brooklyn yesterday, according to The New York Times. Black, accompanied by school and city officials, toured classrooms and interacted with students, parents and the principal, sat in on a lecture,...
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December 16, 2010December 22, 2010Brooklyn Life
The Bedford Avenue Project
Bedford Avenue is the longest street in Brooklyn. It runs a little over 10 miles from Greenpoint to Sheepshead Bay. The staff of The Brooklyn Ink is starting the Bedford Avenue Project to examine the stories of this diverse borough and to ultimately answer the question “Who is Brooklyn?” Check out the Ink‘s Becky Bratu...
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December 16, 2010December 16, 2010Live Wire
Construction Begins on Multimillion Dollar Recreational Facility in Prospect Park
City officials held the groundbreaking for the $70 million Lakeside project in Prospect Park yesterday, according The New York Post. The 26 acre environmentally friendly recreational center will include open-air and covered roller and ice skating rinks as well as water fountains. The project was first announced in 2007, and is slated for completion in 2013....
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December 16, 2010December 16, 2010Live Wire
Fiftieth Anniversary of Brooklyn Air Disaster Today
On December 16, 1960, a United Airlines jet and Lockheed Constellation collided mid-air above Brooklyn, sending the United plane crashing down into Park Slope and the Lockheed on Staten Island and killing 134 people. But according to The New York Times, apart from the unveiling of a monument at Greenwood cemetery today and the biennial...
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December 16, 2010December 22, 2010Brooklyn Life
The Bedford Avenue Trek
The Brooklyn Ink is kicking off our Bedford Avenue Project today with a walk down the 10.2-mile-long avenue. Ink reporters Vegas Tenold and Joe Deaux are braving the cold to bring you life as it happens on Brooklyn’s longest stretch of road. Want to ask Vegas or Joe a question? Email them at vta3@columbia.edu and...
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December 15, 2010December 15, 2010Live Wire
Police Seek Suspect in Three Flatbush Sexual Assaults
Police are looking for a suspect in three Flatbush sexual assaults that have occurred over the past two years, with the most recent incident being December 10. In that case at approximately 01:50 AM near the intersection of Flatbush and Bedford Avenues, the suspect was waiting in the lobby of the victim’s apartment building when...
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December 15, 2010December 15, 2010Live Wire
Flying Rabbi Sues Jimmy Kimmel
Flying Rabbi Dovid Sondik from Borough Park is suing Late Night star Jimmy Kimmel for using video of him raving in Yiddish without permission, according to the New York Post
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December 15, 2010December 16, 2010Brooklyn Life
City’s School Librarians on Borrowed Time
By Alex Alper “The Skin I’m In” is a popular young adult fiction book with Middle Schoolers at the Urban Assembly School for Urban Environment in Brooklyn, New York. But when they want to read it, they must borrow it from a classmate, or a teacher’s classroom shelf. The Middle School has no library, nor...