The NYPD is looking for a suspect who exposed himself and rubbed up against unsuspecting female victims at at a Brooklyn laundromat in several separate incidents last month. Police describe the suspect as a black male, 5-foot-9 to 6-2 and about 200 pounds. Read more at cbslocal.com.
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April 4, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Sandy Relief Distribution Center in Red Hook to Close
The Friends of Firefighters’ Hurricane Sandy distribution center will close April 27. The center opened shortly after the hurricane struck and handed out clothing and other items to current and former NYFD families. Friends of Firefighters will continue providing relief and support services even after the center closes. Read more at DNAinfo.com.
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April 3, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn Artisanal Jerky to be Made in Pennsylvania
Kings County Jerky has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the New York City government to expand production. The money will go to working with a partner jerky company in Pennsylvania. The expansion is being made to give the company a production capacity large enough to meet a growing appetite from wholesalers to go national....
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April 3, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Suspect in Custody in Videotaped Brooklyn Subway Beating
The NYPD has a 21-year-old man in custody connected to the March 9 beating and robbery of a woman at the 18th Avenue Subway Station in Borough Park. Charges are pending. Surveillance footage shows the woman being attacked as she was exiting the station. The investigation is still ongoing. Read more at abclocal.com.
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April 3, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Lawsuit Alleges NYPD Pepper-Sprayed Woman, Children in Brooklyn Subway
A lawsuit was filed last week against the NYPD and three of its officers in U.S. District Court alleging the officers pepper-sprayed a Bronx woman and her three young children. The lawsuit was filed by Marilyn Taylor and the children’s father, DeHaven McClain Sr. and says that the officers approached Taylor and McClain at the Atlantic...
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April 2, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn Apartment Notorious B.I.G. Grew Up In Selling for $725,000
The Clinton Hill apartment where rapper Notorious B.I.G. grew up went on the market yesterday. The asking price for what the man who was born Christopher Wallace had described as a “one-room shack;” just shy of three quarters of a million dollars. Read more at NYMag.com.
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April 1, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
LICH Closure Halted Again by Brooklyn Judge
State district court judge for Brooklyn Johnny Lee Baynes issued his second temporary restraining order today to halt any move by SUNY Downstate Medical Center to close Long Island College Hospital. A hearing is scheduled for May 2 where Baynes will consider whether or not SUNY Downstate’s second decision on March 19 to close LICH...
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April 1, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Car Crashes in Brooklyn After Driver Shot in Face
A late-night car crash in Bushwick was no accident, according to police. Carlos Nunez, 37, a Valley Stream resident, crashed his 2004 Toyota into five empty cars parked near Decatur Street and Irving Avenue around 1 a.m. Monday morning. Nunez was pronounced DOA at Brookdale Hospital where it was determined he’d been shot in the face....
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April 1, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Religion
Brooklyn Bakeries Keep Cooking, Passover-Style
Many Brooklyn bakeries have adapted to Passover, offering goods that comply with some of the Jewish holiday's dietary restrictions.
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March 15, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Judge Voids Decision to Close LICH hospital
Long Island College Hospital lives to treat patients another day after a State Supreme Court judge in Brooklyn annulled SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s decision to close LICH. Supporters of LICH had filed a petition to stop SUNY Downstate’s efforts to close the hospital, arguing that SUNY Downstate’s Board of Trustees had violated the state Open...