By M. Bilal Lakhani, Lillian Rizzo and Saskia de Rothschild We are not alone. Roughly 2,887 miles from Borough Hall, there is another Kings County. It is 14 times the size of ours, it has three state prisons and by our calculation there are twice as many cows as there are people. Welcome to Kings...
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February 13, 2011February 21, 2011Brooklyn Life
After the Rampage, Quiet, But Rage Online
By Kim Chakanetsa and Lillian Rizzo On Sunday, two days after Maksim Gelman fatally stabbed three people in Sheepshead Bay, the neighborhood was quiet. The sole physical evidence of the events that happened the previous day was at the local news stand in Sheepshead Bay. Tagged as “Brooklyn’s madman” by New York City tabloids, Gelman’s...
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February 11, 2011February 24, 2011Brooklyn Life
Bay Ridge Euphoric with Mubarak’s Fall
By Jeremy B. White Egyptians in Bay Ridge gathered on the street this morning in an impromptu celebration of President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, joining themselves to the ebullient protesters surging through the streets of Cairo. After noon prayer services concluded at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge on 67th Street and 5th Avenue, people poured...
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January 21, 2011November 4, 2013Brooklyn Life
How They Do It – The Bartender
By Lillian Rizzo Linda Mcinerney must shake the silver mixer 15 times before pouring the chilled liquid that is to become the Heavenly Pomegranate. She counts, “1, 2, 3, 4…” in her head as she shakes, never aloud. She pours all five ounces of Absolut and pureed passion fruit into the martini-like glass. There is about...
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December 14, 2010December 14, 2010Live Wire
Bloomberg Sues Tobacco Company
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration filed a suit against a Washington state tobacco company in federal court in Brooklyn this morning. Bloomberg is accusing King Mountain Tobacco Company of illegally selling and distributing untaxed cigarettes in New York. According to the Wall Street Journal, the suit states that the company made numerous shipments of unstamped cigarettes...
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December 14, 2010December 14, 2010Live Wire
Nine Children, One Adult Injured in Yellow School Bus Crash
Nine children were on a yellow school bus this morning when it jumped a curb and crashed into a Capital One Bank in Gravesend. One adult was severely injured and the children, students at Mark Twain Junior High School in Coney Island, suffered lesser injuries, according to CBS News. A fire department spokesperson the accident...
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December 14, 2010December 14, 2010Live Wire
Windsor Terrace Man Attempts Suicide in Subway after Fatally Stabbing Mother
A Brooklyn man allegedly stabbed his mother and father yesterday in Windsor Terrace before attempting suicide and jumping into the subway tracks of an ongoing train. Ryan Deyaney, 31, stabbed his parents on the porch of their home. According to the New York Daily News the police responded to a call at 8:15 a.m. yesterday...
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December 14, 2010December 14, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Residents Against Homeless Shelter
Greenpoint residents spoke out last night against a proposed homeless shelter to be built in their neighborhood last night. At a town hall meeting at the Polish Slavic Center residents said the busing in of homeless men would hurt the neighborhood, according to NY1. The 200-bed men’s homeless shelter would be housed in an industrial...
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December 14, 2010December 14, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Teen Charged for Death of Deliveryman While Texting
A Brooklyn teen was indicted yesterday for allegedly texting when she hit a deliveryman on a scooter, according to the New York Daily News. Nechama Rothberger, 19, was indicted on charges of criminally negligent homicide of Tian Sheng Lin, 53, on Sept. 19. When Rothberger allegedly hit Lin at a red light at East 17th...
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December 10, 2010December 10, 2010Live Wire
Mobster Nabbed for Decade-Old Crimes
An old-time mobster once connected to the Genovese crime family was indicted on charges of federal racketeering and extortion dating back to the 1990s, reported the New York Post. Anthony “Rom” Romanello, 73-years-old was also charged with running a gambling operation and threatening to use violence to collect money from a debtor in 1999. In...