A woman allegedly attacked an MTA bus driver on her morning to commute, accusing her of purposely driving slow. Alicea Diaz of Coney Island was aboard the B82 Limited in Bensonhurst when she allegedly yelled and hit bus driver Jacqueline Benjamin, 60-years-old, reported the New York Post. Diaz was charged at Brooklyn Criminal Court with...
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December 10, 2010December 10, 2010Live Wire
MTA Connects Subways in Downtown Brooklyn
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be opening a new subway stop in Downtown Brooklyn. According to NY1, the MTA announced it is opening a transfer connector between Jay Street and Lawrence Street, connecting riders from the A, C and F lines at Jay Street to the R line at Lawrence Street. Not only will the...
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December 3, 2010December 6, 2010Brooklyn Life
BK Eats – Deli Line Dance
By Lillian Rizzo Ordering a hero at John’s Deli in Gravesend is not as easy as standing on line and choosing cold cuts. First, I learned the hard way, you have to know precisely how to stand on the line. I walked into John’s and proceeded initially to the end of the line that jutted...
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November 30, 2010December 2, 2010Brooklyn Life
Can John Dewey Make the Grade?
By Lillian Rizzo It is John Dewey High School’s most desperate moment, and the faculty and teachers are looking to the Department of Education for help. The only problem is, the DOE is their number one obstacle. Dewey faces a problem that plagues many other city public high schools: low performance grades on annual report...
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November 30, 2010December 9, 2010Brooklyn Life
Letter from a Coney Island Senior Center
By Lillian Rizzo On a cold Thanksgiving morning, music is softly trickling out from the Haber Houses Senior Center off of Surf Avenue. Rather than the standard holiday season music, however, a lone Yiddish singer is crooning songs that seem to seep through the walls of this concrete building with gated windows. Inside, the recreation...
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November 29, 2010November 29, 2010Brooklyn Life
Brooklyn Morning — Road Block of Trash
By Lillian Rizzo Two sanitation workers were picking up trash in Bensonhurst when they came upon a roadblock on 83rd Street. The street was overflowing with garbage. Shoe boxes stacked in larger boxes, styrofoam cartons, a dead computer, and small but numerous smiley-faced plastic bags filled to the jowls with trash. Two couches sat outside...
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November 23, 2010November 23, 2010Live Wire
Father Gets 20-Years-to-Life for Murder of Child
A sentence of 20-years-to-life was given to Michael Jimenez today at Kings County Court. The 28-year-old was convicted of murdering his four-year-old daughter and assaulting his one-year-old son. Jimenez’s son was given a 60-year order of protection by the judge. The Ink’s reporter Evan MacDonald was at the sentencing today and will follow up with...
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November 23, 2010November 24, 2010Live Wire
Actor Allegedly Kills Mother with Samurai Sword in Prospect Heights
Actor Michael Brea allegedly stabbed his mother to death with a samurai sword in his Prospect Heights apartment. At 2:20 a.m. police at the 77 Precinct responded to 911 phone calls for help from the home on 501 Park Place. Brea’s mother, Yannick, 55-years-old, was pronounced dead on the scene, with multiple stab wounds all...
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November 23, 2010November 23, 2010Live Wire
Alleged Brooklyn Murderer of Four-Year-Old Daughter will be Sentenced Today
A sentence of 20-years-to-life is expected to be handed down today in the case of Michael Jimenez, 28, who on Nov. 10 pled guilty to murdering his four-year-old daughter and assaulting his one-year-old son two years ago. According to The New York Post, Jimenez agreed to plead guilty to avoid a sentence of 25 years...
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November 23, 2010November 23, 2010Live Wire
Fans to Fight HIV in Crown Heights
A Crown Heights Baptist church has launched a new campaign to fight HIV. The First Baptist Church now sells fans that feature pictures of the wives of the pastors with the message “First Ladies Care,” reported the New York Daily News. The community organization Gay Men’s Health Crisis began the initiative about a month ago...