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Labor Dispute Leaves 10,000 Residents Without Services

According to Crain’s New York Business, Renaissance Equity Holdings locked out 73 of their workers at Flatbush Gardens residential complex in Brooklyn, rendering 10,000 residents without the services of these handymen and porters. Since June 15, the employees, who are represented by the property-workers union 32BJ, have been bargaining with Renaissance for a new contract after...

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Promenade Proposed for Brooklyn’s Southern Shoreline

Brooklyn officials are proposing a plan for a promenade that would reconnect Manhattan Beach with the rest of Brooklyn’s southern shoreline, according to the New York Post. Under the proposal, an eight-block walkway that was closed off in 1993 would be reopened and replaced. It would connect the neighborhood’s public beach with the Coney Island and...

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Brooklyn Morning — Williamsburg Yawning to Life

By Celyan Yeginsu El Beit, the Williamsburg coffee shop, opens its doors at 7 a.m. But rush hour doesn’t begin until after 9. Locals wandered in sluggishly after the holiday weekend.  They woke gradually as they waited in line greeted by the energetic staff, the background boom of Van Morrison singing “Brown Eyed Girl,” and...

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Cab Driver Hits Spanish Tourist in Brooklyn

Maria Hermosin Jimenez, 58, was sent to Bellevue Hospital after being struck by a livery cab in Midtown on Sunday. She is suffering from serious head trauma, according the NY Daily News. The driver, Dave St. Bernard, 53, was making a left-handed turn when he hit Jimenez as she was crossing the crosswalk at E...

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Brooklyn Officer Accused of Violating Man’s Religious Rights

Sholom Emert, 27, was crossing Kings Highway in Midwood last Friday night and received a court summons for obstructing traffic when he was unable to walk across in time and had to stand on the yellow lines that divided the road. According to Vos Iz Neias, when the officer asked him to provide proper identification,...

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Jewish Teacher Attacked in Williamsburg

Twenty-six year-old Joel Weinberger was brutally beaten on Thanksgiving in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Dressed in Hasidic garb, he was attacked from behind and had his cell phone stolen. Weinberger suffered a broken leg and swollen eyes and has been hospitalized According to a family spokesman, Weinberger’s “religious articles–his hat, his jacket, his fringes–were ripped apart.” Police...

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Flatbush Rabbi Accused of Molestation Released Again

In 2006, Yehuda Kolko was accused of molesting his students at the Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Flatbush, Brooklyn. He pleaded guilty to child endangerment and was put on civil probation. On Sunday, Kolko was arrested for violating an order of protection against one of the boys who accused Kolko when the boy’s family claimed Kolko...

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Brooklyn Man Suspect in Attempted Murder Case

Richard Davidson, 36, of Abermarle Avenue in Brooklyn was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree criminal use of a firearm, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to LI Herald. On Sunday afternoon, Davidson shot a 43 year-old man six times in the leg and two times in the shoulder after getting into...

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Midwood has Safest Neighborhood in New York

According to the US Census Bureau and FBI crime data, a Midwood neighborhood on Bedford Avenue, between East 22nd and 26th streets and K and I avenues, is the safest neighborhood in New York. The area is near Brooklyn College and a person has a one in 500 chance of being victim to a crime....