City Boards Up Long-Abandoned House With Cement, But Brooklyn Neighbors Cry It's Not Enough
A vacant home with more than 200 violations is still upsetting neighbors after years of complaints in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
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A vacant home with more than 200 violations is still upsetting neighbors after years of complaints in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
The victim was punched in the face around 11:15 p.m. last Thursday near Kingston Avenue and Saint John's Place in Crown Heights.
The incident happened near Kingston Avenue and Saint John's Place. Investigators said the suspect hit the man in the face with a closed fist and then ran away.
The claim stems from when DiMarzio was a priest in the archdiocese of Newark in the 1970s.
They're working in shifts -- some for one hour, some for 10 hours -- to make a difference.
Officials are calling for a private sanitation firm to reveal the name of the driver accused of crashing into a 62-year-old woman, dragging and killing her.
Police said the suspect repeatedly hit the 44-year-old victim in the head with a two-wheeled scooter.
A homeowner on Clarendon Road in East Flatbush has racked up fines totaling more than $300,000, but that owner is nowhere to be found.
A group of about 100 students started the day with a march for love not hate, then they got a tour of the Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights.
Police said what appeared to be a private sanitation truck struck a woman, dragged her down the street, and then fled the scene.
n abandoned property in Brooklyn has racked up more than 200 violations with the city and owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
Police say the boys found the fireworks near 57th Street in East Flatbush around 4:30 p.m.
Police say she was found Tuesday afternoon.
Cameras caught the suspect interrupting this past Sunday's mass at the St. Anthony of Padua Church in Greenpoint.
Sources say there was an argument about children and possibly bullying that led to one man being stabbed in the neck and another in the leg.
Thick, black smoke billowed from a building in Brooklyn this morning as a fire forced residents to climb down the fire escape to safety.
The Brooklyn Technical High School freshman was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black jacket.
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The robbery happened Thursday night near Park Place and Troy Avenue in Crown Heights.
The first 30 cameras will be up and working by March.
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Community Education Council 22 approved a resolution to suspend school board member Jackie Cody for the next two meetings.
So far, three 15-year-old boys have been arrested in the case, but investigators are still looking to question 10 others.
CBS2's Christina Fan has learned a 63-year-old man died in the fire. Neighbors say he lived on the fifth floor of the housing complex in the Gravesend section.
The hope is finding common ground can begin to change the tide of this devastating trend.
