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17-year-old robbed, stabbed inside Crown Heights subway station

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Oct. 7, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A 17-year-old boy was violently robbed inside the Utica Avenue-Crown Heights subway station on Friday night, according to the NYPD. The victim was on the platform waiting for a southbound 3 train just after 9 p.m. when an unknown man wearing a Chicago bulls hat and a blue-and-green…

NYPD releases bodycam footage from controversial Brooklyn police subway shooting

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Sep. 23, 2024 By Dean Moses Police on Friday released the body camera footage from a Brownsville police-involved shooting, almost one week after the incident wounded an officer and left a commuter with brain damage. The release of the dramatic video comes amidst citywide outrage over the Sept. 15 shooting that many advocates and…

Man fatally struck by pickup truck driver on BQE in Brooklyn: NYPD

File image: The 46-year-old man was struck by a vehicle on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway near 86th Street

Sep. 23, 2024 By Adam Daly A 46-year-old man was fatally struck by the driver of a pickup truck in Bay Ridge on Saturday morning, according to police. The NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad determined that the crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 21 as the pedestrian was walking on the Brooklyn…

City Council begins ethics investigation of Susan Zhuang, who allegedly bit cop at Gravesend protest

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Sep. 18, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller The City Council on Tuesday opened an ethics investigation into Brooklyn Council Member Susan Zhuang, who made headlines earlier this summer over her arrest for allegedly biting a cop during a protest against a new homeless shelter in her district. City Council spokesperson Shirley Limongi confirmed the body’s…

Adams defends officers who opened fire in Brownsville subway station as pols call for ‘thorough investigation’

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Sep. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday defended the Brownsville police officers who shot four people, including an NYPD officer, while pursuing an alleged fare-beater at the Sutter Avenue subway station on Sunday.  The officers opened fire on the station platform on the afternoon of Sept. 15 after the suspect,…

11-year-old boy dies while subway surfing in Brooklyn

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Sep. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen An 11-year-old boy died on Monday Park Slope subway station in an apparent subway surfing incident, police said. The boy fell onto the tracks at the 4th Avenue-9th Street station shortly after 10 a.m. on Sept. 16 after apparently falling from a moving train. According to the New…

Man shot in face survives Brooklyn barricade standoff, cops still seeking suspect

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Sep. 16, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell A man is lucky be alive after being shot in the face on Saturday afternoon in Clinton Hill. Officers from the 88th Precinct responded to a 911 call just before 2 p.m. reporting a shooting near Lafayette and Classon avenues. Upon arrival, they found a 36-year-old man with…