#Party rages at unofficial J’Ouvert festivities in Brooklyn

#Party rages at unofficial J’Ouvert festivities in Brooklyn

“#Party rages at unofficial J’Ouvert festivities in Brooklyn” The party raged on early Monday at unofficial J’Ouvert festivities — with dozens gathering in central Brooklyn despite the cancellation of the sanctioned pre-dawn jamboree for a second consecutive year amid the pandemic. By about 3 a.m., a crowd of about 150 revelers marched on Flatbush Avenue…

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#NYC man fatally hit by subway train

#NYC man fatally hit by subway train

“#NYC man fatally hit by subway train” A man was fatally struck by a Brooklyn subway train on Thursday night, police said. The man was walking on the roadbed at the Graham Avenue subway station when he was hit by an L train at about 9:20 p.m., according to police.  It wasn’t immediately clear why…

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#NYC teen fatally shot on street

#NYC teen fatally shot on street

“#NYC teen fatally shot on street” A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot on a Brooklyn street Wednesday night, police said. The victim was found with a bullet wound to his neck at the corner of Rochester Avenue and Sterling Place in Crown Heights at about 9:25 p.m., according to cops. Police at the scene of…

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#NYC shooting leaves 5 injured outside grocery store

#NYC shooting leaves 5 injured outside grocery store

“#NYC shooting leaves 5 injured outside grocery store” Five men were wounded during a shooting outside of a grocery store in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, police said. The victims, all in their 20s, were playing a dice game near the intersection Belmont Avenue and Stone Avenue in Brownsville when at least one suspect in a…

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#Eastern European ‘minor leaguers’ blowing up Brooklyn underworld

#Eastern European ‘minor leaguers’ blowing up Brooklyn underworld

“#Eastern European ‘minor leaguers’ blowing up Brooklyn underworld” A ragtag crew of Eastern European criminals in Brooklyn recently managed to do something they haven’t in years — grab the spotlight from more “sophisticated” gangs, thanks to a daring jail break from Rikers Island, law-enforcement experts say. The “minor-leaguers,” known as the “KavKaz Nation,” have wreaked…

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#NYC shootings leave 3 dead overnight

#NYC shootings leave 3 dead overnight

“#NYC shootings leave 3 dead overnight” Three people were killed and eight others wounded in seven separate shootings across New York City overnight, police said. Saturday’s first killing was at 12:20 a.m., when police received a call of a male shot on Jerome and Bainbridge avenues in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the Bronx, authorities said….

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