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Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Butt-Slapper On The Loose In Brooklyn
wpix.comPolice say there is a serial butt-slapper terrorizing subway trains in Brooklyn. According to authorities, they have received nearly a dozen reports of a man slapping the buttocks of women riding the subway in and around Crown Heights. The incidents...Tags: Transportation, Minority Groups, WPIX-TV, Subway Transportation
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23 years to life for NYC teen convicted of murder
A Brooklyn teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a man in what prosecutors initially said was an anti-gay hate crime has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison. Nineteen-year-old Omar Willock was sentenced Monday in the 2007 killing of Robert...Tags: Murder, Juvenile Delinquency, Punishment, Minority Groups, Hate Crimes
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Thousands expected at NYC rabbi's grave
As many as 50,000 people are expected to visit the grave of a revered New York City rabbi to mark the 15th anniversary of his death. Rabbi Menachem Schneerson led the Chabad (HA'-bad) Lubavitch (LOO'-bah-vitch) movement based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn,...Tags: Judaism
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Corrections officer killed on Brooklyn sidewalk
Special to NewsdayA state corrections officer was gunned down early Sunday morning after getting into an early morning dispute with another man outside a Brooklyn barbershop. Jeremie Kane, 30, of Brooklyn had stepped out of Millie's Infinite Image in Crown Heights just...Tags: New York City Police Department, Brooklyn (New York City), New York
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Local police on alert after Holocaust shooting in D.C.
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comThe New York City Police Department responded quickly to the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., contacting Jewish houses of worship throughout the city and ordering police officers to more frequently drive past...Tags: Police, New York City Police Department, Battery Park City, Sheepshead Bay, Battery Park
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After D.C. shooting, LI Holocaust center eyes security
rocco.parascandola@newsday.com jennifer.barrios@newsday.comOfficials at Long Island's Holocaust center vowed to re-examine their security measures in response to news of Wednesday's shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. "Issues like security we have to deal with, day in and day out,"...Tags: Police, New York City Police Department, Long Island, Battery Park City, Sheepshead Bay
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Protesters Claim Excessive Force Used By NYPD Officers
Two women are claiming they were brutally attacked by several New York City police officers, who were also apparently yelling sexist and homophobic slurs at them, outside of a night club in Crown Heights.
Gay activists took to the streets of Brooklyn...Tags: Police, New York City Police Department, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Police Arrests
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NYPD says officer shot assailant in subway
The Associated PressNew York City police say a man was shot after he stabbed a police officer inside a Brooklyn subway station. Police spokesman Paul Browne says the man walked up to two plainclothes officers at the Crown Heights-Utica Avenue station just before 4 p.m....Tags: Police, New York City Police Department, Police Investigations, Transportation, Brooklyn (New York City)
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notable deaths
THE REV. TIMOTHY WRIGHT, 61 Grammy-nominated gospel singer, composer The Rev. Timothy Wright, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer known for his up-tempo praise songs and powerful mass choir sound, died Thursday at the Bronx Veterans...Tags: Film Festivals, Brooklyn (New York City), Celebrity, Music Theater, World War II (1939-1945)
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Timothy Wright, famed gospel singer, dies from car crash injuries
Staff WriterThe Rev. Timothy Wright, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer known for his up-tempo praise songs and powerful mass choir sound, has died. He was 61. Wright, who was seriously injured in a car crash that killed his wife and grandson, died...Tags: Road Accidents, Vehicles, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Timothy Wright, Popular Music
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Father, son killed in Brooklyn bodega robbery
Special to NewsdayAfter spending a large part of the past 25 years apart from his wife and children in pursuit of a better life in America, Mohammed Mansoor Abu Zaid was reunited with his family two years ago when they were allowed to follow him from Yemen to New York....Tags: Employees, Police, Murder, Gaming and Lotteries, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Ultra-orthodox Jews give Amish walking tour in Brooklyn
The Associated PressThe city's ultra-Orthodox Jews took the Pennsylvania Amish on a walking tour of their world Tuesday, saying their communities are naturally drawn to each other with a commitment to simpler lifestyles. "It's reinforcing to the Amish community to see us...Tags: Religious Texts, Bible, Pennsylvania, Brooklyn (New York City), Lancaster County (Pennsylvania)
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