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Multiple pedestrians were struck by an out-of-control U-Haul truck in a series of hit-and-run crashes in Brooklyn.. The incident unfolded at around 11am on Monday near 5th Avenue and Bay Ridge ...
A Jewish man was beaten and robbed on Thursday, the first day of Hanukkah, in an attack that is being investigated as a potential hate crime, New York City police said on Friday.
Bay Ridge is known for its Norwegian community but it also has small Irish, Italian, Arab and Greek communities. Bay Ridge is part of Brooklyn Community District 10, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11209 and 11220. [1] It is patrolled by the 68th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. [5]
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Brooklyn Paper covers news and cultural events throughout the borough, using different mastheads for neighborhoods such as Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, etc. In addition to news coverage, the paper also publishes a weekly entertainment guide entitled GO Brooklyn. It was founded in 1978. [1]
William Michael Parente was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to Willie and Roccolyn Parente; the elder Parente was a New York State Police trooper. The younger William Parente grew up in Bay Ridge as an only child, summering with his family in Long Beach.
Joseph Colombo Sr. was born into an Italian American family on June 16, 1923, in Brooklyn. [1] His father, Anthony Colombo, was an early member of the Profaci crime family, which would eventually be renamed after his son. In 1938, he was found strangled in a car with his mistress. [2]
With the recent gentrification in the early 2000s of the Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, and Red Hook area, the gang associated with and largely moved to what is considered the actual geographical south of Brooklyn, including Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Sheepshead Bay, and Gravesend. The term South Brooklyn Boys has not only been used as a ...