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Forty Thieves (1825-1860s) - Considered the first known street gang in New York City; Gas House Gang (1880s-1910) Ghost Shadows (1970s-1990s) Gopher Gang (1890s-1910s) Grady Gang (1860s) Honeymoon Gang (1850s) Hook Gang (1866-1876) Hudson Dusters (1890s-1917) Jheri Curls (1990s) Kerryonians (1825-1830s) Lenox Avenue Gang (early 1900s-1910s ...
Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards; Vinegar Hill; South Brooklyn – takes its name from the geographical position of the original town of Brooklyn, which today includes the neighborhoods listed above under the heading "northwestern Brooklyn." It is not located in the southern part of the modern borough.
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
More than a dozen south Brooklyn gangbangers were charged in a massive sweep for their alleged roles in 19 shootings that left nine people wounded and killed a rival gang member in Sheepshead Bay.
This also led to dangerous conditions; a 1935 collapse of a tenement stairway killed two people and injured 43 others. [15] This overcrowding was despite the availability of empty space in the fringes of Brownsville. There were also no playgrounds in the area, and the only park in the vicinity was Betsy Head Park. [12]: 16–17
FDNY Brooklyn Borough Commander Joe Duggan said the fire was in an "extremely inaccessible," hilly area with dense brush. #FDNY units are operating at a brush fire in Prospect Park in Brooklyn ...
Neighborhoods that were once considered dangerous are now much safer. Violent crime in the city has dropped by three quarters in the twelve years ending in 2005 with the murder rate at its lowest then level since 1963 with 539 murders that year, for a murder rate of 6.58 per 100,000 people, compared to 2,245 murders in 1990. [202]
The newest amendments to the project included lowering the height of the planned 14-story mixed-used building to 11-stories and reducing its slope from 15 to 10% – both of which will “protect ...