September 1, 2007: Vol. 30, No. 34
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Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick
Thief gives cabby advice — after robbing him!
Williamsburg: A man robbed a livery cab driver in the early morning of Aug. 24 — and then tossed a piece of flip advice at the victim: “Next time, put in a partition or camera.” Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comment.
Carjacker nabbed after chase, crash
Williamsburg: A knife-wielding carjacker ended up in the hospital — and in custody — after his third attempt to steal a car resulted in a brief chase and a horrifying crash into an unmarked police car on Metropolitan Avenue on Aug. 20, police said. Comment.
One tall building gets nod, other could get ‘no’
Williamsburg Waterfront: A 16-story condo tower at 20 Bayard St. should proceed as planned, Williamsburg’s a Community Board 1 committee voted on Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean a neighboring 22-story proposal will get the same treatment next week. Comment.
Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst
Her church medals are swiped in unholy heist
Bay Ridge: An 81-year old woman was robbed of her expensive religious medals while walking home from church on Aug. 26 — plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct and Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.
Emergency tree meeting in Ridge
Bay Ridge: Got trees? Local officials hope the city does — and they’ve scheduled an emergency meeting to figure out how to get new trees planted in tornado-devastated areas of Bay Ridge. Comment.
Brooklyn Heights–Downtown
Stop the war already
Downtown: Activists gathered at Borough Hall on Tuesday to protest the War in Iraq — but Allen and Maryellen Tice of Adams Street appeared tired of making the same old case against the four-and-a-half-year-old conflict. Comment.
Jeffries hits the street — literally
Downtown: Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries doesn’t need to run for re-election until 2010 — but that doesn’t mean he’s not hitting the streets. Comments (1).
No day at the beach for lady
Downtown: A woman’s stuff was stolen from her locker at the Floating Pool on Aug. 26 — plus all the other crime news from Downtown, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comment.
Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill
Widow gets her wish
Carroll Gardens: The Carroll Gardens widow who fought to die in the home she’d lived in her entire life, won a Pyrrhic victory this month — dying in the apartment on Aug. 12 and defeating a developer’s two-year-long quest to evict her. Comments (3).
Brutal attack in Carroll Gardens
Carroll Gardens: An 18-year-old woman was brutally assaulted on the corner of Smith and Douglass streets around midnight on Aug. 23, police said. Comment.
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Biker gang rides roughshod over Ft. Green
Fort Greene: A group of two-wheeled hoodlums terrorized the Fort Greene area on Aug. 21, mugging two men 15 minutes apart — plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.
Park Slope
Wrecking balls
Atlantic Yards: Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner will move forward with a long-planned demolition this week, leaving a family that is suing to stop the project to live, literally, in the shadow of its progress. Comment.
Zum gali gali gali! Guitar, amp swiped from Garfield Temple
Park Slope: The Garfield Temple was broken into during the early morning hours of Aug. 23 — and a guitar and amplifier was stolen. Plus all the other crime from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct Comment.
Verses & Reverses
Perspective: Our poet laureate weighs in on a new study about senior sex. Comment.
Eviction party
Park Slope: Neighbors of 533 Bergen St. rallied — and held a block party — to protest the coming eviction of the rent-controlled residents there. Comment.
