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The Stoop

Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick

WEIRDO! Gunman invades nail salon, has women lift shirts

Williamsburg: A gunman barged into an India Street nail salon and stole $267 from two terrified employees on Jan. 23. Comment.

Lover’s quarrel

Williamsburg: A woman who was arguing with her boyfriend lost her purse to an opportunistic thief at the corner of Manhattan Avenue and India Street on Jan. 27. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Robber caught

Williamsburg: A teenage thug with a rap sheet as long as his arm was arrested yet again after robbing a candy store on Havemeyer Street on Jan. 22, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

A new cell tower worries Ridge

Bay Ridge: Parents at PS 185 are angry about a new cellphone antenna that was just installed on a neighboring building. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

DUMBO: Green nabe branches out

Downtown: The neighborhood that brought you solar-powered Christmas decorations now wants to take green living to the next level. Comments (1).

Punched out

Downtown: Two hooligans punched and robbed a man on Jan. 23 — plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Viva el mercado!

Carroll Gardens: The Latin American food vendors in Red Hook Park will continue their struggle with the city to set up stands in a once-outcast location that became a weekend haven for foodies. Comment.

Boerum Hill: Atlantic Av PO’d at PO

Carroll Gardens: A Boerum Hill community group is going postal about declining service at the Atlantic Avenue branch. Comment.

A sore thumb

Carroll Gardens: One man slashed another man on Jan. 17. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Punch ’n’ rob

Fort Greene: Four thugs punched a Grand Avenue pedestrian on Jan. 22. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

Park Slope

Park Slope: On 2nd St, no burgers and brunches

Park Slope: The 2nd Street Cafe, an 11-year veteran of Park Slope’s brunch scene, has folded, a victim, its owner said, of falling revenue and rising rent. Comment.

REPORTED! Slopers starting to come forward to solve ID thefts

Park Slope: Three more Park Slopers have been the victim of — and actually reported! — identity theft. Comment.

Stone’s throw

Park Slope: Vandals smashed the window of a man’s car on Jan. 23. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

Woman grabbed and robbed on Lincoln Place

Park Slope: Four thugs attacked a woman on Jan. 22 — plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.
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