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Brooklyn beatdown: Suspect sought for violently attacking man after car crash

A view of Third Avenue under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn where two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run.

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Staten Island man booked in deadly Brooklyn hit-and-run that killed two pedestrians

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Lucchese crime family captain sentenced to 21 months in prison for long-running illegal gambling biz

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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June saw significant decline in major felonies and shootings in Brooklyn

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Duo on moped rob 23 people in multi-borough chain-snatching spree: NYPD

A homeless man was charged Monday evening in the attempted kidnapping of a six-year-old boy in Coney Island.

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Man charged in Coney Island attempted kidnapping of 6-year-old boy

A view of Stillwell and Surf avenues in Brooklyn’s Coney Island. Police are investigating an alleged attempted abduction of a 6-year-old boy at the intersection on July 6

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Man accused of trying to snatch 6-year-old from Brooklyn street: NYPD

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Bed-Stuy house fire leaves 2 injured, 11 displaced

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

This man is wanted for pleasuring himself in front of a teen on a Brooklyn bus.

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Brooklyn bus rider pleasures himself in front of teen: cops

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Man’s decomposing body found aboard boat in the Newtown Creek: NYPD

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Brooklyn murder: Man shot dead near closed school, police search for killer

Detectives investigate a shooting that left a man fatally wounded at 627 Rockaway Parkway

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Man fatally shot in chest outside Brooklyn home, police say

Surveillance images released by the NYPD show two women wanted in connection with the June 28 assault of an MTA employee at the New Lots Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.

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MTA worker ‘visciously’ beaten by fare evaders in Brooklyn subway, police say

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Brooklyn man exonerated for decades-old manslaughter charge after reinvestigation pokes holes in conviction

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Gunman holds woman at gunpoint in Brooklyn post office, caught after moped wreck: sources

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Man shot dead in Brooklyn following text message converstion, cops say

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Brooklyn shooting near high school leaves two young men wounded: NYPD

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Prospect Heights

Prospect Heights woman shot and killed blocks from her home

By Dean Moses

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84th Precinct: Air conditioner con man caught red-handed

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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88th Precinct: Thief steals from public school

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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