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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

scene of bed-stuy house fire

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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

NYPD harbor boat with two officers on deck patrolling murky waters of East River

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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

us post office building with cars parked in front in Brooklyn

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

Two officers at crime scene with camera taking images in front of police car

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

police officers and detectives people standing around at ngiht with police car warning lights glowing in background

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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

Alleged Brooklyn arson suspect

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Brooklyn arsonist wanted: NYPD ups reward to $30,000 for capture of suspect who set police vehicles ablaze

Suspected Manhattan subway creep who kissed woman's feet arrested with black eye

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Alleged feet-kissing Manhattan subway creep sports black eye during perp walk for lewd behavior

bedford avenue bike crash

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Driver hits and injures father-and-son on bikes in Bed-Stuy near at-risk Bedford Avenue bike lane

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Scene where man was stabbed at Brooklyn laundromat

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Man stabbed dead, son slashed during fight at Brooklyn laundromat: cops

Medical examiner loads body into van in Brooklyn

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Knife-wielding suspect stabs man to death in Brooklyn after prior argument: cops

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