East Flatbush

Is Lead Exposure Behind Cities' Schizophrenia Problem?

In New York City, like in many other major metropolises, schizophrenia is a disease that can be more visible than most. In 1999, after a schizophrenic off his meds pushed a woman into the path of an oncoming N train, New York State even came up with a law to make the mentally ill seek compulsory tre ... More >>

Bloomberg Tells Police That Critics of Stop-and-Frisk Are "Courting Disaster"

Judging by NYPD crime metrics, 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty good year so far--there have been fewer murders than this time last year, and 2012 was itself a record low. Shootings are down, too. And yet, when it comes to public relations, 2013 has been an annus horribilis for New York police: wee ... More >>

Cathedral Is A Haitian House of Worship

A small restaurant shines bright on Church Avenue

Lambi and Other Haitian Delights

Lambi is a fricassee of conch in coconut milk with root vegetables, variegated bell peppers, and chiles. This week, Counter Culture slithers into Cathedral, a Haitian restaurant right on Church Avenue on the edge of East Flatbush. Offering a shifting roster of dishes as the week progresses, the pl ... More >>

Bob Marley Wants You to CHILL!

Legal (except in New Jersey schools) tranquilizers? Peeking out from among the Malta cans and bottles of kola champagne and ginger beer in bodega refrigerator cases in neighborhoods like Flatbush, Bed-Stuy, and Clinton Hill, beverages bearing a likeness of Wailers lead singer (and prodigious pothe ... More >>

Thursday's Good News: Homicide/Shooting Rates Have Dipped In First Quarter Of The Year

Given that it's Thursday, which means it's one day closer to Friday, we figured that it's time to shine some light on the good news out there in the world. According to NYPD data released yesterday, the overall shootings and murder rates are down in New York City, with comparison to this time last ... More >>

A Funeral and a Demonstration in East Flatbush for Kimani Gray

Kimani "Kiki" Gray was buried last weekend on a windy hillside in Cypress Hills Cemetery. The killing of the 16-year-old by plainclothes police officers two weeks ago set off rolling protests in the neighborhood, but the funeral was somber and peaceful. Family and friends slowly filed into St. Cath ... More >>

Voice Reporters Talk Kimani Gray on Current TV

Last night, Nick Pinto and Ryan Devereaux appeared on Current TV's Viewpoint to discuss the police shooting of Brooklyn teen Kimani Gray and the subsequent (and ongoing) reaction in East Flatbush. Read more in this week's cover story, "Everybody Wants a Piece of Kimani Gray." Video from Current TV a ... More >>

Everybody Wants a Piece of Kimani Gray

How a boy's death became street theater in Flatbush

Identities of Officers Involved in Kimani Gray Shooting Revealed

A pair of New York City police officers responsible for killing a Brooklyn teen last weekend have been named in five federal lawsuits on allegations ranging from illegal stop and frisks to physical abuse. According to court records reviewed by the New York Daily News, settlements resulting from sui ... More >>

East Flatbush Unrest Continues Thursday Night; Kimani Gray's Mother: "I Don't Condone Any Riots"

After three nights of demonstrations in East Flatbush, the police were out in force Thursday evening. Metal barricades were set up in front of businesses while officers lined the streets, stood guard on horseback and hovered above in a helicopter. In the end, protesters clashed more with one anoth ... More >>

Police and Protesters Clash at Kimani Gray Vigil in Brooklyn

What many had hoped would be a peaceful vigil for a teen killed by police in East Flatbush ended with dozens of people arrested Wednesday night. It was the third night of demonstrations in the neighborhood, prompted by the death of 16-year-old Kimani Gray and sustained by a deep-seated frustration ... More >>

Eyewitness "Certain" Kimani Gray Was Unarmed When Police Shot Him

The only civilian eyewitness to come forward in the case of a Brooklyn teen shot dead by a pair of plainclothes New York City police officers is "certain" the 16 year-old was empty-handed when the cops opened fire. Kimani 'Kiki' Gray was shot several times by two officers patrolling East Flatbush i ... More >>

Tensions Mount After Police Fatally Shoot Brooklyn Teenager Kimani Gray

A candlelit vigil for a Brooklyn teen killed by New York City police officers left two people injured and led to one arrest Monday night. At approximately 7:00 pm, roughly 200 people gathered in East Flatbush for a somber vigil to remember Kimani Gray, a 16 year-old shot and killed by plainclothes ... More >>

Karim Camera, Assemblyman, Says Board of Elections Botched Sept. 13 Primary in His District

What if they held an election, and nobody came? Rather, what if they held an election, but there was no place to vote (see totally unrelated picture at right). That sort of happened on September 13 in the 43rd Assembly District, according to Assemblyman Karim Camera. Camera sent a letter yesterda ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street Chained To 2004 Murder Of Sarah Fox

The Occupy Wall Street movement has been linked to the 2004 murder of a 21-year-old Julliard student -- and that link is in a chain occupiers used to wreak havoc at a Brooklyn subway station earlier this year.Police have linked DNA recovered from a chain occupiers used to hold open a gate at the Bev ... More >>

The Shantel Davis Story Ignites Protests in Brooklyn

On Thursday afternoon, 23-year-old woman Shantel Davis was flying down Church Avenue in East Flatbush, blowing through stop lights and cutting drivers off left and right. The car she was in had been stolen just a week before: Davis had pulled a pistol on an unsuspecting driver and told her to get ou ... More >>

NYPD Officers Shoot and Kill Woman Driving Stolen Car in Brooklyn

Police officers shot and killed an unarmed woman driving a stolen car in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn last night, sparking tension in the neighborhood. Police spokesman Paul Browne said the woman was shot in the chest by an officer who was trying to shift the gears into park while holding ... More >>

Not in My Backyard! Brooklyn Residents Say New Hotel Will Bring Prostitution and Drugs to East Flatbush

​East Flatbush is a lovely neighborhood in Brooklyn -- but it's just not really a tourist destination. So if a developer is looking to open a hotel in the area, it can only mean one thing: Prostitution, drugs, and other bad, bad activity. Right?  This is the line of thinking behind a new not- ... More >>

NYPD, FDNY Year-End Numbers Show Overall Good News, Some Trouble Spots

A bit of good news as the passing of 2011 nears: homicides were down five percent for the year, the overall crime rate was flat, and fires killed just 64 people, the second lowest number of fire fatalities since 1916, the mayor's office says. But the neighborhood crime numbers reveal several trouble ... More >>

The Bleak Future for NYC Students

More evidence emerges that the Education Mayor flunked

Brooklyn's Nitty Scott MC Gets A 16-Bar Break On BET

​"Oh, snap, it's the real-life rap Halle Berry..." And lo, with 16 bars rapped over an instrumental spun by underground hip-hop gate-keeper DJ Premier, a new star was born at the BET Hip-Hop Honors earlier this week. Well, maybe—at the very least, the performer in question saw her profil ... More >>

At Least 48 People Were Shot Over the Weekend in New York City

​This weekend marked a disturbing surge in gun violence, in which at least 48 people were shot in the city. Most recently, last night, two cops were wounded in a gunfight in Crown Heights, and three people were killed -- one of them a 56-year-old woman named Denise Gay, who was hit in the head ... More >>

Trevonne Winn Shooting Caught on Video in Brooklyn

The murder of Trevonne Winn, 24, was captured by a camera on Nostrand Avenue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, outside of a Crown Fried Chicken. The clip above shows the victim blurred, but the Daily News has an uncensored version. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Can Stand On Her Own; Yemen Protests Escalate As Pres. Says He'll Quit

​Doctors say Gabrielle Giffords can now stand on her own and walk a little bit, and is working on her gait. Her left side is fine, but she's only been able to use her right side on a limited basis. According to the Arizona Republic, Giffords is still struggling with longer sentences, mostly st ... More >>

Today in El Diario: Electricity Bills Must Be Paid

​Latinos to pay electric bills New York's Latinos have decided that there's only one way to deal with proposed electricity rate hikes: paying their power bills, the Spanish-language daily reports. "Well, you [have got to] pay it," Felix Rodriguez, who owns a Lower East Side tailor shop, told ... More >>

The Haitian Specialty Djon Djon Rice at Ambiance in Canarsie

​This delicious heap of sculpted rice is #27 in our 100 Days/100 Dishes Small, spindly, and hard to spot, mushrooms of the species Psathyrella hymenocephala are native to the northern part of Haiti, but also found on the island of Martinique. These 'shrooms form the basis of djon djon rice, ... More >>

Download: Beans' Latest Avant-Rap Fashion Statement, "Deathsweater"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. "Man, I'm old"​A shrapnel bomb of ill-angled words and sputtering electronic bloops, Beans has been the most visible member of longstanding NYC avant-rap crew Antipop Consortium. He says his confessi ... More >>

Police Seek Man Wanted in 3 Brooklyn Sex Assaults

​The NYPD is asking for the public's help locating the suspect in the police sketch, who's wanted in connection with three sex assaults in the same neighborhood of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. He's described as a black male in his late 20s, approximately 5'9" to 5'11" with a medium build, medium t ... More >>

Rage Over Wages in East Flatbush

Scrooge locks workers out in the cold

Volunteer Football Coach Fired by Humorless School for Mooning Opposing Team

​Let this be a lesson to you: If you pull down your pants, even in fun or during a very dramatic football game, even if you get laughs, there will be penance to pay. A volunteer assistant football coach at Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn has lost his job over mooning opposing fans after ... More >>

Charting The Rise Of "Hold Yuh," Gyptian's Inescapable, NYC-Driven Dancehall Summer Anthem

"When I played it for him, he said, 'Go back to that, what a ping ping ting?'"​Whether you know it by name or not, if you've stepped outside in the last several months, you've heard Gyptian's "Hold Yuh" flickering out of at least a few idling vehicles. The über-minimalist dancehall ditty's pi ... More >>

Man Shot Dead in East Flatbush

View Larger Map Date: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, 11:51 p.m. Location: 71 East 95 St., East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The police say a man in his 20's was found shot numerous times to the body at the above address. Paramedics took him to Kings County Hospital where he was declared dead. No arrests. The pol ... More >>

Crime Beat: The Girl Next Door -- Too Beautiful to Live, She's Killed, and Cops Seek Neighbor

Rachel Uchitel: Working on her gripCops were searching last night for a neighbor of beautiful Rockland County gym teacher Jami Erlich, who was stabbed and bludgeoned to death Sunday night. No sign yet of the neighbor, a temp described as a "quiet loner" who may have taken it on the lam. As opposed ... More >>

Pix from Ambiance, a Haitian Restaurant in Canarsie, Brooklyn

​Djon djon rice is a Haitian homestyle specialty, rice boiled with spindly black mushrooms native to the island along with baby lima beans. While Hatian restaurants in town were originally concentrated in Flatbush and East Flatbush, a fanning out of the Haitian population in Brooklyn has resu ... More >>

Major Mackerel Will Think Twice About Serenading the Neighbors Next Time

​Some former reggae stars are too charming for their own good. Major Mackerel's moment may have gone the way of Sluggy's, but he's still out in East Flatbush, singing the wrong songs in the direction of the wrong women, reports the New York Post:

Gillibrand Talks the Talk on Guns; Walking the Walk Pending

Since being told to evolve on guns by Chuck Schumer, new Senator and longtime NRA favorite Kirsten Gillibrand has been trying to show some sensitivity in that regard without looking weak. Yesterday, as the Times ran a story called "To Some in Gillibrand's Old District, Her Evolution Is a Betrayal," ... More >>

Apocalypse Now? Purse-snatchers and iPhone Robbers

Two Blows in Brooklyn Council Battle

East Flatbush Dustup

Asbestos-Infested School is Exhibit A in Maintenance Battle Between Union and Educrats

Close-Up on Marine Park

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Digital Deterrence?

Battling a Rise in Domestic Violence

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Landlord Meets the Mob

One More Woe for Ailing Brooklyn Development

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