Teen Killed Crossing Street In Midwood
Tragedy struck the Midwood community when a 15-year-old girl was struck by a car and killed at East 7th Street and Avenue O yesterday afternoon, according to an article in the New York Daily News. Sara...
View ArticleMan Sentenced To 35 Years For Killing Beloved Clerk In Midwood Liquor Store
The man who confessed to killing a beloved Midwood liquor store clerk during a 2010 robbery was sentenced to 35 years in prison, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes announced today. Eion Klass,...
View ArticleDavid Mandl Explores Unknown Brooklyn, Which Is Basically All Of Southern...
David Mandl, a writer, photographer and Bensonhurst native, completed a gorgeous new photo essay for Flavor Wire. The photo essay explores what Mandl calls “Unknown Brooklyn.” For better or worse, it’s...
View ArticleCouncilman Williams Wants Street Renamed In Honor Of Yoseph Robinson, Beloved...
Councilmember Jumaane Williams wants to honor the tragically slain Yoseph Robinson, a former hip-hop artist turned Orthodox Jew, by renaming the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue J in his honor,...
View ArticleKings Highway Library Is Brooklyn’s Busiest
Midwood’s Kings Highway Library (2115 Ocean Avenue) is Brooklyn’s busiest branch, thanks in a large part to its Russian-speaking clientele, according to a report by the New York Daily News. The...
View ArticleMidwood Man Responds To Bloomberg’s State Of The City With Grimmer Assessment
Recently, Mayor Bloomberg delivered his final “State of the City” address, which ended up serving as a cheery look back on all the accomplishments of the mayor’s career. The New York Times described it...
View ArticleKiller Drunk Driver Responsible For 2010 Midwood Accident Faces 15 Years
A couple of years ago, we reported on the death of a young Midwood student who was tragically killed by a drunk driver. Thanks to the efforts of the Kings County District Attorney, Charles J. Hynes,...
View ArticleSaturday: School Hosts “Spring Music and Family Fest”
Midwood’s P.S 193 Gil Hodges School once had an award-winning music program, but budget cuts have scaled back their capabilities. That’s why school music advocates at organizing the Spring Music and...
View ArticleSunday: Free Shredding Event In Midwood
We received the following press release from the Flatbush Shomrim: In response to recent reports from local and federal law enforcement agencies that Identity Theft is at all time high in our...
View ArticleMidwood Couple Busted For Scheme To Start Baby-Sitting Service, Molest Kids...
Authorities busted a Midwood couple Tuesday, claiming the duo was scheming to sexually abuse three children – one as young as two months old – at a Jersey City hotel. Bebars Baslan, 35, and Kirsten...
View ArticleAnel Kolenovic, Drunk Driver In Deadly Midwood Car Accident, Pleads For...
In 2010, Anel Kolenovic, wasted on Four Loko, was speeding down Ocean Avenue when he smashed into the car of 23-year-old teacher from Midwood named Moshe Berkowitz. Berkowitz died from his injuries....
View ArticleLegendary Di Fara Pizzeria To Open Second Midwood Location Offering Pasta, Heros
Posted this morning on Di Fara’s Facebook page: [Di Fara] is happy to announce that several doors down we will be opening a tiny take out place offering all our old menu items that so many have been...
View ArticleNurses Who Cared For Midwood Teen Say They’ve Been Shorted $40k For Services,...
Hayley Zarzana is a teenager in Midwood with severe medical problems. Bound to a wheelchair and forced to use a ventilator, Zarzana requires around the clock care from a team of five Brooklyn nurses....
View ArticleBREAKING: Missing Special Needs Man In Midwood
A 26-year-old special needs man has gone missing in Midwood, and police are looking to reunite him with his family. The man, photographed above, was last seen this afternoon at Coney Island Avenue and...
View ArticleMidwood To Host Outreach Center For New State Agency Focused On Immigrants
The Office For New Americans (ONA), launched by Governor Andrew Cuomo, is a new statewide office whose sole focus is to assist immigrants economically, in learning English and preparing for the U.S....
View ArticleDi Fara Officially Opens Second Location With Expanded Menu
I have to admit, I am a little wary of writing this article. The daily lines to get a slice of Di Fara’s incredibly perfect pizza are already so long that I am loath to spread the word of the new...
View ArticleSixty-Seven-Year-Old Memorial Stone Honoring FDR Stolen In Midwood
Residents near the intersection of Avenue I and East 16th Street in Midwood were distressed to discover that a 67-year-old plaque honoring former President Franklin D. Roosevelt was ripped from its...
View ArticleMidwood Murder Suspect Apprehended After Wife’s Body Found A Week After Death
The body of a decomposing woman was found in a Midwood home last night displaying a confessional note listing a bizarre motive. NBC NY is reporting that the note said, “I killed my wife she’s putting...
View ArticleTonight: Mayoral Forum On Jewish Issues In Midwood
The Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition (FJCC), an organization comprised of a broad spectrum of community and business leaders dedicated to safeguarding the interests of the greater Flatbush Jewish...
View ArticleUPDATE: Husband Arrested In Midwood Murder Case
The police have arrested the boyfriend of slain Midwood woman Yevonnee Gefner, whose decomposing body was found with a bizarre confession note that read, “I killed my wife she’s putting spells on me.”...
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