A DCPI report just came in that a sanitation truck driver was killed after being crushed between his truck and parked cars, while attempting to stop the vehicle from rolling down the street. He had exited the truck without switching the engine off, and had climbed atop the vehicle to try and stop it from [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Sanitation Driver Pinned and Killed
Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Crime is Back
Posted in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Pan Brooklyn, crime, economy on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is it Michael Bloomberg or the economy? The Daily News has an opinion piece that faults Bloomberg for not addressing rising crime rates in New York City.
In Brooklyn’s 71st Precinct, which covers southern Crown Heights, murders are up 40% this year compared with 2007, contributing to a 35% increase in murders across southern Brooklyn.
Remember the [...]
Gentrificaiton or Not?
Posted in Bedford-Stuyvesant, crime, lifestyle on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For years many have been predicting that Bed-Stuy will be the next target of full-blown gentrification in Brooklyn. But despite all the talk, the neighborhood is still a work-in-progress.
The New York Times takes the recent opening of T-Cup Cafe, which launched three months ago on Throop Avenue, to show how Bed-Stuy, with its more affordable [...]
