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 [...]
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Sanitation Driver Pinned and Killed
Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bed-Stuy’s Gay Scene Faces Gentrification
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sputnik, a club venue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is emerging as a haven for Bed-Stuy’s gay residents who don’t want to trek all the way to Williamsburg for a night of dancing. While times are surely changing, Prop 8 did recently pass in notoriously liberal and gay-friendly California. Surprisingly, opposition in this Brooklyn neighborhood is coming from [...]
After Years of Bullying, Man Retaliates
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times leads this sad story uncomfortably close to “a man walks into a bar,” considering it involves a murder.
Joe Seals, 64, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was convicted of the second-degree murder of Robert Ellis, a bouncer at a local bar. Seals, a regular at Sportsman’s Athletic Club over the years, admittedly shot Ellis in [...]
