Midwood

Police: Suspect In Brooklyn Hate Crimes Being Questioned

A Manhattan man has been arrested in connection with a series of hate crimes. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force has been investigating a number of hate crimes in the city since early December, including a number of anti-Semitic phone calls as well as anti-Semitic graffiti and vandalism.

2012/01/16

Anger, Outrage Remains In Midwood After Swastikas, Anti-Semitic Slurs Found Painted On Homes

The Jewish community is working to wipe away the remnants of hate but the faint reminder of the swastikas vandals painted on the buildings is still visible.

2012/01/16

Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Bay Ridge Toyota presented a handicapped-accessible vehicle to the family of a wheelchair bound Brooklyn boy. (credit: CBS 2)

Midwood Residents Angry, Frightened Over Anti-Semitic Graffiti

“This is just the latest in a series of ongoing anti-Semitic occurrences in Brooklyn and throughout New York City, and people are justifiably very concerned and upset,” said Assemblyman Dov Hikind.

2012/01/15

Police: Torching Of Brooklyn Cars May Have Been Insurance Scam

Police sources said the firebombing was not likely a hate crime, but an insurance scam, and could have manufactured by someone outside the community.

2012/01/11

Andrew Goodman is accused of sexually abusing teen Orthodox Jewish boys in Brooklyn. (credit: CBS 2 | inset: handout)

Brooklyn Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Orthodox Boys In 144-Count Indictment

It’s charged that since 2006, Andrew Goodman, who worked for Jewish social service agencies, sexually abused one boy aged 11 to 15, and another, age 13 to 16, while recording the activity on a webcam

2011/12/12

Dom De Marco, owner of Di Fara Pizza. (credit: difara.com)

Brooklynites Weigh In On Failed Health Inspection At Legendary Di Fara Pizza

The restaurant was hit with 67 code violations last week by the city because of food storage temperatures and signs of mice and flies.

2011/11/22

Brooklyn Subway Sign Defaced To Read ‘Avenue Jew’

The latest act of vandalism comes in the wake of last week’s bias incidents on Ocean Parkway.

2011/11/16

'KKK' is scrawled on a car in Midwood on Nov. 11, 2011. (credit: CBS 2)

Brooklyn D.A. Hynes Appalled By Increase In Anti-Semitism; Markowitz Calls It ‘Anomaly’

People living in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish communities are complaining of harassment and anti-Semitic slurs written on walls and even parking meters.

2011/11/14

Swastika painted on a library in Queens on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 (Photo credit: Alex Florez)

Arrest Made In Queens Library, Synagogue, Church Swastikas Incident

Franco Rodriguez, 40, has been charged with graffiti as a hate crime for allegedly spray painting swastikas on a library, synagogue and church in Jackson Heights.

2011/11/14

Police Investigate Anti-Semitic Arson, Vandalism In Midwood; Neighbor Captures Spree On Video

At least three cars were torched and dozens of pieces of anti-Semitic graffiti were plastered along benches along Ocean Parkway between Avenues I and J early Friday morning.

2011/11/11

CrashStat (credit: Transportation Alternatives)

Transportation Alternatives Maps NYC Pedestrian Crashes

The system – called CrashStat – is an interactive map. So, you can check out your own neighborhood.

2011/10/17

Kaporos protest in Brooklyn (credit: YouTube)

Groups Protest Use Of Chickens In Hasidic Jewish Ritual Called Kaporos

The ritual called Kaporos is a ceremony practiced by some Hasidic communities prior to Yom Kippur in which a rabbi swings a live chicken over his head to transfer the sins of that community to the chicken.

2011/10/07

Police: 61-Year-Old Steve Halfon Fatally Assaulted In Brooklyn

Police are investigating what appears to have been a vicious and deadly attack on a man just blocks from his home in Brooklyn.

2011/08/24

Court Papers: Fired Teacher Was Suffering From Diabetes

The Department of Education last month fired language teachers Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro after a janitor allegedly found them topless in an empty classroom at James Madison High in Midwood in November.

2011/02/24

Washington Cemetery (Photo/Google Street View)

Brooklyn Tombstones Damaged In Blizzard Snow Dump

Councilman David Greenfield called the incident at Washington Cemetery “shocking” and said it proved the Sanitation Department cannot service the living and had no respect for the dead.

2011/01/04

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