East Flatbush
Coverage of East Flatbush in the Nexus archive.
- East Flatbush tenants rally over gas outage and HPD violations
East Flatbush tenants are protesting a building-wide gas outage and HPD violations. The outage has disrupted daily activities like cooking, with tenant Bibiana Mancero highlighting the issue to PIX11 News.
- NYPD whistleblower sworn in as NYC sheriff: 'Modern-day hero'
Edwin Raymond, an ex-NYPD Lt., was sworn in as NYC sheriff at Brooklyn College. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who appointed Raymond in May, attended the ceremony. Raymond is a child of Haitian immigrants from East Flatbush.
- Brazen NYC intruder posed as Con Ed worker before grabbing woman by neck and pistol-whipping husband
Gregory Jones, 56, allegedly posed as a Con Ed worker and forced entry into a home on East 57th Street near Linden Boulevard in East Flatbush, where he grabbed a woman by the neck and pistol-whipped her husband, according to the NYPD.
- 79-year-old woman struck and killed by car in East Flatbush
A 79-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car in East Flatbush. She was a regular at her local church and volunteered at the food pantry for many years.
- 80-year-old man struck and killed by car in East Flatbush
An 80-year-old pedestrian was struck by a car and killed in East Flatbush, Brooklyn on Friday afternoon.
- AG James charges man with stealing Brooklyn home from a woman with dementia in 23-count deed theft indictment
New York Attorney General Letitia James charged Queens resident Mark Salkey with stealing the Brooklyn home of Althea Garrick, an elderly woman with dementia, through forged documents and fraudulent transfers. Salkey allegedly rented parts of the home to tenants while Garrick and her ex-husband lived in a single bedroom, collecting over $70,000 in rent and stealing approximately $148,000 from Garrick and $20,000 from her ex-husband’s pension.
- Man stabbed in the eye in NYC barbershop: NYPD
A 41-year-old man was critically injured after being stabbed in the eye and shoulder at Bob’s Classic Barber Shop in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, late Tuesday night, according to NYPD.
- Man knifed in eye, left clinging to life after brutal NYC barbershop attack
A man was stabbed in the left eye and right shoulder around 11:40 p.m. inside Bob’s Classic Barber Shop on Albany Avenue near Lenox Road in East Flatbush. The attack left the victim clinging to life.
- Two women slain in Brooklyn building with history of deadly violence
Two women were found stabbed to death in a Brooklyn Park Slope apartment building with a prior history of a domestic murder-suicide. The incident occurred on May 30, marking the fourth fatal stabbing in Brooklyn in a week, with additional attacks reported in East Flatbush, Canarsie, and Sunset Park.