Monday, May 13, 2024

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Manhattan +West Side Hwy Traffic Alert+

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Manhattan +West Side Hwy Traffic Alert+ North bound of the West Side Highway at West 56th St, PD on the scene of an MVA blocking some lanes, traffic delays throughout the area.

Williamsburg Builders Plans Dealt a Blow

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The six-story building, built in 1915 and designed by Cass Gilbert at 184 Kent Avenue has been designated a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, making it a distinctive part of the Br...

Jewish slave labourers’ grave found near US base

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Jewish inmates from the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp have been found in a wartime makeshift mass grave in the US army base in southern Germany next to Stuttgart airport by workers, police ...

Williamsburg Bridge Bumpy Bike Road Being Fixed, But Not Everyone Is Happy About It.

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A stretch of bumps along the Williamsburg Bridge bike and pedestrian path is finally getting smoothed out. Many cyclists crashed and were severely injured, but to the city's credit, they recognized t...

Loch Sheldrake +Large Fire+

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Loch Sheldrake, Sullivan County +Large Fire+ a 2nd alarm structure fire with some explosion at Labaugh Road, multiple engines and tankers from surrounding towns responding.

Queens +Queensborough Bridge Traffic Alert+

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Queens +Queensborough Bridge Traffic Alert+ MVA involving 5 vehicles is causing major delays on the upper level Manhattan bound of the Queensborough Bridge, PD requesting EMS to respond from the wrong...

Who Will Be Satmar Rebbe’s Keeper?

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Children of the chief rabbi of Kiryas Yoel's majority congregation, went to court yesterday to begin an unseemly tug-of-war for access and control on their 92-year-old father, leader of the world's la...

President Bush Praised Chabad’s Hurricane Relief Program

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President George W Bush singled out and applaud Chabad's hurricane Katrina's relief program, saying "They rescued stranded people; they distributed bottled water and self-heating kosher meals.

Los Angeles +Airplan Incident+

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Los Angeles +Airplan Incident+ JetBlue flight 292 with 145 souls on board on the way from L.A. To J.F.K. Is being returned to L.A.X. Due to a twisted front landing gear problem, gear is stuck, emergen...

Brooklyn +MVA – EMS & NYPD+

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Brooklyn +MVA - EMS & NYPD+ An accident between EMS and a police car on Graham Ave and Moore St. minor accident no injuries.

Manhattan +Bomb Threat+

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Manhattan +Bomb Threat+ A bomb threat was received in transit at 96th St and Broadway, PD on scene requesting the bomb squad, and a level one mobilization has been called. U/D: PD requesting Highway ...

Uniformed And Undercover Cops Patrolling Houses Of Worship During The High Holy Days

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The NYPD is taking no chances again this year with the approach of the Jewish high holy days. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that security will be beefed up at area synagogues, with extra u...

Hurricane Rita

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MIAMI -- The National Hurricane Center says that Hurricane Rita has strengthened into a top-of-the-scale Category 5 storm, with sustained wind of 165 mph.

Brooklyn +FD Vehicle MVA+

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Brooklyn +NYFD Vehicle MVA+ NYFD Chief's vehicle involved in an MVA at Ave P and East 21st St, battalion 31 chief and his driver involved and have minor injuries, one civilian injured. Hatzolah establ...

Queens +G.C.P. Large Oil Spill+

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Queens +G.C.P. Large Oil Spill+ Eastbound the Grand Central Parkway near the 82nd St overpass, multi car MVA with large oil spill onto all three lanes, major delays in the area, FD and PD are on the s...

Queens +L.I.E. Traffic Alert+

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Queens +L.I.E. Traffic Alert+ An MVA involving 4 vehicles at the Long Island Expressway and Woodhaven Blvd. is causing heavy traffic delays in the area.

Brooklyn +Pedestrian Struck+

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Brooklyn +Pedestrian Struck+ An MVA with a pedestrian struck on Ocean Parkway and Avenue O, Hatzolah requested.

Spring Valley Man Convicted In Monsey Robbery

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A County Court jury yesterday convicted two Spring Valley man of stealing $100,000 in jewelry, $1,700 in coins and personal items during March 22, 2004 home invasion robbery on Esther Lane home in Mon...

Queens – Rabbi Beaten In Divorce Case

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A Queens rabbi was slapped and threatened inside Kew Gardens Synagogue Adath Yeshurun on Lefferts Boulevard by an ex-con and a mechanic posing as mob-connected debt collectors, prosecutors said yester...