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Last week Brooklyn Eagle’s Paula Katinas reported that Yiannis, a Greek Restaurant that’s been a fixture on 4th Avenue for 35 years, has served its last spicy feta spread. Continue reading »
Oct 222012
Sep 262012
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Neighbors of a massage parlor on Bay Ridge Avenue say they’ve had it with the supposed spa – which they claim is just a front for prostitution, according to the Brooklyn Paper’s Will Bredderman.
Residents of Bay Ridge Avenue between Narrows Avenue and Owls Head Court told Brooklyn Paper that the Bright Ocean Spa, whose signage reads “Blue Ocean Spa,” raises all the red flags that would indicate the existence of a red light business – including late hours, an all-male clientele, and frosted windows. Continue reading »
Jun 142012
The NYPD Harbor Unit discovered a corpse floating in upper New York Bay yesterday, not far from the spot where a man had jumped from the Verrazano Bridge the week before, writes the New York Post police blotter.
The body, which appears to be that of a 46-year-old man, was found floating off Shore Road near Bay Ridge Avenue, just before 2 p.m.
Authorities are seeking to determine if the corpse’s identity is that of a man who jumped off the Verrazano Bridge last Friday.
The jumper had been tentatively identified as 46-year-old Brooklyn resident Benny Guzman. Friday’s incident was the latest in a series of suicides and attempted suicides on or near the span.