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Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY

Police & Fire
NYPD Officer From Long Island Shot In Brooklyn NYPD Officer From Long Island Shot In Brooklyn
Nypd Officer From Long Island Shot In Brooklyn An NYPD cop from Long Island who was shot three times in Brooklyn is expected to live after his bulletproof vest protected his body when he was shot once in the chest area. Suffolk County resident Brian McGurran, age 28, who was identified by Mayor Bill de Blasio, was shot around 11:15 p.m., Wednesday, May 12, in the borough's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. McGurran was shot after he and another officer got out of their unmarked vehicle to question a man, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said. He was struck in the rear of his bulletproof vest, as well as in his leg and buttocks, Shea said. …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Long Island Man Sentenced For Forging Deed In Scheme To Steal $1M Estate Long Island Man Sentenced For Forging Deed In Scheme To Steal $1M Estate
Long Island Man Sentenced For Forging Deed In Scheme To Steal $1M Estate A Long Island man is heading to prison after stealing a vacant brownstone worth more than a million dollars from an elderly former school teacher, authorities announced. Mount Sinai resident Craig Hecht, 52, was sentenced this week to a term of one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison for a  deed fraud scheme targeting an 80-year-old Bedford-Stuyvesant homeowner. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said that Hecht, 52, and a cohort who remains on the loose, stole the deed to 260 Clifton Place, a two-story Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone owned by an 80-year-old retired teac…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Actor, LI Theater Group Founder Bernard Marsh Dies, Choreographer Who Fought Racism On Broadway Actor, LI Theater Group Founder Bernard Marsh Dies, Choreographer Who Fought Racism On Broadway
Actor, LI Theater Group Founder Bernard Marsh Dies, Choreographer Who Fought Racism On Broadway Bernard Marsh, a career actor, director and choreographer who fought for racial equity on Broadway and later founded a theater group on Long Island died Monday, June 9 in Brooklyn. He was 77. Marsh who leaves behind many family members, friends and theater colleagues is being remembered as "a credit to his chosen profession, a star in his universe, a defender of the rights of his peers." Most recently in semi-retirement Marsh taught and directed, first at 966 in Brooklyn, then at the African American Museum of Nassau County, he founded the Living History Theater Group. At the museum, …

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by Donna Christopher
News
This Interactive Map Shows Where Rats Are In NYC With 38 Percent Population Increase In 5 Years This Interactive Map Shows Where Rats Are In NYC With 38 Percent Population Increase In 5 Years
This Interactive Map Shows Where Rats Are In NYC With 38 Percent Population Increase In 5 Years New York City residents have been forced to welcome some unwanted visitors in the neighborhood as the rat population continues to soar. Since 2014, rat sightings are up 38 percent, according to watchdog site OpenTheBooks.com. There were 12,617 sightings reported in 2014, a number which has jumped to 17,353 just four years later. In response to the growing population, Open the Books, a nonprofit organization, has created an interactive map to allow area residents to see each reported rat sighting in their current or prospective neighborhood. The map includes all sightings in 2018 and 2019. …

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by Zak Failla