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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A barricaded situation on Ditmas Blvd in Queens, an unusual motor vehicle accident on Union St & Brooklyn Ave and an all hand fires at Bay St at Canal St on Staten Island.
The vendors did make it back to Red Hook ballfields this weekend.
After hitting a 9-year-old girl, a driver reportedly yelled at her, "You stupid little bitch!" before driving off. The girl is in critical condition.
A fire shut down the grandstand at Belmont Park yesterday.
Men posing as cops robbed a Staten Island home. They were apparently wearing police uniforms, had silver badges, and carried at least one gun.
A NJ man caused an explosion when he was spraying bug spray in his house.
Parks advocates want the city to test the pavements and equipments at playgrounds, because in this summer weather, they are getting dangerously hot.
Jeremiah's Vanishing New York examines some old vestiges of NYC from the movie, Moscow on the Hudson.