A hit-and-run driver struck two boys riding their bikes last night in Gravesend. Details are still scant, but the NYPD press office confirms that police and EMTs were called to the intersection of Avenue S and East 4th Street last night around 10:30 p.m. There they found two injured 12-year-old boys who had been hit by a car while riding their bikes. more ›

A cyclist was killed in a collision yesterday afternoon in Gravesend, Brooklyn. The Daily News reports that Joseph Granati, 39, was turning onto Avenue T from West 9th Street when "he collided" with a 2002 Nissan Altima. Police say the 24-year-old unidentified driver had the green light, and he stayed at the scene and was not charged. Granati's head reportedly smashed through the rear passenger-side window of the car. He died at the scene. more ›

Police have identified the victims of a brutal stabbing that was discovered in a Brooklyn apartment just after midnight today: They are Larisa Prikhodko and her mother Tatyana Prikhodkoto; they both worked as nurses. According to the Daily News, Larisa, 27, worked in the maternity ward at Mount Sinai, while her mother was at Brookdale University Hospital. After Larisa failed to pick up her 3-year-old son from her former fiance, he called police, who went looking for them at the building where they both resided (in different apartments). Larisa's apartment was empty, but her mother's home, three floors up, was a grisly scene. more ›

An unidentified 56-year-old woman and her 27-year-old daughter were found dead from stab woulds in a Brooklyn apartment this morning. At this point, details are scant, but police tell the AP they discovered the grisly scene while they investigated a missing person report at a sixth-floor apartment on East 13th Street near Avenue W. The 27-year-old was found with stab wounds to her torso, while her mother had stab wounds to her torso and face. (The Daily News reports they were both stabbed in the face.) more ›

Han Min Pan, the man arrested for entering his ex-wife's house and stabbing four people in a rage, has been arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. He fatally stabbed his ex-wifes sister (not his ex-wife, as previously reported), and injured three other in-laws. It turns out his ex-wife wasn't home at the time. more ›

A crazed ex-husband broke into his ex-wife's house and went on a slashing rampage, killing her and injuring her mother, sister and 4-year-old nephew in Gravesend last night. The unidentified man was arrested five blocks from the scene of the crime, after mechanics at a nearby auto repair shop heard the screams, went to the house and called 911. more ›

Police reportedly had a tough time tracking down suspects in the fatal shooting of bread deliveryman Jorge Martinez because there was a lack of officers available to immediately check out the scene. Many officers in the Gravesend area on the night of the shooting had been assigned to patrol events leading up to the West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day, and a few were investigating a shooting on Avenue K in Canarsie that had taken place a half an hour before. The two events left few unavailable to investigate the rooftop shooting. Is this that consequence of the budget cuts everyone was warning us about? more ›

Police believe the rooftop shooter responsible for sending a bullet through bread deliveryman Jorge Martinez's head on Saturday night may not have been working alone. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters police have determined "that three guns were used." Police found 22 shell casings on nearby rooftops, all of which came from 9-mm. handguns. more ›

Jorge Martinez, the bread deliveryman fatally shot by a rooftop gunman in Gravesend Saturday night, always wanted to be buried in his home country of Ecuador. And now, his family is trying to scrape together the funds to send his body there. His 16-year-old daughter Jenniffer Martinez told the Daily News, "My dad wanted to be buried in Ecuador next to his father. His mom, sister, aunts, cousins—his entire family is there...That's what he wanted. We want to bury him in peace." more ›

Police are still on the hunt for the man who fatally shot a bread deliveryman in Gravesend on Saturday night. Based on the trajectory of the bullets fired into Jorge Martinez's van (one struck him in the head), it's suspected that the gunman was aiming from a rooftop. Now a police source tells the Post, "He must've been testing out his gun. He fired a few times at a parked car and then fired at a moving vehicle, thinking he'd scare the driver. more ›

Bread deliveryman Jorge Martinez, 39, was struck and killed by a bullet that pierced the roof of his van as he was making his rounds last night. Two rounds entered the car as he drove down Avenue X in Gravesend, with one striking him in the head. Police believe that because of the downward entry angle of the bullets, Martinez may have been the target of a sniper. One official told the Times, "We’re looking for a gunman who fired from a rooftop." more ›

Yesterday's early morning two-alarm fire that injured three senior citizens (plus firefighters) in a Gravesend, Brooklyn apartment building was caused by an overloaded outlet: The Daily News reports, "FDNY investigators said the blaze...quickly spread from the apartment to the roof, endangering everyone inside the Colby Court building." One 61-year-old resident said, "I was so scared, I was crying. I heard glass breaking and saw all the water, but then a nice fireman took me down." Additionally, WABC 7 says there were no working smoke alarms in the apartment either. The FDNY says, "To prevent overloading, never plug more than two appliances into an outlet at once or 'piggyback' extra appliances on extension cords or wall outlets." more ›

Because of problems on electrical cables supplying power to a number of neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Con Edison is reducing voltage by five percent in Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, Seagate, and Gravesend, in order to keep pressure off the grid while workers make emergency repairs. Like last week, customers (roughly 27,000 of them) are all being urged to conserve power and turn off non-essential electrical appliances to help reduce electricity usage until the equipment problems are solved. Con Ed doesn't know how long that will take, but you can check the company's website for updates with your electricity-devouring computer. more ›

A full sized yellow school bus carrying kids to an after-school program hit and pinned a woman in Gravesend yesterday afternoon. The victim was stuck fully conscious under the bus for about 15 minutes before being taken to Lutheran Hospital. The Safe Coach Bus driver said he didn't see her crossing the street at Stillwell Avenue and Kings Highway, and told the Post, "I hope she's not hurt. I don't want to get in trouble." more ›

Two narratives are developing concerning the Brooklyn family that kept 30 unregistered firearms, as well as blades and collectible items like an umbrella knife and a machete in their two-story dwelling. One group of neighbors describe the Sianos as “lovely” people if a bit “strange,” stressing that in the quiet Gravesend neighborhood people keep to themselves mostly. A woman who’d shared the block with them for some 45 years told CityRoom their weapons collection was “fine, as long as nobody gets hurt.” Still another group was disturbed by the discovery, recalling visits by unsavory characters and disruptions by the cops. more ›

Crooks cut holes in the roof of a Brooklyn bank and actually got into the room containing safe-deposit boxes on Sunday, but they fled without taking anything. After chiseling one hole in the wrong spot on the roof, the thieves hacked another hole and got into the bank's heating vents at around 5 p.m., according to the Daily News. They then crawled into a room containing the safe-deposit boxes, but took no money or valuables. Even though the perps didn't steal the jewelry or the "significant amount of cash" that 31-year-old Gravesend resident Sara Cohen keeps in the bank, she's not taking any chances. "I'm going to change my bank first thing tomorrow morning." more ›

Sun Won Cho, a 40-year-old mother of two, was killed in a church parking lot in Gravesend yesterday afternoon when an elderly man accidentally accelerated his black Mercedes SUV in reverse. Four other people, including two children, were injured after the SUV suddenly car accelerated toward the group as they gathered near a playground. The driver, 72-year-old Kyongkoo Park, remained at the scene and was not charged. Witnesses described the tragic scene. more ›

Note to all uber-progressive Brooklyn breeders and fans of edible education: Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard program will be opening its first outpost in the Gravesend neighborhood next year, so you better sign up today! Supporters will begin tearing down the asphalt parking lot behind P.S. 216 this summer, according to The Observer, in order to erect the first east coast affiliate of the Chez Panisse restaurateurs program, which enables public school children to explore the connection between what they eat and where it comes from through organic gardening and cooking classes. more ›

Back in heady days of 2007, real estate developers followed a simple algorithm: add the city's finite housing supply with the massive demand for housing and you could make money by building a condo on just about any property. Though the recession certainly changed that equation, seemingly out-of-place condo developments continue to pop up across the city as a result of that practice — and few seem more out of place than a luxury building in Gravesend at the corner of West 11th Street and Avenue V, just one block away from a housing project. more ›

In late September, two black detectives and one Pakistani detective were going door-to-door in Gravesend, Brooklyn, canvassing residents to investigate a possible hate crime. They were dressed in suits, not uniforms, and not one of them is white, so naturally someone assumed they must be pretending to be police officers. The Shomrim Jewish Community patrol raced to the scene, and 911 was called. When the detectives heard the call over the radio they identified themselves to the dispatcher, but a fight almost broke out when local cops arrived. more ›

It's not all Brownstones and haunted mansions in Brooklyn; a luxury condo called the Venetian has just been unveiled in all its hideousness! Brownstoner reports that the attempt at classical opulence, located in Gravesend, "looks a lot better in reality than we had expected." Be that is it may (is it?), this doesn't look at all like Brooklyn. But is it better than the "Williamsburg Grey" Karl Fischer creations? more ›

One of the last Dutch farmhouses in the city, the Hubbard House, currently stands in at 2138 McDonald Ave in Brooklyn, but could soon be a thing of the past if it follows in the footsteps of the farmhouses before it. The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will meet next Tuesday to hear out owner John Antonides's case, one that he has been voicing for the past 10 years. more ›

A 61-year-old man from Stamford, CT, Michael Martin, was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly abused three children at two separate restrooms in Brooklyn parks. The first incident occurred at a park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Thursday, when Martin is accused of following an 8-year-old girl and a 4-year boy into a public restroom where he sexually assaulted them. Later, he is accused of attacking another 8-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Kensington, Brooklyn park. Cops say that Martin ran off on both occasions when the children began to cry. more ›