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The Metropolitan Detention Center is seen in Sunset Park, Sept. 19, 2024. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File

Taxstone faces new charges in Brooklyn jail contraband crackdown

March 10 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

PODCASTER DARYL “TAXSTONE” Campbell is facing charges for allegedly smuggling contraband into...

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AP

Crackdown at Metropolitan Detention Center nets 25 inmates, former officer

March 7 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New...

Jam Master Jay (seen here), of the legendary hip-hop group Run-DMC. Photo: G. Paul Burnett/AP

Jam Master Jay killer stabbed at Metropolitan Detention Center

February 28 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

KARL JORDAN, convicted of murdering Jam Master Jay, was stabbed during a...

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Mangione taken to Sunset Park jail holding Diddy

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ACCUSED CEO SHOOTER Luigi Mangione was incarcerated in Sunset Park’s Metropolitan...

Three new lawsuits filed against Diddy

December 13 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

THREE MORE LAWSUITS were filed on Thursday in Manhattan against rap mogul...

Russian stowaway held temporarily in notorious Brooklyn jail 

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SVETLANA DALI, 57, who stowed away on a flight from JFK to...

Prosecutors seize notes from Diddy’s jail cell

November 19 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION Center jail cell of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs...

Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where a recent federal sweep uncovered drugs, weapons, and electronic devices amid heightened concerns over violence and security issues. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AP

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November 5 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Federal authorities seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices in a recent...

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    Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of T Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Friday announced that the city will finally shut down operations at a controversial concrete recycling facility on the western Brooklyn waterfront by this August. Local residents had been flooding their elected officials with complaints about the dust, vibrations and noise from the SIMS Concrete Recycling Facility, operated by NYC DOT, ever since it was temporarily relocated to the north end of Brooklyn Marine Terminal site in the Columbia Street Waterfront District in February 2024. 🔗Read more at the link in bio. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Mary Frost #BKnews #BrooklynEagle #ColumbiaStreetWaterfrontDistrict #LocalNews #Brooklyn
    A ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place at the A ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place at the historic base of Atlantic Avenue on Friday at 3 p.m. Numerous elected officials, as well as the head of Brooklyn Bridge Park, will celebrate two brand-new murals that welcome all traffic passing beneath the portal that has become one of the official entrances to Brooklyn Bridge Park. 🔗Click the link in bio to read the inspiring story behind the murals. Photos courtesy of the Atlantic Avenue BID #BrooklynEagle #Brooklyn #BrooklynNews #AtlanticAvenue #Art #PublicArt #BrooklynBridgePark
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    It was like a bombshell dropped on Brooklyn Height It was like a bombshell dropped on Brooklyn Heights earlier this week when the city announced a police shutdown of traffic into the neighborhood — particularly the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, which will be closed to all public viewing of the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks 🎇 on the waterfront. For the full story, click the link in bio. #4thofjuly #brooklynheights #brooklynheightspromenade #policeshutdown #Fireworks #bkheights #brooklynbridgepark #bkeagle #news #BKnews
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