A 28-year-old from Crown Heights was charged in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday on a 229-count indictment for stealing the identities of 178 people in an attempt to rob the Pentagon Federal Credit Union of more than $1 million. Joseph Batrony Jr.’s long list of charges include grand larceny, scheming to defraud, identity theft, falsifying […]
The planned Spice Factory development at 960 Franklin Ave. in Crown Heights South is stirring up tensions between residents and organized labor. While union reps touted the project’s job-generating potential, neighbors and some board members railed against Ian Bruce Eichner’s proposed high-rise at Community Board 9’s Tuesday hearing. Though the board reps said they usually support […]
Once upon a time, Brooklyn’s best surgeons congregated on President Street. It became a hot spot for medical professionals to live a century ago and earned the nickname Doctor’s Row, which endures to this day. The blocks of President Street between New York and Kingston avenues in Crown Heights South are lined with graciously designed […]