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Recent robbery attempt in parade ground

We have reliable intelligence that a neighbor was the subject of an attempted robbery in the Parade Ground on a recent evening – just outside the building which houses both the Parks and Police Departments. We’ve also been told – but not yet been able to confirm – that arrests have been made in the [...]

Sex and Violence in Prospect Park

Undocumented aliens, of course. With feathers. Scott Whittle in his Year of the Bird Project documenting love, and batles among the Canadian geese in Prospect Park.

Rats attempt to climb social ladder; seek parity with squirrels, lobby City Hall

Thomas J. Lueck (copy) and Tyler Hicks (images) of my hometown paper have reported that in the most prominent, and well-kept, public park in New York City, rats play as though they were squirrels. Notwithstanding municipal efforts to persuade them to relocate. From November 10, 2007, “Where the Rats Come Out to Play”: The rat [...]

Fatal shooting 22 August on Parkside Avenue

According to the Times, Thursday 30 August: A Brooklyn man was charged yesterday with fatally shooting another man near Prospect Park last week, the police said. The police said that the suspect, Tony Canales, 26, shot Antonio Bruce, 25, of Stanley Avenue about 11:20 p.m. on Aug. 22. Mr. Bruce was shot once in the [...]


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