Brooklyn: Prospect Park South

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  50-year-old man struck by Q train being treated for head trauma

   A man was struck by a train in Brooklyn this morning, authorities said. The 50-year-old was hit by a Queens-bound Q train about 10:30 a.m. at the Avenue J...  
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  NYPD captain arrested in alleged wife attack

  An NYPD captain was arrested early today after he repeatedly slammed a door on his wife’s arm after a fight over her son walking the family dog, sources said....  
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  Furor over cycle no-vote

  The Department of Transportation told Brooklyn Heights’ Community Board 2 not to hold an up-or-down vote on the contentious bike-share proposal — and “did not...  

• Science project 'missile' causes scare at Brooklyn school

  A science project caused a scare at a Brooklyn high school this morning, cops said. An object that looked like a missile was found in the basement of...  
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  Six injured in Brooklyn school bus crash

  Six people were hurt in a school bus crash in Brooklyn this morning, authorities said. The accident happened about 7:30 a.m. in Kensington on 5th Street and...  
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  Bourbon Outfitters: Hipster chain out to sell booze in Williamsburg

   Soon, the hipsters in Williamsburg will be able to down their Pabst Blue Ribbon while buying ironic T-shirts.  National hipster clothing chain Urban...  
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  Figoski slay thug testifies against former partners-in-crime

  A violent thug turned courtroom snitch fingered his former partners-in-crime today in the murder trial of two Brooklyn men accused of a botched robbery that...  

• Seagate’s ‘miracle’ comeback

  Brooklyn’s only beach club is back from the dead.  The operators of the 7-decade-old Seagate Beach Club have been working frantically since mid-March to...  
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  $queezy money

  A Brooklyn boa-constrictor dealer is making tens of thousands of dollars a year from a Greenpoint basement despite a citywide ban on his slithering merchandise...  

• Brooklyn, shmooklyn! Upper E. Side center woos Jews

  A banking billionaire is funding a $50 million, all-inclusive community center on the Upper East Side to lure Sephardic Jewish singles and young couples from...  

• Judge tells kook: No sue for you

  A Brooklyn judge got so fed up with the avalanche of frivolous lawsuits filed by a schizophrenic Midwood man that he forbade the man from suing anybody else,...  
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  Bicyclist stuck and killed after swerving in front of livery cab in Crown Heights

   A bicyclist was killed after veering in front of a livery cab driver in Crown Heights this morning, police said.  The unidentified man was peddling eastbound...  
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  Game of bones: Brooklyn bar hosting contest to find NY's smallest 'scepter'

  This could be some stiff competition!  A Brooklyn bar is hosting a contest to find the smallest endowment in New York — giving men used to coming up short a...  

• Gospel singer suing McDonald's after she allegedly bit into piece of glass while eating chicken sandwich, which she claims ruined her voice

  A Brooklyn gospel singer says she bit into a piece of glass bigger than a penny while eating a chicken sandwich at a lower Manhattan McDonald’s and it ruined...  
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  Gropez: I’m quitting before they expel me

  ALBANY — Disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez will beat Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to the punch and resign “no later’’ than 10 a.m. Monday —...