BrooklynConfidential

Red Hook to East New York, Greenpoint to Canarsie

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ERIC B & RAKIM "Follow The Leader" (August 1988) - there have been a jillion videos, movies etc filmed in "Dumbo," Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn. THIS is & always will be the GOAT, Scott Kalvert director; Plymouth St at 3:23 for orientation https://t.co/xFvlwj61fJ

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@harrysiegel ominous. though less so than woman with a scythe reading The Plague on the train?

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@AcrossTheBay New York Post ad Sunday 29 July 1962 @Jacob__Siegel

[Elizabeth Kim @lizkimtweets]

The @NYCMayor youtube channel no longer has the old pressers and streamed events from @ericadamsfornyc and @BilldeBlasio. This is critical for broadcast reporters who want to use archival sound and footage. It’s also NYC history. Please bring them back! @the_vello @anna_bahr

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A bloody pink baby bonnet in the crosswalk at Debevoise St. and Humboldt St. in [East Williamsburg] Brooklyn after a 7-month-old girl was fatally shot on Wednesday. Photo: Kerry Burke.

"...the gunman fled on a scooter, police said."

https://t.co/NGgKO1NF6g

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A 7-month-old girl was shot dead in her stroller by a stray bullet while walking with her parents in Brooklyn, with cops now looking for a pair of moped-riding thugs.

- New York Post subheadline Wednesday 1 April 2026

[Antonio Reynoso @BKBPReynoso]

I’m sick to my stomach. Gun violence has torn so many Brooklyn families apart, and now it’s claimed the life of a 7-month-old in East Williamsburg. This child deserved so much better, and I am keeping them and their family close to my heart.

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@vurnt22 any thoughts on Pieces of a Man guitarist, Burt Jones? For a guy who excels on such a heavy session, he has very few credits. Also, Gil on the Ossie & Ruby show, 1980: https://t.co/jQeTii8std

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@harrysiegel New York Post 24 Dec 1964 - Letta Mbulu, Thelonious Monk & Clancy Brothers at Village Gate w other jazz listings, music & theater ads. Also, below the cut: 1/4 page ad for Schumacher Radio, a Ridgewood, Queens, appliance store; Apollo Theatre w Isley Bros, Joe Tex, King Curtis

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The Whitney Studio Club 10 West 8th Street Invites YOU to an exhibition of Paintings & Drawings by

Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque. Caricatures by Marius de Zayas.

Selected and arranged by Charles Sheeler.

- Brooklyn Eagle 2 March 1924

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Sunset Park Community Remembers 14-year-old Boy Fatally Shot in the Head

"Family members, friends and neighbors told News 12 the victim, Johary Cantave, was “a good kid” who was the youngest of his siblings and a student at John Dewey High School."

https://t.co/luH6F6aGza

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14-Year-Old Boy, Johary Cantave, Shot to Death Inside a Car in Sunset Park

Incident occurred Friday 6 March 2026, near 9 Ave & 46 St, within the confines of 66 Precinct, trending towards Boro Park
https://t.co/QvJXpYJJBC

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🧵 👇 https://t.co/mv9wvRAATV

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On 20 Aug 1890 the JACOB SIEGEL ASSOCIATION of Brooklyn held a picnic at Ridgewood Grove, Queens. A band played music for young people.

On 24 March 2026 @Jacob__Siegel "The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control" was published & the people rejoiced. @HenryHolt

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BADGE 373 (opened July 1973) - Howard W. Koch director, written by Pete Hamill, who has cameo as Reporter, here about to ask ex-cop Robert Duvall a question at the wake of Duvall's former partner. Not the best Brooklyn crime movie ever but definitely one of the weirdest.

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MEET ME AT RUFF'S ROOST... "Where Particular People Meet"

VISIT OUR RECORD DEPARTMENT Hear and Buy Your Favorite Records While You Eat

2451 8th Ave* [b/w W. 131 and W. 132 Streets], Open 24 Hours, Alex Ruff, Pres.

- New York Age 18 Mar 1950
* Frederick Douglass Blvd = 1977

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FAMILY OF JOHARY CANTAVE, 14-YEAR-OLD SUNSET PARK SHOOTING VICTIM, GRIEVES
https://t.co/EfLaOfAb9A

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14-YEAR-OLD BOY, JOHARY CANTAVE, SHOT TO DEATH IN SUNSET PARK, COPS SEEK 3 SUSPECTS https://t.co/L8WuZjUH8f

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14-YEAR-OLD BOY, JOHARY CANTAVE, FATALLY SHOT INSIDE CAR IN SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN
https://t.co/QvJXpYKhra

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SMITH'S DINER - 172 South St. [South Street Seaport] Manhattan c. 1940. Even in the golden age of sign painting, artisans & biz owners could trip over The Apostrophe Question: Smiths!

Address just north of Brooklyn Bridge, around corner from Roosevelt Street, no longer extant.

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BOERUM AUTO SERVICE INC. - 252 Atlantic Ave. corner of Boerum Pl. - Winter-Wise Drivers Winterize Now - Expert Service from the Professionals

Prop. SAL TETA and IRV ITZKOWITZ*

- Brooklyn Home-Reporter 12 Feb 1982
* Downtown Brooklyn's #1 Italian-Jewish auto shop!