Everywhere Marlene Santos looks inside and outside of her East New York home, she sees reminders of her deceased son, Carlos. Outside, on a wall across from… Read more “Fighting to Keep on After Losing a Son”
Category: Brooklyn
A Stranger at the Door
Vaughn Keith loves real estate, more specifically he loves coaching first-time homeowners through the intimidating process of financing a home and finding the perfect investment in New… Read more “A Stranger at the Door”
A Turbulent Relationship Ends in Death but the Silence Continues
On Nov. 7, 2012, Devineil Brown, then 25, woke up at 8 a.m. in his Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment. He got up, made his bed, showered and walked his… Read more “A Turbulent Relationship Ends in Death but the Silence Continues”
Christmas Eve Shooting Inspires Coney Island Residents to Take Action
For many New Yorkers, Christmas Eve is the most peaceful night of the year. But in 2013, it was another night of violence in Coney Island. Just… Read more “Christmas Eve Shooting Inspires Coney Island Residents to Take Action”
One Fatal Hour in Brighton Beach
The time was a little past 2 a.m. on June 27, 2014. Alberto Munive-Torres, 27, was standing beside a Pakistani food cart at the corner of Brighton… Read more “One Fatal Hour in Brighton Beach”
‘He Brought a Gun to a Fistfight’
The New York Police Department’s Argus cameras spin slowly, surveilling all 360 degrees of the intersections they’re mounted in. Before the sun rose on July 27, 2013,… Read more “‘He Brought a Gun to a Fistfight’”
A Beer, a Steak Knife and a Murder: How the Lives of Two Families Changed Forever
The call to 911 came in just before 2 a.m. Something was seriously wrong with a man at the Brownsville Houses in Brooklyn. “He’s laying down, he’s… Read more “A Beer, a Steak Knife and a Murder: How the Lives of Two Families Changed Forever”
Six Years Later, a Daughter Still Grieves for her Father
On April 29, 2011, Destinee Fernandez, 25, had planned to watch the movie “Easy A” with her father, David Fernandez, 46. Instead, she said, she went to… Read more “Six Years Later, a Daughter Still Grieves for her Father”
It Was Almost a Good Day
On the late afternoon of Oct. 4, 2013, Allen Ross, 23, a native New Yorker and new father, made what was then a frequent commute from Staten… Read more “It Was Almost a Good Day”
Community Organizations Work with Hospital to Fight Youth Violence in Brooklyn
By Isabela Dias and Megan Messana Dr. Robert Gore, 41, anticipated a “cool and calm” shift when he entered Kings County Hospital’s pediatric emergency room at 3… Read more “Community Organizations Work with Hospital to Fight Youth Violence in Brooklyn”
