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Kelly promises restoration for Police Arlington burial grounds

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Published May 11, 2010 at 10:34 p.m.

The effort to restore the long-neglected Police Arlington burial grounds at Cypress Hills Cemetery got some star power on Saturday when Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly visited the site during a somber memorial ceremony ...

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Colangelo: Police Arlington site needs TLC

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Published Dec. 29, 2009 at 3:55 p.m.

The Police Arlington, the long-forgotten police burial grounds at Cypress Hills Cemetery, is still waiting for better days to come ...

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‘Green’ Liberty Apartments Break Ground in Cypress Hills

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Published Nov. 10, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Compiled by Linda Collins ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle ... EAST NEW YORK — A groundbreaking took place last week in East New York for the Liberty Apartments, a project of the Cypress Hills Local Development Corp. in partnership with Dunn Development Corp ... Joining in the festivities were Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and representatives of the Cypress Hills LDC, Dunn Development and Moen ... The development, comprised of 43 affordable studios, one-, two- and three-bedrooon rental

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Here It Is: The List of Post Offices "Identified For Full Study" And Possible Closure

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Published Aug. 4, 2009 at 12:31 a.m.

OTBKB has tracked down the list of post offices "Identified For Full Study"It is a pdf file on a post office server, but after 5 hours it had only half downloaded. We found a cached copy on Google and extracted the text.These are the Brooklyn post offices "Identified For Full Study"Cypress Hills FarragutHalsey Highlawn New Lots Newkirk Sunset The full list is linked below ...

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Cypress Hills Group Celebrates Juneteenth

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Published July 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.

CYPRESS HILL — On Saturday, June 27, the George Walker Jr. Community Coalition, Inc. (GWJrCC) celebrated its 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration, which commemorated the emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the United States ... More than 200 community residents, family ...

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Massive Mortgage Fraud Ring Busted

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Published July 9, 2009 at 10:15 a.m.

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A fraud ring involving 13 people and potentially $100 million of losses was charged yesterday by the Manhattan District Attorney. Much of the illegal activity occurred over the past four years in the East New York and Cypress Hills sections of Brooklyn, according to the NY Times. The ringleaders of the scam, which involved targeting troubled homeowners and duping buyers with good credit into purchasing the homes at inflated prices to suck out the largest mortgage possible, were three principals

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Five nabes in Brooklyn are perv central

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Published May 11, 2009 at 12:24 a.m.

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Five neighborhoods in Brooklyn have the scary distinction of being home to the biggest concentration of registered sex offenders in the city. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Brownsville, Cypress Hills and East New York have 610 registered pervs ...

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Help at last for city police burial ground

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Published May 9, 2009 at 11:51 p.m.

Better days are on the way for the Police Gardens, a longneglected police burial site at Cypress Hills Cemetery ...

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Mother's Day Ditmas Park Concert Series

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Published May 7, 2009 at 8:44 a.m.

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In our continuing bid to slowly annex other neighborhoods until Kensington runs from the Verrazano to Cypress Hills, please allow us to present the Ditmas Park Concert Series, soon to be known as the East Kensington Jamboree: ... The 2nd concert in the ... Ditmas Park Concert Series is this Sunday, May 10, featuring Janus , an intriguing trio who creates new sounds for the flute, viola, and harp ... Thank you for listing this in your calendar and on your website or blog ... Sunday, May 10

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Colangelo: Finest burial ground deserves our respect

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Published April 21, 2009 at 11:51 p.m.

This is the hidden police cemetery. Amid the rolling lawns of Cypress Hills Cemetery on the Brooklyn-Queens border sits the Police Arlington, sometimes known as the Police Gardens. It was established more than 100 years ago as a resting place for members of the old Metropolitan Police Force of New York ...

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