After singing lessons and some basketball, the actor, who is “easing back into standup,” stops by a few comedy clubs. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Flatbush (Brooklyn, NY)”
A Rise in Murders Upends a Sense of Progress in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush
By Gotham Rex on April 12, 2022
The killing of a 12-year-old boy in the neighborhood captured how a spike in shootings during the pandemic is complicating recovery in less affluent neighborhoods. Source: New York Times
He Was a Boxer and Married to the Mob. He Wasn’t Prepared for Guardianship.
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2021
Marvin Stein lived an eventful and prosperous life. But a battle among his family over his fortune broke out in his 88th year, and he suddenly found himself powerless to fight for himself. Source: New York Times
Michael K. Williams Remembered By East Flatbush Neighbors
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2021
The actor, who was found dead on Monday, was remembered as a “regular guy” who constantly gave back to the East Flatbush neighborhood where he grew up. Source: New York Times
Michael K. Williams, Omar From 'The Wire,' Is Dead at 54
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2021
Mr. Williams, who also starred in “Boardwalk Empire” and “Lovecraft Country,” was best known for his role as Omar Little in the David Simon HBO series. Source: New York Times
A Lawyer’s Deathbed Confession About a Sensational 1975 Kidnapping
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2021
Samuel Bronfman, heir to the Seagram fortune, was abducted by two men who confessed to the crime. But then their story evolved wildly, and the jury believed it. Was it all a lie? Source: New York Times
Covid-19 Slammed Her Neighborhood. She Can't Find Her Father a Vaccine.
By Gotham Rex on February 22, 2021
Logistical hurdles, fear and misinformation are threatening to leave some of the city’s immigrant communities behind as the vaccine rollout ramps up. Source: New York Times
A Man in a Black Ski Mask Cuts Short a 17-Year-Old’s Life
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2020
Derek Trucios, 17, was the third teenager to die in Brooklyn this week, as a wave of gun violence takes a high toll among young New Yorkers. Source: New York Times
That Healing Jazz Thing on a Porch in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2020
For 82 days straight, a diverse group of musicians found their way to a stoop in Flatbush, and everybody followed the sax player. (It was his house.) Source: New York Times
The Virus Ravaged Parents at One School. They Found a Way to Fight Back.
By Gotham Rex on June 1, 2020
“The level of devastation this small group of people has dealt with, it’s crazy,” said one member of a school committee that is a lifeline for neighbors in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Source: New York Times