it used to be reid avenue in bed-stuy, and i was just like, "oh. i didn't realize there was a malcolm x boulevard in brooklyn," because the malcolm x boulevard i knew was harlem. right? >> mm-hmm. >> which was formerly lenox avenue, and, you know, did some research and came to find out that actually before harlem had its malcolm x boulevard, brooklyn had its malcolm x boulevard. in 1985, reid avenue was renamed malcolm x boulevard, and it was by an activist in brooklyn named sonny carson... >> yes. >> ...who a longstanding activist in brooklyn and who had encountered malcolm while malcolm was in brooklyn, and so there's this whole story of malcolm coming to brooklyn and meeting activists, including people from the congress of racial equality of brooklyn -- core -- so i wanted to kind of explore this. you know, at brooklyn historical society, we are an urban history center. we focus on the history of brooklyn going 400 years back, and we also have a kind of diverse programming that draws on that history and also on its collections, and so we actuall

it happened in bed-stuy last night when the trio tried to rob cops. abc 7 eyewitness news' dray clark is live. >> the shooting happened behind me on monroe street. overnight police arrested a 16- year-old and they are looking for another suspect is who believed to be a teen. this is the surveillance video showing the 20-year-old victim being rushed to an ambulance. detectives were here in the bed- stuy neighborhood looking at an early robbery that was connected an apartment scam involving craigslist. and three men approached one of the detectives showing a gun. the detective pulled out his gun and shot one of the suspects. now, detectives did recover the suspect's weapon. it turned out to be a b.b. gun. gun. third suspect. the 20-year-old in the hospital now recovering shot in the torso and the warm -- arm and should make a full recovery. if you have information about the suspect, give police a call. dray clark, abc 7 eyewitness >>> 6:33. today a long island man will be in court. this is one day after a pit bull mauled a girl to death. the dog owner w

you have a street named after "do the right thing" in bed-stuy. >> bed-stuy do or die. this past summer. "do the right thing" was shot on one block. the summer of '88, came out '89. and this past summer, new york city made the first street's been named after a a movie or any piece of art, so -- in the history of the city. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's great. i mean, this is all real. this is really happening. you get this, right? this is not your dream, spike lee. this is really just happening in real life. i mean -- >> google. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh, i see you at the knick games. i go to the knick games all the time. >> we're good this year. moving up. >> jimmy: we are good. [ cheers and applause ] >> orange and blue. i know we got "iladelphia" over there. that's all right. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they won't give it up at all, yeah. they won't give it up. >> no love for the orange and blue? >> jimmy: no love for the knicks, no. not over there. [ laughter ] but we'll get 'em all over here. when you're at the knick game, you know, you're a dad, i'm

police carried out evidence bags from the subway station in bed-stuy. the biggest piece of evidence a box cutter with snapped off blades, similar to this one. authorities say a 29-year-old man used it to attack two innocent people. >> crazy, you know what i mean? >> reporter: the victims were slashed on the top of their head. the suspect allegedly didn't say then police say he ran from the subway stop, dropping the boxy cutter on the platform. authorities caught him a few blocks away. both victims were rushed to brookdale hospital. one of them 22-year-old matthew ruff whose sister gave this update on facebook. please pray for matthew james ruff. he is stable, okay and at the hospital. thanks, all and love. >> i have nephews and nieces that use this station to get to school that. worries me because somebody just got stabbed. it could be anybody, anytime. >> reporter: the thought of an unprovoked attack frightening for those who use mass transit. they found crimes on subways and buses are up 8%. according to the nypd, nearly 2,000 crimes have been reporte

is surveillance video showing that 20-year-old suspect who was shot being taken to an ambulance, bed-stuy neighborhood investigating a scam involving craigslist. the detectives in plain clothes left the apartment building, three suspects approached one of the detectives showing a gun. that detective then drew his hitting him. detectives also did recover the suspect's weapon. >> the guns found right at the scene where the perpetrator dropped it, right next to the detective's weapon. it appears to be a semiautomatic firearm. we don't know if it is real or fake. >> reporter: and they have since determined that gun the suspect was carrying was actually a b.b. gun or an air gun. police are looking for the last september. dray clark, abc 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> the tragedy on long island. a9-year-old girl is dead this morning after a pit bull suddenly attacked her playing with her friend. abc 7 eyewitness news' is live now where the owner of the dog is being held. >> reporter: right. well, the dog's owner is here, it is unclear if he will be facing charges in this case. take a look

live in bed-stuy, brooklyn, tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >>> four vendors for a high school craft fair are under counterfeit goods. they are facing charges of counterfeiting for seliging cosmetics. they were sold at the holy trinity christmas and craft fair. they were busted by investigators, and there's no comment from the school who held the craft fair. >>> parents are warning about a popular toy that could reek havoc on your kid's hair. they are called bunchums. the amazon description warns to keep them away from hair because they become entangled, and parents said that's what happens. the company responded releasing a video showing how to release them from the hair. apparently you should use but the best thing is to just keep it away. >> don't put them in there. [ laughter ] >> i mean some of the stories online are just nightmares. [ laughter ] there's pictures. >> they gotta be. [ laughter ] >>> those adorable pictures and videos of your children may hold the key to your fortune. >> kids turning into social media moneymakers. >> scale from one to ten? >> reporter: this is 9-year-old j

we want to tell you about a shooting in bed-stuy at a subway station. joe beerman is high above in skyfox hd with the latest. what do you know? >> reporter: around 5:15, reports of shots fired, fulton street in the subway here. this is the entrance to the utica avenue a and c station. you can see evidence markers going down the stairs. there were multiple shots fired. police tell us two people were hospital, listed in serious condition. so far, all we know is one gunman still at large. back to you. ernie: all right. joe beerman live for us, thank you. that's what's happening now. nick, there's so much going on. honestly, sometimes we just have to report all these developments. people at home are disturbed by the events. so are we. but it is what it is. we have a positive attitude. nick: we have to keep that positive attitude. ernie: somewhere somehow. we try our best. there's always hope nick: the weather was positive today. it was decent. a little cooler as we expected. ernie: it's november. nick: today is what it should feel like in november. a beauti

the lafayette avenue street sign at the intersection in bed- stuy has an extra y in it. and residents say the sign needs to be fixed. >> and it's hilarious but i am -- it's nothing unusual and a lot of things are misspelled around here. >> and supposedly change it. >> the department of transportation has not said when that sign will be replaced. >> lafayette, right?

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police say he pulled out a gun and tried to rob a plain clothes detective near monroe street in bed-stuy. police also arrested a 16-year-old boy. a third suspect is still on the loose. >>> a 9-year-old girl is dead after being mauled by a pit bull. the little girl was playing with two friends at a home in elmont in nassau county when the dog attacked. a police officer shot and killed the animal. police arrested the owner for violating a protection of order in a different case. >>> also topping our news this half hour, a community in manhattan is mourning an elderly woman struck and killed by a taxi. louisa rosario as everyone's grandmother. she was killed this morning as she crossed 109th street on the upper west side. the 11th pedestrian to be killed in a week. >> eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim has the story. >> to me she meant a lot. she's an amazing lady. every time she used to see me she was always telling me good things. she wanted me to do better for myself. >> reporter: to vargas, she was like a mother. 88-year-old louisa rosario struck and killed while crossing the street ea

dari: back here at home, we have developing news out of bed-stuy, rook lynn, police searching for a suspect who shot two men walk mooing the subway station this happened earlier tonight. miss say a 27-year-old man is in critical condition. a 45-year-old man has serious but nonlife-threatening injuries. the trains are bypassing the subway station, tonight, while the police are conducting their investigation. steve: all right, pretty frightening moments in garfield, new jersey. am out-of-control suv plug mood the water. over midland avenue late this afternoon. once pulled this the male driver to safety. he was treated for minor injuries. at this point why he lost control in the first mace remains unclear. dari: bobby jindal the louisiana for is out tef dop race for president. jindal told fox news tonight, doing with is not my time. "hes are said that is not ready to endorse another candidate. support the eventual republican nominee. 14 candidating are still in. alright. the worst kept secret. today, charlie sheen went public the hi diagnosis. as dan bowen tells us, the actor's confession come

skyfoxhd over the scene at the ralph avenue station in bed-stuy. 29-year-old stanley gray randomly attacked two straphangers cutting head. he ran off and was caught a short time later. he has been charged. the in jr. are i haves are we're told are not life threatening. >> the federal corruption trial of the form ter state assembly speaker is underway. at one time, silvers a considered to be the albany. now the fate lies in the hands of a jury which has to decide whether he is fill i of take millions in kickbacks. lisa ever has more. reporter: the bribery and a corruption trial of sheldon silver got underway in federal court in lower manhattan. with opening statements were both sides. assistant manhattan u.s. attorney went allege as silver used the government position to stare cli cent to law frms but then rewardedded him for the business nearly $4 million in kickbacks. fox news legalp analyst explains. p so the prosecutor has to stand in front of the jury and say, lig, had sheldon silver not done the lit calm favors. had sheldon silver not curing cancer, wee have never gotten these $4 milli

one of the suspects, a 20-year-old man, point adgun at a detective in bed-stuy. that officer fired a shot and the man was wounded. the suspect's weapon was a bb gun. second suspect was arrested. third is still in the news. >>> the nassau county district attorney is considering charges bull attacked and killed a little girl. 28-year-old carlyle arnold was arrested yesterday and then charged on an unrelated matter. investigators have not determined if he was at home when amiyah dunston was mauled to death while playing in a friend's backyard. >> she was a phenomenal girl. touched many lives with her presence, smile, and laughs. we thank you for your support and prayer. please let us mourn our terrible tragic loss. thank you. >> police officer tried to save the girl. he shot and killed the dog when it lunged. investigators are also trying to figure out what, if anything, provoked the dog. >>> she's been running for president since last spring but tonight hillary clinton officially a candidate for the nation's first primary in new hampshire. clinton dropping by the s

the lafayette avenue of malcom x boulevard in bed-stuy has an extra y in it. the sign, of course, needs to be fixed. >> and it's hilarious but i am -- it's nothing unusual. a lot of things are misspelled around here. >> and supposed to change it. >> and the city department of transportation has not yet said when that sign will be replaced. >> someone forgot to copy it. >> uh-huh. >>> and from culture to new york, one of the most unique plays in the world and john montone is on the move with a challenge. >> he wants you to finish this sentence. -- sentence. in new york, you will find -- . >> diversity. >> on the sidewalk. >> will they ban the self- balancing scooters. what? i can't ride them anymore. >> only in new york i would walk down the street and walk into john montone. >> i don't get out that much. i stay close in the city. >> it's cool, though. you talked to me. >> move over. >> move over. >> yes. >> and -- . >> y saw him down there once. he was in the movie "the big lebowski." >> yes. >> and i know it's cool. i met john turtur, on when he played basket

in bed-stuy, brooklyn, meg baker, cbs 2 news. . >>> a new call for help in a cold case. police have identified two prime suspects who are close to the victim but they need help if they are going to solve the case. lou young with the story from pleasantville in westchester county. >> reporter: a tree grows in graham hill park marking the time that's passed since the murder. plaque names the victim stabbed and beater thomas dorr. in 20 years it's grown tall like a call for justice that will not be silenced. >> we believe somebody out there knows something. >> reporter: the well liked volunteer firefighter died during a blizzard in january of 1996. his blood mingled with the deepening snow as the wind erased the killer's footprints. he lived nearby with his wife jane and her 15-year-old son from a previous marriage. though claim dorr was the victim of a random attack. police have another theory. >> the stepson was addicted do asked for the car to go to buy drugs and mr. dorr denies that. >> reporter: the random crime scenario didn't make sense to police. the family said tom

the building in bed-stuy has been around since the 1890s. it was once a school and rectory. the director of catholic charities converted it to housing for formerly homesless adults and how for veterans. >> you couldn't come down this basement, above it was a large auditorium that had been abandoned. so we brought in the architects and engineers and they came up with a creative plan of how they could take the auditorium space and make two floors out of it. >> reporter: the renovation was funded by private donations with state and federal funds. in order to get in, residents had to have recently assistance vouchers from the v.a. hundreds of applications piled up for the 22 apartments. >> huge demand. and just so much for it. >> reporter: the number of homeless veterans on the streets of new york city is on the decline. >> in the january 2014 count, it was 1558. recently, around eight or nine hundred. >> reporter: but there's a lot more work to be done. >> shelters are the band-aid. you need the permanent. >> reporter: the new residents move in at the end of the month. catholic

train in bed-stuy brooklyn, this is near ralph avenue. we're told that none of the injuries are life-threatening. that's the good news, northbound c. trains are running express and police are right now searching for a 30- year-old man they believe was involved in this stabbing. wearing all denim and he fled the scene after the stabbing but again, four people have been stabbed. in the -- ralph avenue c -- train subway line. we're going to continue to follow all the developments and much more on this as soon as we get more information. >>> new plan to increase rail traffic and ease congestion under the hudson river may get help from an old plan. the gateway project could be done sooner if the route laid out for the access to the region's core or a. r. c. project is used. new jersey governor chris christie answered it in to -- canceled it in 2010. and amtrak says the tunnel route already received required requiremental approvals. >>> the -- environmental approvals. the holiday lights are coming back to jones beach for a second straight year.

how old bed-stuy look if we hadn't done that? if african-americans had the same access to the social safety net when we made all those great reforms in the '40s and the late '30s? what would be the difference then? what would the world have looked like if we had not, you know, made a decision to only offer unionized labor to certain people? what would the world look like? what is the percentage of african-americans on fire department right now? i know they've made some efforts, but at one point it was, like, some depressingly low number. what would the world have looked like without that vim nation -- discrimination? my argument has been of late that that adds up. and so when you start on the level of, like, looking at fort green and saying, you know, what the hell is going on here? how come black folks can't hold on to anything here? but, see, it was game, set and match 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago. you're too late. you are in the fourth quarter with two minutes left, and you're trying to, you know, win game, and you're on your own