3-Year-Old Falls Out 3rd-Story Window; God Proves His Existence; and More Brooklyn Briefs

She let the door hit her on the way out. http://t.co/4gXKQJ4kK9 Accused shoplifter busts face during escape attempt. pic.twitter.com/WoHVBH7Ttg

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 29, 2015

- A 3-year-old girl fell out the window of third-story apartment in Fort Hamilton Wednesday evening. [NBC]

- A last-ditch effort is underway to save a neighborhood institution, Jesse's Deli in Boerum Hill. [NY1]

- A man named God proved his existence in Brooklyn court after Equifax threatened to deny him credit over his divine name. [Daily News]

- Lindsay Lohan finished her Brooklyn community service after working 125 hours. [amNY]

- Brooklyn Heights' Promenade Gardens will be partially displaced for WiFi equipment. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The New York City Zombie Crawl will stagger through McCarren Park on Sunday evening. [Brooklyn Paper]

- Brooklyn mom makes jewelry out of baby teeth. [DNAinfo]

- Bill and Chelsea Clinton’s first appearances on the campaign trail will come at Hillary Clinton’s first formal rally on June 13. [Politico]

- Tracy Morgan settled his lawsuit against Walmart on Wednesday, following fatal car crash that left the actor seriously injured and an associate dead. [Slate]

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All Veterans Are Invited to March In the Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade

Photo by Cristian Ramírez

The Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade, now in its 147th year, is one of the oldest Memorial Day parades in the nation. This year it will kick off at 11:00 AM on May 26.

Parade Factoids:

* Parade takes off afrom87th Street and Third Ave., goes to Marine Ave. then up to Fourth Ave. and over to John Paul Jones Park, for a memorial service that includes a Wreath Laying, Flag Raising, Playing of Taps and a 21 gun-salute by Soldiers from the US Army Fort Hamilton Garrison.

* The Veterans of Foreign Wars will lead all Brooklyn Veteran Service Organizations: the Kings County American Legion, Catholic War Veterans, Jewish War Veterans, Korean War Veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans, Women Veterans, Gulf War Veterans, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Brooklyn “Key Chapter” American Ex-Prisoners of War, United War Council of New York, and Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans, Wounded Warriors, the NYPD and FDNY.

* Antique fire trucks and autos will also be featured in the parade, along with Boy and Girl Scouts, Sea Cadets, Explorers and many Brooklyn High School bands.

* Special guests are Military Service Dogs and their handlers. 

 * The 2014 Grand Marshal will be Gold Star Mothers.

* The Deputy Grand Marshal will be the families of the Fort Hamilton Military Community.

* Reviewing Officer is Colonel Eluyn Ginés, Commander, US Army Garrison Fort Hamilton.


More at www.brooklynmemorialdayparade.com

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NYPD Checks Out Suspicious Package Near Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Dekalb Ave & Carlton Ave ESU & NYPD on scene with a suspicious package, Bomb Squad being requested to the scene.
— NY Scanner (@NYScanner) February 12, 2014

From NY Scanner: A block away from Fort Greene Park, NYPD on the scene checking out a suspicious package.

Bomb Squad  requested. 12:32 a.m. early Wednesday.

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Cops Shot on Fort Hamilton N Train; Suspect Dead

Photo: Jim Henderson, Wikimedia

A police officer was shot three times and another was hit in his vest when two transit officers were attacked by a man on the Manhattan-bound N train at the Fort Hamilton stop in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, according to a number of news sources.

The officers stopped the man who was walking illegally between cars; he then started shooting at them. As subway riders screamed and scattered, the officers returned fire, killing the man.

Police believe the suspect purposely fired below the bulletproof vests of the officers, 1010 WINS’ Carol D’Auria reported. The most seriously injured officer was shot in both thighs and in the scrotum.

Both officers have been taken to Lutheran Hospital.

More about this story at the NY Daily News.

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