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Brooklyn's posh communities see spike in crime

While overall the number of murders, rapes and burglaries has gone down in Brooklyn since last year, several usually quiet neighborhoods are experiencing a crime surge. According to NYPD ComStat sheets,

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Mar 14, 2009, 1:27 PM

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