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CYPRESS HILLS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A teenaged boy was pulled unconscious from the pool at Franklin K. Lane Educational Center in Brooklyn on Monday. The incident happened just after 3 p.m., police ...
Another double shooting rocked Brooklyn on Sunday night as two people, including a teenager, were shot in a Cypress Hills park. The outburst of gun violence was the borough’s third shooting involving ...
Historically, Cypress Hills was a part of New Lots, one of Brooklyn’s former towns. Before being absorbed into New Lots, Cypress Hills was known as Union Place after its popular Union Course ...
Non-sectarian Cypress Hills Cemetery, which was established in 1848, is situated on 225 acres of hilly terrain. Its front entrance is at 833 Jamaica Ave. It is open every day of the year.