Man Robs Same Bodega 4 Times, Police Say | NYC Top Stories

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Here are the top five stories around New York City:

1. A pair of restaurants and a longtime coffee shop — all in Lenox Hill — suddenly shuttered around the new year. (Read more on Patch.)

2. Police have named the five people who died in an early New Year's Day crash along a Queens expressway. (Read more on Patch.)

3. A promised crackdown on vendors along the iconic Brooklyn Bridge began Wednesday, as city officials unveiled a new rule and crews hauled off sellers' tables. (Read more on Patch.)

4. One Brooklyn bodega was robbed four times last month by the same regimented burglar, police said. (Read more on Patch.)

5. A teenager shot dead in a NYCHA development in Brooklyn is the city's second reported murder victim in 2024, police said. The shooter remains on the loose, according to officials. (Read more on Patch.)