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Former 68th Precinct Station House and Stable
From NYDailyNews.com:
A long-abandoned Sunset Park police precinct is at the center of a feud between city landmark officials demanding emergency repairs and the nonprofit owners begging for grants and breaks on mounting fines to help restore the crumbling building.
The former 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable, built in 1886 at the southwest corner of Fourth Ave. and 43rd St., has sat abandoned since it was last used to house officers in 1970.
LL Cool J Takes Down Burglar in His Home
Law enforcement sources told the gossip site TMZ that the 42-year-old rapper turned TV military cop was woken by a noise at about 2 a.m. and found the intruder downstairs.
LL, aka James Todd Smith, confronted the would-be burglar, left him with a few bruises as a memento and detained him for the police. The suspect will be charged with burglary, cops said.