NYC hookah lounge where 12 were shot Sunday was scene of gunfire last year

New York Post

9 hours ago

The Brooklyn hookah lounge where three people were killed and nine others wounded early Sunday was right at the scene of another shooting less than a year ago.
Cops were called to gunfire on the street outside the Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue near Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights at 4:07 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2024, AMNY reported at the time.
Officers from the 71st Precinct responding to a 911 call about the shooting found the victim, a 28-year-old man, with multiple gunshot wounds to his arm.
Two suspects were seen fleeing in unknown directions after the shooting.
A Brooklyn hookah lounge where 12 people were shot Sunday was the scene of a previous shooting in November.
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The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was listed in a stable condition.
On Sunday, the same spot was at the center of another shooting investigation after three men, ages 19, 27 and 35, were killed when a dispute inside the crowded club turned deadly.
The business opened in 2022 and serves American and Caribbean plates with a full bar, hookah and DJs.
Sunday's shooting left three people dead.
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Previously, the space was occupied by a business called Koala Cafe, selling coffees, sandwiches and protein shakes.
On Sunday, Taste of the City Lounge was being listed as permanently closed on Google.
A website for the business also appeared to have been taken down.