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Leslie Albrecht

Reporter/Producer @ReporterLeslie Contact

Leslie Albrecht is a reporter/producer covering Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Gowanus.

She’s glad to be back in New York after a four-year stint working as a newspaper reporter at the Merced Sun-Star and the Modesto Bee in California’s Central Valley, where she covered City Hall, crime, breaking news and real estate.

Leslie has written about the trial of a gang member who murdered a police officer, the foreclosure crisis and people looking for love at the rodeo.

She received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she wrote about drug-addicted moms hoping to get their kids out of foster care. She also worked on a documentary about a union trying to organize workers at a gourmet grocery store.

Before Columbia, she lived in San Francisco, where she worked at nonprofits and ate a lot of burritos. She graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.

Fun Fact: Leslie worked as a waitress at EuroDisney where she learned how to say “apple juice” in several languages.


 
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October 11, 2016

Pork Slope closed and Thistle Hill Tavern will shutter as Dale Talde and partners open a new venture.

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October 11, 2016

The married actors, who have two children, bought a six-bedroom house for $6 million.

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October 10, 2016

Police found weapons, cocaine and cash during an early morning search of a St. John's Place brownstone.

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October 7, 2016

The city says it wants to preserve jobs and create housing in Gowanus.

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October 7, 2016

Crime is down 11 percent in the 78th Precinct this year, according to NYPD stats.

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October 5, 2016

The building will house 30,000 square feet of light industrial space, the architect said.

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October 5, 2016

The arena's green roof stands out in a view from outer space.

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October 5, 2016

P.S. 118 is ditching homework in favor of play-based learning.