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1984: Enter the Crack Era

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“Crack killed everything.” –Nas, 2012 It was a chilly spring night in 1984 and I was returning uptown from my cashier job at Miss Brooks, a fast food coffee shop located near 56th Street and 6th Avenue. Working from 3 PM to 11 PM, after closing time a few of the staff usually went out for drinks. By 2 AM, I would down one more pint of brew before walking over to 57th Street with the short order cook Xavier. We both lived on 151st Street off Broa…
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CrimeReads broke the news in on Friday, May 16, 2025.
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