ICYMI: Amphitheater Completed, Shark Fishing Competition, New Food At Roll-N-Roaster
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have any news tips, story ideas, questions or anything else, email us at editor@sheepsheadbites.com.
- Anglers hauled more than a dozen toothy trophies into Sheepshead Bay during an annual shark fishing competition.
- Construction crews barely completed work on the new Coney Island Amphitheater in time for the first concert.
- Roll-N-Roaster serves panini, Italian ice and hot dogs at new outdoor window.
- Former Borough President Marty Markowitz toured is dream, the newly constructed Coney Island Amphitheater, during a formal ribbon cutting ceremony.
- Police recovered a pistol and shell casings after gunshots were reported near Gravesend gang graffiti.
- State Senator Marty Golden announced the lineup for his free summer concert series.
- Police are searching for a missing Sheepshead Bay man.
- Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz hailed recently signed legislation to combat the heroin and opioid crisis.
- A teen shouted an anti-Semitic remark before hurling a rock at a passing car in Midwood, police say.
- An audit shows several local daycares failed to test for lead in their water.
- A bill introduced by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein to address “zombie homes” was signed into law.
- A straphanger snapped a photo of a man who allegedly masturbated on the N train.
- A mosque in Brighton Beach hosted police officers for Ramadan.
