ICYMI: Opulent New Market In Brighton Beach, CB15 Member Arrested, Educator Accused Of Punching Student
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- An educator at a District 75 school in Brighton Beach was arrested for allegedly “punching out” an autistic student.
- Gourmanoff, Brighton Beach’s opulent new supermarket, has opened up in the Millenium Theater building.
- A Community Board 15 member was arrested as part of a $1 million Medicaid fraud bust.
- Blinoff Creperie, on Coney Island Avenue, is now open.
- Randazzo’s updated their iconic lobster sign, and it looks pretty darn cool.
- The NYPD installed two security cameras in Manhattan Beach.
- A Marine Park man was sentenced to prison time for shooting into a crowd of rowdy teens in 2011.
- Pesticides being sprayed in New York City parks may be linked to cancer.
- The NYPD launched a two-week long crackdown on bike-related offenses, including for drivers who block the bicycle lane.