ICYMI: 18th Ave Feast Dates Still Up In The Air, Alleged Rapist Busted In Bensonhurst, Bed Bugs Pose As N-Line Straphangers
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, e-mail us at editor [at] sheepsheadbites [dot] com.
- The date of the 18th Avenue Feast is still up in the air after the city issued a last-minute denial to the organizer’s eight-month-old application to change dates.
- An ex-con was busted in Bensonhurst after allegedly posing as a cop and beating and raping a woman in Sunset Park.
- Oh, hey, bed bugs on the N train. Try not to puke.
- Dunkin’ Donuts coming to Cropsey Avenue?
- Watch out: Bay Ridge groper on the loose.
- A bill to expedite the removal of illegal clothing donation bins is gaining steam.
- Lincoln Center launched a Brooklyn concert series with a beautiful performance at the New Utrecht library.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Brooklyn…
- Former Roberta’s chef is opening The Finch on Greene Ave. [Fort Greene Focus]
- Flatbush Avenue is getting a Gap Factory Store. [Ditmas Park Corner]
- Celebrating five years of good drinks and good sausages at a Fort Green beer hall. [FGF]
- Stop and frisk…your appetite? [Brokelyn]
- A man was charged with stealing a lawyer’s identity and setting up a phony law firm. [Sheepshead Bites]
- Does getting rid of trash cans actually eliminate trash? [SB]
- A new spot for cemitas and tacos opens in the Gowanus Whole Foods. [Park Slope Stoop]
- Flatbush and Coney Island Avenues set to become slow zones. [SB]
- Guess the next indicted elected official, win a free dinner. [City & State]
- Free rides for kids on the Prospect Park Carousel every Thursday in August! [South Slope News]
- Turns out you can’t call your business Faberge. [SB]
- Brooklyn-born WWII vet who found Hitler’s top hat passes away. [Daily Eagle]
- Brooklyn Proper brings seasonal eats and creative cocktails to Windsor Terrace. [SSN]
- Anthony Weiner is starting a restaurant in the Rockaways. [Daily News]
- The battle of Brooklyn Bridge Park. [NY Times]
- A Brooklyn baby event for the style-conscious. [Daily News]