ICYMI: 18th Ave Feast Kicks Off, Rabies Alert Issued, 25th Anniversary Of Yusef Hawkins’ Death

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• The 18th Avenue Feast kicked off on Thursday and is now in full swing!
• Bensonhurst is on a rabies watch after a raccoon that tussled with feral cats tested positive for the disease.
• The 25th anniversary of Yusef Hawkins’ death passed this week, and several people involved in the incident spoke out.
• A Coney Island man and expectant father was shot dead near a playground.
• Bath Avenue has a new restaurant and hookah lounge, Lutzina.
• Cops are looking to identify a woman who passed bank tellers a note that read “Fill envelope with 100s or I will shoot.”