ICYMI: Bernie Visits Midwood, Nursery Gets Booted, Severe Flooding

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.

• Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visited his childhood home in Midwood.
• City Councilman Chaim Deutsch demanded greater urgency implementing Sandy-related resiliency projects after southern Brooklyn experienced severe flooding.
• A co-op board tried to jack up rent by 400 percent for a small nursery school before voting not to renew the lease.
• The City Council challenged some of the more controversial proposals in the mayor’s zoning plan.
• Elected officials are called out the mayor for backing a fancy streetcar while ignoring southern Brooklyn’s transit needs.
• The MTA canceled track work this weekend on the Q line because of the sub zero temperatures.
• Cops caught up with two stickup kids using the Find My iPhone app.
• Elected officials urge landlords to open their homes to Sandy victims in order finish work on all homes enrolled in Build it Back.
• James Madison High School students built the borough’s longest plastic bag chain to raise awareness about environmental issues.
• Exploding manholes knocked out power at two businesses near Sheepshead Bay Road.
• The Brooklyn Public Library is lending free laptops while the Brighton Branch closes for renovations.