ICYMI: Body Found Near Kingsborough, Fire On Voorhies, Locals Demand Halt To Traffic Plan
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- Neighbors demanded DOT immediately halt the traffic reconfiguration plan on Sheepshead Bay Road.
- Police identified the body found wearing “cement shoes” on the shore outside Kingsborough Community College.
- Five people were hospitalized when a fire consumed a building on Voorhies Avenue.
- The City Council passed a controversial shopping bag fee.
- The developer behind the 40-story tower to be built over the Trump Village Shopping Center is under fire from neighbors.
- There’s a burger in Brighton Beach guaranteed to bed down even the most ravenous appetite.
- Ex-congressman Michael Grimm got released early from prison.
- A Coney Island teen has been convicted of murder for a fire that killed on police officer.
- Police rescued a man from a sinking kayak just off Coney Island.
- The City Council passed a bill to protect Sandy victims from sanitation and DOB fines.
- Two bandits robbed a Brighton Beach spa.
- Kingsborough announced the lineup of their summer concert series.
- Two cyclists robbed $30,000 worth of jewelry from a Gravesend home.
- Charles Denson’s new film shows the evolution of the historic Child’s Restaurant.
- Brooklyn’s Chinese American community now has its own ambulance company.
- A new corner store opened on Sheepshead Bay Road.
- City Councilman Mark Treyger demanded the city purchase a shuttered property for community use.