ICYMI: Breakdown At Wastewater Plant, Coney Island Amphitheater, Drug Overdose
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.
- The intolerable odor from the Coney Island Wastewater Plant was caused by a breakdown at the facility.
- A stranger grabbed a 14-year-old girl walking home from school.
- A family says a botched diagnosis caused the death of a 47-year-old grandmother at Coney Island Hospital.
- Coney Island’s long-awaited amphitheater is scheduled to open in July.
- A man was found dead outside a vacant home near the Belt Parkway. Police suspect he died of a drug overdose.
- Shaikh’s Place (AKA Donut Shoppe) landed on NY Eater’s list of top donut destinations in the city.
- Meet the Aviator Ice Dazzlers, Brooklyn’s synchronized ice skating team.
- A 30-year-old woman died in a basement fire on Homecrest Avenue.
- Sheepshead Bay native Lauren Profeta was named director of development for Answer the Call – The New York Police & Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund.
- A burglar went on a shopping spree after snatching a wallet from an unlocked apartment.
- Cops are searching for a missing 21-year-old Coney Island woman.
- Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz reintroduced a bill to save Sheepshead Bay’s swans.
- A 75-year-old Marine Park resident went missing after leaving home to park his car. Cops say he is now home and safe.
- Bayfest organizers are looking for volunteers and sponsors.