ICYMI: Gala Fresh Farms Opens, Parent Threatened With Arrest, Another Waterfront Land Deal
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.
- Gala Fresh Farms opened their new location on Ocean Avenue this week.
- Another P.S. 193 educator threatened to have a parent arrested.
- A burglar posing as a Con Ed worker robbed an 81-year-old woman at knifepoint.
- Three properties on Sheepshead Bay Road were sold for $3.66 million.
- More “Mobi” mats are coming to Coney Island this summer.
- A murder suspect was busted at the Coney Island subway station when cops saw him spitting on the tracks.
- A driver ran over a man in Midwood during a fight.
- Cops are offering a $2,500 reward for a man who terrorized a local convenience store.
- A brush fire threatened homes in Gerritsen Beach.
- Senator Martin Golden hosted a panel discussion about the escalating heroin epidemic in Brooklyn.
- A woman was hospitalized after being dragged by a car during an argument.
- Police are searching for a missing Coney Island man.
- A bill introduced by City Councilman Chaim Deutsch would protect seniors from telephone scams.
- Legislators collected more than 1,000 signatures opposing the Bragg Street halfway house.
- Wahlburgers will host a rooftop viewing party for the season premiere of their reality TV show.
- Burglars stole a snowblower from a neighbors driveway.
- A thief swiped a woman’s purse from Masal Cafe.