ICYMI: Intolerable ‘Dirty Diaper’ Smell, New Uzbek Restaurant, Pushback Against Halfway House

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• The “dirty diapers” smell from the Knapp Street wastewater treatment plant has become intolerable, neighbors say.
• A new Uzbek restaurant, Tandoori, has opened on Coney Island Avenue.
• A congregation is still stuck in an abandoned Burger King on Knapp Street while they wait for their mosque to be completed.
• Opposition to the proposed halfway house on Bragg Street is gaining momentum.
• One of the ringleaders of the largest no-fault auto insurance scam ever uncovered was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
• City Councilmembers have rallied around an effort to landmark the Riegelmann Boardwalk.
• The City Planning Commission approved the mayor’s controversial zoning proposals, which now move to the City Council.
• Cops on a bagel run were caught on video holding up an MTA bus.
• Students at P.S. 255 donated more than 1,500 socks to local women’s shelters.
• A former Brighton Beach resident was charged with stealing more than $750,000 from a property management company.
• Conservationists say the state’s plan to eliminate Sheepshead Bay’s mute swans is based on “weak” science.
• If you’ve ever considered visiting a Russian Banya, here’s what it’s like.
• B & Q service was temporarily suspended after a tree fell across the tracks.
• A burglar snuck through a window and snagged jewelry and cash, cops said.
• Local politician called out Governor Andrew Cuomo for using seniors as political pawns.
• Rowdy hoodlums roughed up a Coney Island man during an attempted robbery.
• A theif used a stolen credit card to raid a woman’s bank account.