ICYMI: P.S. 193 Teacher Removed, IHOP Opening In Coney Island, Bayfest In Trouble
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- The Department of Education removed a teacher involved in a parent’s controversial arrest at P.S. 193.
- Two shootings in Coney Island on Easter Sunday.
- Elected officials christened the refurbished Cyclone on the opening day of Luna Park.
- Organizers of the 25th Bayfest may have to scale down the event after funds from the City Council and sponsors came up short.
- After a woman asked police at a community council meeting to crack down on drug activity on her block, police arrested her heroin-dealing neighbor.
- The next power outage on your block might be caused by these colorful birds.
- IHOP is expected to open in Coney Island this summer.
- A professor has sued Kingsborough Community College, alleging “systemic anti-Semitism.”
- A crowd-funding campaign seeks to revive Feltman’s, the original Coney Island hot dog.
- A drive-in movie this month will play “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
- Here are the top scams targeting immigrant communities.
- Neighbors shared their stories about living in Sheepshead Bay with the Brooklyn Public Library’s oral history project.
- Volunteer for a cleanup crew at Marine Park!
- A man was caught on camera swiping a package from a neighbor’s doorstep.