ICYMI: Playground Overrun By Criminal Activity, Drowning In Sheepshead Bay, West Nile Virus In Southern Brooklyn
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.
- Neighbors say that Homecrest Playground, where cops seized a sizable amount of drugs during an arrest this week, has been overrun by illegal activity.
- A man was pinned to the tracks after being struck by a train at the Kings Highway subway station.
- A 52-year-old man returned to his home days after he was reported missing.
- Check out these photos from the 25th Annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest.
- Vanka Cafe’s egg-topped meat schnitzel is the ultimate comfort food.
- Emergency responders rescued a man from drowning who fell into Sheepshead Bay.
- This staycation guide visits some of Sheepshead Bay’s great destinations.
- Police investigated the death of a man who fell from a Trump Village building as a possible suicide.
- Cricket Wireless is moving into a new storefront on Nostrand Avenue.
- Police said a thief snatched a 78-year-old woman’s purse on Avenue O.
- Pesticide trucks sprayed down parts of southern Brooklyn where West Nile-carrying mosquitos have been found.
- Police released surveillance footage of a robber who has been allegedly swiping gold chains in Coney Island.