ICYMI: Three Teens Missing, New Zoning Plan, Rally Against Anti-Semitism
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 New York City has come to an agreement on the Mayor’s zoning plan. Here’s what it means for Sheepshead Bay.
- Hundreds gathered at the Holocaust Memorial Park to rally against anti-Semitism.
- A woman hurled racial profanities during her arrest for assaulting a passenger on the Q train.
- Three teenagers were reported missing in Sheepshead Bay during the same week.
- The Third Annual Brooklyn SINGS! competition raised $15,000 for charity.
- Parents at P.S. 193 say the DOE is stonewalling them about a father’s arrest.
- Almost 2,000 buildings in southern Brooklyn are endangered by unpaid debts.
- NY1 recognized a local handyman’s generosity in “New Yorker of the Week.”
- Congresswoman Yvette Clarke urged the Bureau of Prisons to oppose a halfway house on Bragg Street.
- Edward R. Murrow High School’s chess team won the state championship this year.
- Police are searching for a missing Coney Island man.
- City Councilman Chaim Deutsch announced to spring schedule for street repavings.
- City Councilman Mark Treyger wants to introduce legislation to guard against robbers posing as utility workers.
- Robbers smashed through a glass door during a mid-day robbery in Coney Island.
- One woman was hospitalized after her car overturned on Coney Island Avenue.
- The DOT has approved a requested speed bump outside two local schools.