ICYMI: Waldbaum’s Is Closing, Drug Addicts Behind Burglaries, Scammers Cheat Murrow & Madison High Schools
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.
- A new ‘upscale’ grocery chain called Gala Fresh Farms will replace the Ocean Avenue Waldbaum’s.
- Edward R. Murrow and James Madison high schools were victims of a massive multimillion-dollar heating oil scam.
- Police identified James Miro, a Sheepshead Bay resident, as the driver who plunged into the water off Gerritsen Beach.
- The commanding officer from the 61st Precinct said that drug addiction is driving a recent uptick in burglaries.
- A bill to halt the Department of Environmental Conservation’s controversial plan to eradicate the swans in Sheepshead Bay is waiting for the governor’s signature.
- A 12-year-old girl, last seen at her Coney Island home, is still missing.
- Ten percent of Sheepshead Bay residents lack health insurance, an analysis by the comptroller found.
- Cheap, delicious dim sum at the Good Family Bakery.
- Lucy Liu visited the 60th Precinct to film the CBS show “Elementary.”
- A thief pulled a gun at a store employee during a robbery on Neptune Avenue.
- City officials honored two auxiliary police officers for arresting a group of teens involved in an attempted robbery.
- Sheepshead Bay’s budding writer/director talked about his new film: “How I Became That Jewish Guy.”
- A woman was robbed in broad daylight in the lobby of a Coney Island apartment building.
- Following the tragic death of Officer Randolph Holder, Senator Martin Golden introduced a bill to keep career criminals off the street.
- A burglar stole money and electronics after scaling the fire escape of a building in Brighton Beach.