This Week In BKLYNER: Beastie Boys BK, Bomb Scare Sunday, Rabbit Lady Kiss-Off, And More
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• Bomb squad rushes to 5th Avenue in Park Slope after suspicious object discovered.
• Quintet of new restaurants playing soon on Slope’s 5th Avenue.
• Pinball Wizard Alert: Rock Shop on 4th Avenue morphs from live music venue to whiskey and flippers hangout.
• Gowanus ‘Rabbit Lady’ convicted of 100 counts of animal abuse.
• Man sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting kids in Prospect Park.
• Help Greenlight Bookstore open their doors on Flatbush Avenue.
• String of citywide illegal ATM withdrawal ‘skimming’ comes to Park Slope.
• Duo shoots duo near Commodore Barry Park, police say.
• Dining Review: Sunken Hundred’s menu is a treasure.
• ‘No One Has Ever Asked If We Even Want It’: Prickly public responds to 16 Miles of BQX Streetcar proposal.
• Check Your Hate: Senator Squadron, Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock lead rally after hate graffiti found at Adam Yauch Park.
• First of unsolved attempted rapes in area took place seven months ago.
• 4,000 Trees Grow in Brooklyn: Spencer Finch’s public art installation, ‘Lost Man Creek’.
The Down-Lows from this week, our new round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn.
• Monday, November 21: We love and miss Sharon Jones and other stories you shouldn’t miss.
• Tuesday, November 22: Naughty nutcracking and other stories you shouldn’t miss.