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.