This Week In BKLYNER: LIRR Derails, Polar Bear Plunge, Food Coop Members Arrested & More

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• BKLYNER To Expand Borough Coverage In 2017

• Downtown Brooklyn: LIRR Train ‘Derails’ At Atlantic Terminal; Mayor de Blasio Absent From Scene

• Prospect Park: Police Identify Teen Found Dead In Prospect Park Lake

• Sheepshead Bay: Sheepshead Bay’s Masal Cafe To Open Massive Indoor Playground

• Ditmas Park: Teen Arrested For Attempted Rape In Ditmas Park Elevator

• Marine Park: Two Southern Brooklyn Traffic Fatalities In First Three Days Of 2017

• Coney island: Man Kidnapped In Coney Island Was Convicted Murderer In Debt To Assailants

• Coney Island: 21-Story Apartment & Retail Complex Could Tower Over Coney Island Boardwalk

• Bensonhurst: It’s Always A ‘Good Day’ For Cantonese Cuisine In Bensonhurst

• Coney Island: 2017, Not A Dry Run: Best Photos From Coney Island’s Polar Bear Plunge

• Kensington: Blaze Destroys Four Ocean Parkway Apartments; Possible Asbestos May Stall Cleanup

• Clinton Hill: Plainclothes NYPD Officers Fatally Shoot Teen In Clinton Hill; Second Police-Involved Shooting In 24 Hours

• Sunset Park: Popular Café Zona Sur Syncs With Sunset Park Community

• Park Slope: Accused Of Pilfering 18K In Groceries, Cops Arrest Park Slope Food Coop Members

• Ditmas Park: “I’m No Hero”: Community Thanks Muslim Teen Who Defended Jewish Woman Attacked On Q Train

• Sunset Park: Fire Scorches Building Next Door To Sunset Park Daycare Center

• Cobble Hill: Feces And ‘Hate Mail’ Sent To Cobble Hill Professor Involved In Ivanka Trump Plane Flight Dust-up