Monday, March 21, 2016

Chris Christie in Brooklyn; Ditmas Park Slasher Caught; and More Brooklyn Briefs


- NJ Gov. Chris Christie spotted in Brooklyn in the Notre Dame locker room during the NCAA tournament. [Twitchy]

- Protesters rally amid allegations of child sex abuse at Brooklyn yeshiva. [Newsweek] via [PIX11]

- Cops have arrested the man who randomly slashed a woman in the neck in Ditmas Park earlier this month. [Daily News]

- Hospital staff are trying to find someone who knows this man before they pull the plug. [Instagram]

- Helen Simonson, Brooklyn Heights author of “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand,” will be reading from her eagerly awaited second novel “The Summer Before the War”  on Tuesday at BookCourt. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- The City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio have reached an agreement on zoning plan — Here’s what it means for Sheepshead Bay. [Sheepshead Bites]

- The heartless man who stole a charity box earlier this week from Bagelsa restaurant in Borough Park has been identified as a 37-year-old Hispanic man with a long criminal history. [JP Updates]

- Offshore wind farms coming soon to NY coast, less than 20 miles from Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

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