Author: Jehangir Irani (Jehangir Irani)

Police released a sketch of a man wanted in connection with the rape of a parks department employee, last Thursday. The 20-year-old employee was raped in a playground bathroom by a man wielding a box cutter.

From a rainwater-collection system to a bicycle-powered blender, Habana Outpost – located in Fort Greene – contains numerous eco-friendly features.

Tiferes Yisroel, an all-boys yeshiva in Flatbush, is asking parents to buy software that monitors web browsing, to determine whether or not their children are surfing the Internet for porn. They also recommend sending the monthly browsing reports to a friend outside the family, for review.

New York State Agriculture Commissioner, Patrick Hooker, issued a recall of all alfalfa sprouts processed at Snow White Food Products, located at 621 Bergen Street. Salmonella can be fatal to children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems.

A 29-year-old parks department employee was raped on Thursday morning by a man wielding a box cutter. The incident occurred just after 9 a.m., in St. Andrew’s Playground on Kingston and Atlantic Avenues.

Yoseph Robinson, 34, a Jamaican-born convert to Orthodox Judaism, was shot to death last night in the MB Vineyards liquor store in Midwood. He died while protecting his girlfirend, who was being robbed of her jewelry at gunpoint.

Deputy Sheriff James Smyth, of Brooklyn, was arrested on Wednesday and hit with almost a dozen different charges for allegedly stealing approximately $13,000 from the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association. According to the indictment, Smyth allegedly wrote eight checks to himself, using three of the union’s different bank accounts.

Local blogger, Brownstoner, recently posted photos of freshly painted bike lanes along Furman Street. The new lanes are currently inaccessible, as they run through the sealed-off portions of Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Abdi Farah’s exhibition opened this past Friday, shortly after Mr. Farah won the competition on the Bravo channel’s show, “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.” Along with the winning the right to exhibit, Farah also walked away with $100,000.

Florencia Vasquez was sentenced to 16 years behind bars after pleading guilty to beating her 11-year-old daughter to death with a mop handle in 2008.