5 Brooklyn Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — The first week of 2017 has gotten off to an exciting start. Here are five stories from the past week that made headlines in Brooklyn:

1) City Provides First Details on Homelessness in Sunset Park — The city is renting about 210 rooms for homeless families in Sunset Park hotels, and officials laid out the first known details.

2) Lefferts Gardens Neighbors Standing Up for Displaced Homeless Man — Community members launched an online fundraising campaign to help a disabled Lefferts Gardens homeless man who said the city threw away his crutches and a significant portion of his possessions.

3) Two Suspects, Car Tied to Christmas Flatbush Murder of Ramie Nesbeth — Cops identified two suspects and a car allegedly connected to the Dec. 25 East Flatbush murder of Canarsie dad Ramie Nesbeth. They're asking the public to call with any tips or information about the suspects.

4) Mayor, NYPD Denounce Flippant Rape Comment By Greenpoint Precinct Captain — An insensitive comment about rape made by Greenpoint NYPD precinct captain Peter Rose was blasted on social media and condemned in statements from both the NYPD and the mayor.

5) Brooklyn Federal Prison Guard's Plot To Maim Ex-Wife Caught By Undercover Cops — A federal corrections officer in Brooklyn was caught by undercover cops with a plan to maim his ex-wife and her boyfriend.

Pictured at top: Thomas Harris. Image via Kasia Bednarska on Facebook.