🌱 Cops Seek Six Carjackers + Prospect Park Art • Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! It's Thursday, Oct. 21. A half dozen suspects attacked a taxi driver on Oct. 10; they clubbed him from behind and then stole his vehicle. Now you're being asked if you've seen them. We have the details below.

Today's weather: It'll be a perfect autumn day, mostly sunny and warm. High: 74 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. Police are requesting the public's help in apprehending the six suspects who stole a taxi after attacking its driver near the Bed-Stuy border earlier this month. (Patch.com)
2. Prospect Park's Lena Horne Bandshell has been given a multicolored makeover. And you have to see it. (Patch.com)
3. A Brooklyn man is facing charges related to the enticement of two 14 year olds. (Department of Justice)
4. COVID-19 transmission is plunging across NYC — except in one spot. (Brooklyn Paper)
5. A pair of Brooklyn lawyers have pleaded guilty to firebombing an empty police car. (New York City Patch)
6. The Brooklyn Roasting Company is planning an outpost in Brooklyn Heights. (Commercial Observer)

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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Brooklyn Daily? I'm all ears. You can contact me at kevin.phinney@patch.com.