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Good Samaritan Saves Man On Train Track | Brooklyn Week In Review

Also: SEE: Brooklyn Museum OY/YO Sculpture Goes Blue For Ukraine + Tensions Mount Over 'Misogynistic' Van + Threes Brewing CEO Steps Down

Here are some share-worthy stories from the Brooklyn Patch network.
Here are some share-worthy stories from the Brooklyn Patch network. (©2018 Deborah Kass/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Tim Lee/Patch; Kayla Levy/Patch; Courtesy of Regan Good)

Brooklyn, NY — Here are some share-worthy stories from the Brooklyn Patch network this week:

Good Samaritan Saves Man Who Fell On Park Slope Train Track: NYPD

The man, who was rolled out of harm's way by a good Samaritan, was one of several people to fall onto NYC subway tracks on Wednesday.

SEE: Brooklyn Museum OY/YO Sculpture Goes Blue For Ukraine

Artist Deborah Kass, whose grandparents are from Ukraine, wrapped half of her iconic sculpture in blue to show solidarity with the country.

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Tensions Mount Over 'Misogynistic' Van Parked By Bed-Stuy School

"As a woman ... you feel really angry, " Regan Good told Patch. "You feel depressed that men still think this stuff."

Neighbors Rush To Clean Up Crown Heights Mural Covered By Ads

"I don't know if this is racism, claiming your spot, or just dumb, " the artist said after seeing ads covering his painting of a Black woman.

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Threes Brewing CEO Steps Down After Anti-Vaccine Mandate Messages

The decision comes after the CEO called vaccine mandates a "crime against humanity" and repeatedly compared them to Nazi laws last month.

Stop Building Parking In BK Developments Near Subways: Officials

Officials said that the city's parking minimums limit affordable housing in Brooklyn and worsen the climate crisis.

Gowanus Rezoning Faces Court Challenge Months After Approval

"This rezoning is rotten to its core, " said Katia Kelly, one of several petitioners suing the city to stop the rezoning. "And it's illegal."

Teen Party Crasher Fatally Stabs Young Man In Gowanus: News, NYPD

"I saw the kid just laying there motionless and all the blood, " a neighbor told the NY Daily News of the aftermath of the stabbing.

Mother, 1-Year-Old Baby Die In Bed-Stuy Fire: NYPD, Reports

The 22-year-old and baby were found after firefighters put out the Agate Court blaze, which is the third fatal fire in Bed-Stuy this year.

Woman's Headless Body Found In Shopping Cart In Brooklyn: NYPD

The body, which also didn't have arms or legs, was discovered in a shopping cart near the East New York border, according to police.

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