🌱 Sunset Park Daily: For Sale + Weekend Bomb Cyclone + Robbed

Morning, Sunset Park! It's Friday, so let me, Diane Witek, get you started with everything you need to know going on in Sunset Park today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 48, low: 43.

Here are the top stories today in Sunset Park:

1. Here are five Sunset Park area open houses for you to scope out. Patch provides you with a glimpse of what is available such as one in the Brooklyn area with 2 beds and 2 baths for $1.7 million, and another in the Brooklyn area with 1 bed and 1 bath for $328,000. (Sunset Park Patch)
2. A strong storm track will bring heavy rain, possible snow and high winds to New York City by early Saturday, forecasters warn. "Winds could gust as high as 33 mph," the forecast states. "Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible." (Patch)
3. The NYPD are searching for a suspect who robbed and beat a 91-year-old man in Brooklyn on Monday. The victim was waiting for a ride on his stoop in Midwood when he was approached by the suspect asking for money. The victim handed him $4 before the suspect attacked him with a cane and went through his pockets. (Audacy)

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— Diane Witek

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