Brooklyn Today: ICE attempts 2 raids in Sunset Park

Neither raid resulted in arrests

July 16, 2019 Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn Heights. Photo courtesy of @iwyndt

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THE LEDE: Good morning! ICE officers attempted two raids on undocumented Brooklynites in Sunset Park Saturday, but neither resulted in arrests. The city had been prepping for potential raids since President Trump hinted that they would be coming to 10 cities across the country. But with media outlets reporting the raids would be occurring Sunday, Brooklyn — as well as East Harlem — was hit early.

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THE RUNDOWN

~ ALLEGED MIDWOOD ARSONIST INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER: Brooklyn’s district attorney announced on Monday attempted murder and arson charges against a 41-year-old Pennsylvania man for intentionally setting fire to a rabbi’s home in Midwood.

~ BED-STUY TENANTS FIGHT TO RESTORE RENT RIGHTS: Tenants of a Bedford-Stuyvesant building filed an appeal on Thursday accusing their landlord of harassment, renewing a two-year battle to prevent their rent-stabilization status from being eliminated.

~ ICE ATTEMPTS TWO RAIDS IN SUNSET PARK: One of the raids reportedly was at the home of a family of seven who did not open the door for the ICE officials, a source told the Brooklyn Eagle.

~ ICE CREAM WAR CHURNS AT FOOT OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE: Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory is moving back to the Fulton Ferry area at the entrance of Brooklyn Bridge Park. The dessert shop’s new location is right across the street from the landmarked Marine Fire Boat Station, where Ample Hills Creamery is moving in.

~ CONEY CORNER TO BE CO-NAMED FOR BROOKLYN COP KILLED IN 1941: On a Saturday night in 1941, Patrolman Leon Fox was gunned down on the job. On Monday, more than 75 years later, he was memorialized at the corner of West 12th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, not far from where he was shot.

~ JURY BEGINS DELIBERATIONS IN TRIAL OF CANARSIE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT AN FBI AGENT: During closing arguments Monday in Ronell Watson’s trial in Brooklyn Federal Court before Magistrate Judge William F. Kuntz, prosecutors and defense attorneys painted starkly different circumstances that led to the shooting of FBI agent Christopher Harper.

~ PROTESTERS PROMISE ESCALATING ACTION TO COMBAT CLIMATE POLICY: A newly-formed Park Slope climate advocacy group marched through Prospect Park on Saturday morning with signs, flyers and promises of escalating action.

~ A SUNDAY IN COFFEY PARK: In 1915, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle took a stroll through Coffey Park and noted the ways that “Red Hook Point” was changing. More than a century later, Red Hook is still changing — at least according to the locals spending a Sunday in Coffey Park.

MORE BROOKLYN NEWS

~ Federal prosecutors, including Richard Donoghue of Brooklyn, plan to meet with Eric Garner’s family this morning. (SFGate)

~ “How U.S. Child Care Is Segregated: A Brooklyn Tale” (CityLab)

~ Here’s a look inside Jeffery Epstein’s Coney Island Jewish childhood. (Forward)

~ U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris lambasted President Trump at a fundraiser at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg. (WSJ)

~ Here’s how much money City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Council SpeakerCorey Johnson and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams have raised so far in their 2021 mayoral campaigns. (New York Post)

~ “Struggling with School Overcrowding and Large Class Sizes, City Advances $8.8 Billion Plan.” (Gotham Gazette)

STAFF PICKS

~ READ: “Kicked Off the Land: Why so many black families are losing their property.” (The New Yorker)

~ EAT: Here are the 35 best brunch restaurants in New York City, including nine spots in Brooklyn. (Thrillist)

~ THINK: The founder of the National Domestic Workers Alliance writes that nannies and house cleaners deserve federal labor protections, and a new bill from U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris would do just that. (NYT)

~ CARTOON: ICE expands its handcuff collection. (The Week)

WHAT’S HAPPENING

6:00PM — What’s in Your Faucet? Climate Change and New York City’s Water Supply at New York Public Library. Details.

7:30PM — Alexander Tilney and Jennifer Egan at Greenlight Bookstore. Details.

8:00PM — Secret Science Club Presents Ocean Researcher Vicki Ferrini at The Bell House. Details.

THE WRAP

⌛ ON THIS DAY

In 1919, the Eagle reported, “Rain prevented the first flight in The Eagle’s newspaper delivery by airplane today. The trip to Hempstead and Freeport will be made on July 21. Flying in wet weather to fixed objectives, such as the parks selected, is unsafe in the present stage of airplane development.”

📔 IMPRINT

Felicity Jones graces the latest cover of Love Magazine.

👑 ROYAL WATCH

Take a look at all of the photos of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle at Wimbledon. (Town & Country)

🏀 SPORTS

“Bob Myers on Kevin Durant’s Departure: ‘Guys Like Him Don’t Come Along Too Often’” (Sports Illustrated)

BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to Gareth Bale, Pinchas Zukerman, Ruben Blades, Jayma Mays, Stewart Copeland, Mark Indelicato, Corey Feldman, Michael Flatley and Will Ferrell!

Brooklyn Today’s editor is Scott Enman. Contact him at [email protected].