What Made The Headlines This Week

Monday, April 18, was the final final deadline to file your taxes. But if you were one of the millions of people that failed to file on time, do you know what to do next to avoid penalties? What are the best places in Bed-Stuy to go for a good breakfast sandwich? You say you live where? In Clinton-Stuy? Find out why soon Clinton-Stuy may be a thing of the past. What new business owner is trying to integrate Bed-Stuy’s history into his service offering? What LGBT-friendly sanctuary is raising a few eyebrows?

If you can’t answer all five of these questions, then read on. Bed-Stuy Patch’s “Week In Review,” gives you a chance to rewind on the five biggest stories that made headlines this week.

1.     If you owe taxes and were not able to file your tax return on time or request an extension by the April 18 deadline, you may face interest on any unpaid federal taxes you owe and a failure-to-file penalty, according to the IRS. But click to learn how you may avoid paying penalties altogether.

2.    Sometimes there’s nothing better in the morning than a hot cup of a coffee and a really good breakfast sandwich. Click to read a top-five list of our restaurant writer Gwen Ruelle’s breakfast sandwiches – an eclectic mix of bagel sandwiches, bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches and grilled sandwiches.

3.    Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries thinks the practice of pushing neighborhood boundaries and giving them new nicknames has spiraled out of control. He announced on Monday that he will introduce legislation in the coming weeks, the Neighborhood Integrity Act, that will require the input of local community boards and the neighborhood before a boundary can be redrawn or a neighborhood renamed. Read here for the full story.

4.     Homosexuality is still a taboo topic within most church circles. But one church that is accessible to the Bed-Stuy community, The Unity Fellowship Church-NYC (UFC), has made a point to invite gay people of faith to come out and worship. Read here for the full story and see readers’ feedback.

5.     Michael Zawacki, co-owner of Daily Press -- a French press coffee shop opening up at the end of this month at 505 Franklin Avenue, between Fulton and Hancock -- is attempting to incorporate some the neighborhood's rich history into his venture… and it appears as though he may be on to something great. Click here to read why.