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Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Carly Miller

Sep 17, 2016 — 1 min read

Sunset over the Verrazano. Photo by Warren Tang

Police called to scene of Community Board 6 meeting after chaos erupts over Citi Bike expansion. [Park Slope Stoop]

Theater Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Nude Tempest’ in Prospect Park as gritty pastoral [NSFW]. [PSS]

Can the East 16th Street zombie lot rise from the dead? [Ditmas Park Corner]

Arsonist caught sparking fire at Newkirk Medical Plaza last night. [DPC]

An ode to the academy restaurant. [Fort Greene Focus]

15-year-old who brought a loaded gun to school faces criminal charges. [FGF]

Fairway coming to Bergen Beach, new development may be close behind. [Sheepshead Bites]

Sheepshead community gathered in Bill Brown park for heartfelt 9/11 memorial service. [SB]

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