The News From Brooklyn This Week

The News From Brooklyn This Week
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After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites.

There’s a Prince tribute in Fort Greene Park this Friday and you should go. [Fort Greene Focus]

‘Rep Your Hood’: Park Slope rapper Pumpkinhead memorialized in passionate street renaming ceremony. [Park Slope Stoop]

Community leaders say they felt ambushed when DOT sprang a Times Square-style plaza in Sheepshead Bay. [Sheepshead Bites]

After tragedies, Sunset Park’s Chinese immigrant families seek parenting classes from local nonprofit. [Sunset Park Voice]

A glorified shed in Gravesend is on the market for a half-million dollars. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Salon to close after hosting memorial this Saturday for Borough Park woman. [PSS]

An unidentified body and street assaults are among the crazier of this week’s Sunset Park crime. [SPV]

Affordable housing lottery at 461 Dean Street Starts Tomorrow! [FGF]

A rumor about a waterfront restaurant’s demise appears to have originated by a massive land deal that eventually fell through. [SB]

Asian American Ambulance service debuts in Brooklyn. [SPV]

The son of a Colombo mob boss was spotted delivering pizza in Dyker Heights. [BB]