‘Round Brooklyn: The Best Stories From Your Favorite Borough

‘Round Brooklyn: The Best Stories From Your Favorite Borough
(Photo via jesuisvegan / instgram)
(Photo via jesuisvegan / instgram)

With a long weekend ahead of you, now’s a great chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some highlights from our sister sites this week.

23-year-old woman escapes attempted rape near 7th Avenue; cops release footage [Video]. [Park Slope Stoop]

Con artists targeting Asian women with “cursed jewelry” curse again, say cops. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Suspect in beating of teens outside Sunset Park mosque surrenders. [Sunset Park Voice]

Deniz Restaurant: comfort food on the Med. [Fort Greene Focus]

The principal at a Midwood elementary school has been replaced after an outcry over a father’s arrest. [Sheepshead Bites]

Deniz Restaurant: comfort food on the Med [FGF]

4th Avenue flips out again (In a real estate way). [PSS]

A community weeps for Louis Barbati, slain owner of L&B Spumoni Gardens. [BB]

This hole-in-the-wall Brighton Beach bodega has some of the best tacos in New York City. [SB]

The 5 best places to have brunch in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill [FGF]