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Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Rachel Silberstein

Aug 6, 2016 — 1 min read

Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst Bean

In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have any news tips, story ideas, questions or anything else, e-mail us at editor@bensonhurstbean.com.72nd Precinct & Community Unite For Sunset Park’s “National Night Out. [Sunset Park Voice]Four-legged mystery roams across 6th Street rooftop in Park Slope. [Park Slope Stoop]Walter’s: A tale of fried chicken. [Fort Greene Focus]Jewish ‘Black Lives Matter’ rally electrifies Atlantic Avenue. [PSS]Flatbush landlord indicted for manslaughter over fatal fire. [Ditmas Park Corner]Animal Rights Group Shuts Down Lobster Boil At Industry City [Videos]. [SPV]Addressing past financial woes, assembly woman opens up about cancer battle. [Sheepshead Bites]Gerritsen Avenue has a long history of contention. [SB]’Traffic calming at Times Plaza is key to Flatbush-Atlantic safety plan. [FGF]Star Wars trilogy marathon coming to a theater not far, far away. [DPC]

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