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Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Donny Levit

Sep 3, 2016 — 1 min read

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Residents question status of 24th street hotel currently housing homeless families. [Sunset Park Voice]

Community mourns Flatbush teen stabbed to death at Cornel University. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Coney Island’s Wahlburgers sued for wage theft, and other labor violations. [Sheepshead Bites]

Trader Joe’s delays City Point opening until 2017. [Fort Greene Focus]

No caffeine withdrawal for Park Slope: New Starbucks, Everyman Espresso, and Uptown Roasters coming this fall. [Park Slope Stoop]

Ocean Parkway — the revolutionary road. [SB]

Flatbush hair artists celebrate one year on Nostrand Avenue. [DPC]

Six-story building to replace New Sapolo Restaurant in Clinton Hill. [FGF]

Kids learn how to build a sustainable Brooklyn in school. [PSS]

Colson Patisserie to open new Sunset Park cafe on 10th anniversary. [SPV]

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