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Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Hannah Frishberg

Nov 26, 2016 — 1 min read

From the Avenue P station on the F (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)

Check Your Hate: Senator Squadron, Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock lead rally after hate graffiti found at Adam Yauch Park. [BKLYNER]

‘Der Pioneer’ European bakery & cafe opening soon on Church Avenue. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Sex toy or firearm? Russian mobster trial underway. [Sheepshead Bites]

Help Greenlight Bookstore open on Flatbush Avenue this weekend. [DPC]

Gowanus ‘Rabbit Lady’ convicted of 100 counts of animal abuse. [BKR]

‘Unprovoked’ attack on elderly woman leaves her with broken wrists. [SB]

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