Brooklyn News Roundup

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 our favorite recent stories from our site and our sister sites, as well as some other fascinating pieces that are worth a read this weekend:

Duo of dangling goat heads freaked everyone out, briefly. [South Slope News]

A developer’s plans to expand a controversial shopping development in Sheepshead Bay have locals wondering if they’re bailing out a bad investment. [Sheepshead Bites]

After 773 Lounge, which has been serving up beers since 1969, was destroyed in a fire, the owners vow to rebuild. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Principal of citywide gifted & talented school apologizes for disparaging comments about Spanish speakers. [Bensonhurst Bean]

With bon-bons and satin, remembering a childhood spent at the Loew’s Theatre. [KensingtonBK]

A pedestrian was seriously injured when a driver ran a red light on 4th Avenue, hit her, and took off. [Park Slope Stoop]

A scathing report says Lockheed Martin has left us with a subway security system that doesn’t work at all. [NY Post]

The popular Ox Cart Tavern in Ditmas Park was robbed at gunpoint while patrons were eating. [DPC]

More than a dozen Latin Kings gang members indicted for a brutal stabbing near de Blasio’s Park Slope home. [SSN]

A new report says Southwest Brooklyn is officially up-and-coming, with 25 percent of New York City’s total building sales occurring in the area. [BB]

Two seniors were busted after investigators found a trove of child porn on their computers, including one video showing an adult in a sex act with a child in diapers. [SB]

Hey look! Gentrification is middle-aged. [Curbed]

The average sale price of a home in NYC just broke $1 million. [Curbed]

Oh no’s! Hipster douches move to Sheepshead Bay. Blogger douche writes about it. [SB]

Does this make you feel better about the “showtime” dancers? [Gothamist]

A new spot for brick-oven pizza now open near Barclays. [PSS]

We’re just gonna go ahead and live in Hunger Pang’s miso butter for the rest of our lives. [DPC]

Home values in Carroll Gardens are destroying its long term residents–even those who stand to make millions by selling. [New York Observer]

Parents of children with special needs file a lawsuit against the DOE, saying children aren’t prepared for life post-high school. [NBC]

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