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:

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

We stepped inside the Flatbush Farm crew’s new SISTERS Restaurant, opening this weekend. [Fort Greene Focus]

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]

Three women ended up in the hospital following a suspected anti-gay attack on Franklin Avenue. [FGF]

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]

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

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

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]