Brooklyn News Roundup

Brooklyn News Roundup
Photo via Find Brian Gewirtz
Photo via Find Brian Gewirtz

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 sister sites, as well as some other fascinating pieces that are worth a read this weekend:

Three local men were arrested for trying to join ISIS, with a backup plan to kill the president and blow up Coney Island. [Bensonhurst Bean]

A person was hit by an R train during the rush hour commute. [Park Slope Stoop]

Happy endings promised on 5th Avenue. [South Slope News]

Sheepshead Bay speed camera tops city’s list of ticket generators. [Sheepshead Bites]

A ‘murder house’ was torn down to make was for a public school. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Emotions run high at a meeting about yet another Clinton Hill supermarket closure. [Fort Greene Focus]

An autistic, diabetic man went missing from his Marine Park home, sparking a frantic search. [SB]

Woo, rents are going up faster than inflation in NYC. [New York Times]

Help cops identify this man who was found unconscious at the Stillwell Avenue subway stop. [BB]

Where to find the best grilled cheese sandwiches in Park Slope. [PSS]

Two armed men were arrested in Bath Beach after a high-speed chase through Staten Island, and across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. (And we’ve got the video to prove it!) [BB]

Tipped workers are about to get a bit of a raise. [Capital New York]

A new recording studio, which also offers music lessons, is open on 9th Street. [SSN]

Yet another apartment building set to go up in Ditmas Park. [DPC]

You gotta park however you can in Park Slope. [PSS]

It’s Brooklyn’s own Platform 9 3/4. [FGF]

Are we all ready to settle for Mr. Meh? [New York Post]