Brooklyn News Roundup

Brooklyn News Roundup
Prospect Park winter and birds

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:

NYC is now selling Fort Greene real estate at dollar store prices. [Fort Greene Focus]

ELK celebrated its grand opening in Windsor Terrace. [KensingtonBK]

Unlimited hot dogs, beer, and more at 10 places showing the Super Bowl. [Park Slope Stoop]

Blizzard makes for great photos in Sheepshead Bay. [Sheepshead Bites]

Unfazed by a few inches of snow, everyone went to the park during Winter Storm Juno. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Gowanus-inspired proposals wanted for public art installations. [South Slope News]

Modern Vietnamese restaurant from Slanted Door alum coming to Park Slope. [PSS]

A Scientology-backed group is running anti-drug programs in public schools, alarming parents. [SB]

Cafe At Your Mother-in-Law, which serves homestyle foods of Uzbekistan and Korea, is mulling expansion. [BB]

‘Tis the season for manhole fires. [SSN]

The new cocktails and seafood at Church Café Wine Bar? We’ve confirmed they’re yum. [KBK]

Fort Greene representative Joseph Lentol drops out of the race for NY Assembly Speaker. [FGF]

NYPD Chief Bratton to get rid of Operation Impact. [NY Mag]