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 sister sites and other outlets that are worth a read this weekend:

Midwood man sentenced to 36 years for scheme to drug, sexually abuse children as young as three months old. [Sheepshead Bites]

Anger and frustration erupt at a town hall on illegal home conversions in Southwest Brooklyn. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Flatbush tenants take to Albany to fight for affordable housing. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Peeping into a new sex-oriented shop opening on 5th Avenue. [South Slope News]

Brooklyn Commune’s building is for sale, but the restaurant hopes to stay put. [KensingtonBK]

Fulton Street Radio Shacks will close by March 31. [Fort Greene Focus]

Summonses are down, arrests are about the same. [Capitol]

A man died in a McDonald’s bathroom – and now his wife is suing. [BB]

Larry David visits Sheepshead Bay, feels nothing. [SB]

Two City Councilmembers arrested during car wash workers protest. [SSN]

Time to give up breathing. [New York Post]

Prison time for local doc in largest no-fault auto insurance fraud scheme. [SB]

Community leaders break ground on the new PS/IS 338. [KBK]

Recipe box: Tipsy’s blood orange margarita. [FGF]

Aidan Carroll on a musical life in Ditmas Park. [DPC]

Hey pet owners, stop leaving Fido tied-up while you shop! [New York Post]