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

Sunday’s your last chance to check out 18th Ave’s Festa di Santa Rosalia. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Bed bugs found on more N and Q trains, yay! [Fort Greene Focus]

And politicians want the MTA to be more up front about those bed bugs. [Sheepshead Bites]

A jogger was attacked by teenagers in Prospect Park. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Which Brooklyn neighborhoods will gentrify next? [Capital]

Brooklyn Tech teacher arrested after allegedly sending his student photo of his genitals. [FGF]

Cops are looking for an alleged groper on 4th Avenue. [South Slope News]

CCRB versus NYPD. [WNYC]

Burglars have stolen over $228,000 worth of property in a string of home burglaries. [BB]

Construction at the Atlantic Yards complex shuts down. [New York Times]

After collapsed ceilings, mold, and rats, tenants are standing up to their landlord. [DPC]

Hanging around Fort Greene or Clinton Hill? Here’s where to get amazing ice cream. [FGF]

The city’s most obscure islands! [Curbed]

Non-profit lands $500K for a therapeutic center in Prospect Park. [DPC]

There’s more to Brooklyn than hipsters and coffee. [The Guardian]

For $90 million, you can buy a development with a pet-grooming spa. [KensingtonBK]

Two Myrtle Avenue hubs get more pedestrian-friendly. [FGF]

Greenpoint’s Permanent Records is making a move south. [SSN]

Talking to the team behind the SpinGreen clothing donation program. [SB]

In Coney Island, forging neighborly ties with soapbox cars. [WFUV]

Another condo development is on the way on 4th Ave. [SSN]

This year marks New York City’s 350th birthday. Who cares, right? [NYT]

Meet Oona, the 5-year-old behind some missing monkey posters. [DPC]

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