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:

Police are looking for a man they say attempted to kidnap a 10-year-old. [Fort Greene Focus]

A Sheepshead Bay cabbie is turning heads as a fictional Russian ambassador on the hit Netflix series House of Cards. [Sheepshead Bites]

What was lost can now be found — in miniature! — on Flatbush Avenue. [Park Slope Stoop]

Cops nabbed a man accused of groping two young girls in separate incidents near a Bensonhurst middle school. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Man arrested after fatal shooting in the Borough Hall subway station. [Kensington BK]

Local schools protest Cuomo’s education reforms. [South Slope News]

Two men who set off a terrorism scare when they took photos of an Ocean Parkway synagogue turned out to be “devout Christians” on vacation from Connecticut. [SB]

Local pre-schooler inspires a dancetastic fundraiser. [SSN]

New taco joint making fresh tortillas is a must-try. [PSS]

Four men were arrested after two NYPD officers were beat up in a Gravesend housing project. [BB]

Erin go bragh! The Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade is on Sunday! [SSN]

A new mural celebrating the life of Biggie Smalls is up in Clinton Hill. [FGF]

Swans are set to vanish from local parks and waterways, unless neighbors pony up the cash to manage their numbers under a new state plan. [SB]

Wikipedia edits on police brutality posts traced back to One Police Plaza [Capital NY]