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 the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites that are worth a read this weekend:

A video shows NYPD officers punching a man while arresting him at Target. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Parked car and residence struck by gunfire on Bay Ridge Parkway. [Bensonhurst Bean]

A Gravesend pet owner was arrested and charged with 10 counts of torture and injury to animals. [Sheepshead Bites]

A potential medical marijuana dispensary on 3rd Avenue has been approved by the CB7 Health Committee. [South Slope News]

Meet the new rabbi at Congregation Beth Elohim. [Park Slope Stoop]

Bronx Man Turns Himself In For Allegedly Groping Woman On Brooklyn-Bound Q Train. [Fort Greene Focus]

Multiple law enforcement agencies in different states joined forces to arrest a man wanted for a murder in Ditmas Park. [DPC]

A group of teenagers were robbed at gunpoint in Marine Park. [SB]

Church of the Redeemer on 4th Avenue is going to be demolished. [PSS]

Next year is going to be awful or very awful for fluke fishermen. [SB]

The design has been revealed for the apartment building that will take over the former location of Eagle Provisions. [SSN]

Bensonhurst’s second Uzbek-Russian-Korean restaurant opens on Avenue O. [BB]

A new food court and community hub is coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. [FGF]