Brooklyn News Roundup

Irwin E. Meyer, 96, Kings County American Legion Band Director, Normandy fighter, dies after being struck by a car [Sheepshead Bites]

DOT is making the traffic changes to 4th Avenue permanent. [South Slope News]

Bensonhurst’s 86th Street Festival returns this Sunday. [Bensonhurst Bean]

After Raphael Kurton was fatally shot, Ditmas Park residents call for peace. [Ditmas Park Corner]

After fearing for their lives on area streets, Kensington residents back DOT’s traffic safety plans. [KensingtonBK]

What NYCHA tenants need to know about the city’s “downsizing” policy. [Fort Greene Focus]

Residents lament the return of ‘Lake Kensington.’ [KBK]

Eat at Brooklyn’s Ethiopian, Senegalese, Haitian, Nigerian, and South African restaurants during NY African Restaurant Week. [FGF]

A new law could mean major relief from flooding across Brooklyn — and the city. [DPC]

Lt. Col. Charles Kyrie Kallas, a Sheepshead Bay character and visionary, passed away at 96. [SB]

Poly Prep official took students — including Bon Jovi’s son — on boozy Cuba trip with hookers, charges lawsuit. [BB]

Cops released a new video showing a gunman opening fire on another man in Sheepshead Bay. [SB]

Farrell’s Bar and Grill has to retire styrofoam containers. [SSN]

What Brooklyn looks like according to your real estate broker. [Gothamist]

Public Advocate Letitia James sues the city on behalf of low-income seniors who have reportedly been cut from the rent-freeze program. [The New York Times]