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 that are worth a read this weekend:

Ditmas Park resident and BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith interviewed President Obama. [Ditmas Park Corner]

New fitness studio built around a ballet barre now open on 5th Avenue. [Park Slope Stoop]

A fire in an apartment building on Prospect Park West injured two. [South Slope News]

Entourage’s Adrian Grenier bought a second home in Clinton Hill. [Fort Greene Focus]

A hilarious new web cooking series films at Wheated. [KensingtonBK]

What’s that black goop dripping from subway ceilings? We’ve got answers. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Pratt students host a spoken word fundraiser for Akai Gurley’s family. [FGF]

Sip a Sazerac by a fireplace in a new, New Orleans-themed bar on 13th Street. [SSN]

In Ditmas Park, a new campaign launches to fight for affordable housing. [DPC]

Remember negatives? A new darkroom is open to the public in Gowanus. [PSS]

That new Indian restaurant on Cortelyou Road? Definite yum! [DPC]