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.

Sidewalk dog kennels arrive in Fort Greene as part of local business startup. [Fort Greene Focus]

The police are looking for a suspect who took a photo of himself with the stolen smartphone. [Ditmas Park Corner]

A tenant at Sheepshead Bay’s worst slum claims the building’s management company told her to move out if she didn’t like the conditions. [Sheepshead Bay]

‘Before you build, you must dig’ is public outcry as CB6 Committee votes on Gowanus Pre-K plan. [Park Slope Stoop]

Neighbors in Kensington organize to support a new homeless shelter opening in the area. [KensingtonBK]

Hot Bagels on Church Avenue is the place to go for your morning schmear. [KBK]

Affordable grocery options could be scarce with potential residential project on 5th Avenue Key Food site. [PSS]

Ever wonder what it’s like to sell Christmas Trees? The Houles come down from Vermont to sell their trees on Cortelyou Road every years. [DPC]

Following a horrific car crash that claimed the life of a 64-year-old woman, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch urged the DOT to install a left-turn signal at the intersection. [SB]

Playwright David Henry Hwang slashed in the neck in seemingly random attack. [FGF]