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, as well as some other fascinating pieces that are worth a read this weekend:
A speed camera in Sheepshead Bay issued 6,000 tickets in one day, according to a City Council member. The DOT says it’s not true, but flubbed their own numbers. [Sheepshead Bites]
A PS 249 teacher was charged with sexually abusing five students. [Ditmas Park Corner]
Two young men were arrested for sexually assaulting a woman twice in one hour. [Fort Greene Focus]
A 30-story tower is coming to Sheepshead Bay, four times larger than any other building in the area. [SB]
An ex-Brooklynite seeks answers to what’s behind New York’s perfect bagels and pizza. [Narratively]
Three men robbed an elderly woman at gunpoint in an elevator of a Coney Island building. [Bensonhurst Bean].
South Slope has a new holistic fitness studio. [South Slope News]
A Community Board 9 meeting on upzoning in Prospect Lefferts Gardens went bonkers. [Q at Parkside]
Residents fight to keep community garden from being destroyed by landlords with a criminal history. [DPC]
The state unveiled plans to make Ocean Parkway safer. [KensingtonBK]
Interfaith Hospital in Bed-Stuy has the longest ER wait in the state. [NY Daily News]
Details emerge on Clinton Hill’s forthcoming first Karl Fischer building, which is now for sale. [FGF]
Beware this Rock, Paper, Scissors hustler! [Gothamist]
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