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 police officer is alleged to have punched out an unarmed teenager walking home from school. [Fort Greene Focus]
Midwood’s historic studio complex may soon bite the dust [Sheepshead Bites]
Workers sue Vegas Auto Spa for alleged wage theft. [South Slope News]
A storm resilient community garden? Learn all about it and get involved Sunday. [Bensonhurst Bean]
A Ditmas Park landlord is one of the worst in the city, the public advocate said. [Ditmas Park Corner]
Bridging the digital divide: the number of computers for adults at Windsor Terrace Library doubles. [KensingtonBK]
Those damn 1920s hipsters, all moving to Brooklyn and stuff. [Brownstone Detectives]
The Great PUPkin doggie Halloween costume contest is coming to Fort Greene Park, and we’re judging! [FGF]
Anti-Semites slug Sheepshead Bay Jewish leader outside Barclay’s. [SB]
A campground for the homeless in Brooklyn. [New York Times]
Cops are looking for a man who opened fire in a Fort Greene grocery store. [FGF]
A Bensonhurst pol wants the city to buy more “Clean up your dog poop” signs. [BB]
How’s the mayor’s promise to give small businesses a break from fines going? Not so great. [NY Post]
An intimate new concert series comes to South Slope by way of North Carolina. [SSN]
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks turn Ditmas Park into Old New York. [DPC]
More nightly Belt Parkway closures to last two weeks. [SB]
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