Brooklyn News Roundup: Favorite Crossing Guards, Surprise Pedestrian Plaza, And Affordable Housing Lottery

Catch up on this week’s Brooklyn news highlights:

With youth unemployment at 29 percent, Flatbush Council Members call for expansion of City summer jobs program. [Ditmas Park Corner]

There’s a Prince tribute in Fort Greene Park this Friday and you should go. [Fort Greene Focus]

‘Rep Your Hood’: Park Slope rapper Pumpkinhead memorialized in passionate street renaming ceremony. [Park Slope Stoop]

Community leaders say they felt ambushed when DOT sprang a Times Square-style plaza in Sheepshead Bay. [Sheepshead Bites]

A glorified shed in Gravesend is on the market for a half-million dollars. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Charges to be dropped against Flatbush woman arrested for assaulting a police officer.[DPC]

Salon to close after hosting memorial this Saturday for Borough Park woman. [PSS]

Affordable housing lottery at 461 Dean Street Starts Tomorrow! [FGF]

When Church Avenue was crooked.[DPC]

A rumor about a waterfront restaurant’s demise appears to have originated by a massive land deal that eventually fell through. [SB]

The son of a Colombo mob boss was spotted delivering pizza in Dyker Heights. [BB]