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