Brooklyn News Roundup: Week Of August 17-21

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 that are worth a read this weekend:

The City Council passed Councilman Jumaane Williams’s legislation to crack down on tenant harassment. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Bath Beach seafood trader is the first to be prosecuted for trafficking shark fins since New York State ban. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Emergency responders pulled a drowning man out of Sheepshead Bay. [Sheepshead Bites]

Local high school students are opting-out from Common Core testing in record numbers. [Park Slope Stoop]

Controversy continues over the development of the Pavilion theater project. [South Slope News]

Thousands of people helped celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day at Brooklyn Mela on Coney Island Avenue last Sunday. [KensingtonBK]

A man was pinned to the subway tracks after being struck by a train at the Kings Highway station. [SB]

The DOT has begun rebuilding the stanchions they mistakenly knocked down on Foster Avenue and Westminster Road. [DPC]

The new middle school on Caton Avenue and 7th Street still has spots available for incoming 6th graders. [KBK]

Residents continue to express concern after crash at 8th Avenue and Windsor Place. [SSN]

A purse-snatching thief robbed a 78-year-old woman at Avenue O and East 13th Street. [SB]

Bensonhurst’s 10-day 18th Avenue Feast starts Thursday — here’s what you need to know. [BB]

Artichoke Pizza now serving up slices on 5th Avenue. [PSS]