‘Round Brooklyn: ‘Herd Of Lumbering Elephants’, MTA Renovations, Heroic Rescues & More Brooklyn News

With the whole weekend ahead, now’s a great chance to catch up on what’s happening outside our neighborhood. Jump on the news train and catch the best stories from our sister sites this week.

Sheepshead Bay’s skyline has changed forever. [Sheepshead Bites]

Neighbors worry Kings Highway Target is death knell for small businesses. [SB]

Slower Than ‘A Herd Of Lumbering Elephants’: New Study Seeks To Improve Bus Service. [Fort Greene Focus]

Mullane’s delivers in the clutch. [FGF]

City Hires Ex-Toronto Politician With Past Steamy Sex Scandal To Lead BQX Streetcar Project. [Sunset Park Voice]

MTA To Renovate Sunset Park, Bay Ridge & Park Slope Stations Under New Subway Plan [Updated]. [SPV]

Cops ID suspect in L&B Spumoni Gardens slaying. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Woman nine months pregnant heroically rescued from D train tracks in Bensonhurst. [BB]

Park Slope neighbor raises $80K to rebuild Nepali villages after earthquake. [Park Slope Stoop]

Police investigating single ‘suspect connection’ for 4 area attempted rapes. [PSS]