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3-year-old hit with glass bottle & left bleeding during Sunset Park brawl, NYPD says. [Sunset Park Voice]
Park Slope babysitter saves her child, loses her leg, and now needs a home and childcare. [Park Slope Stoop]
Treyger: ‘Unreasonable’ Build It Back deadlines put homeowners at risk of being dropped from program. [Sheepshead Bites]
New York’s first African Food Festival debuts in Brooklyn this weekend. [Fort Greene Focus]
Is Rocco’s Calamari closure after 35 years a death knell for local mom & pops? [Bensonhurst Bean]
Today: weekend walks brings outdoor movie and dining to Cortelyou Road. [Ditmas Park Corner]
Highlights from ‘Let’s Talk Feminism’ with Roxane Gay at Brooklyn Historical Society. [FGF]
Ashes of Marvel Comics editor scattered over Captain America statue in Prospect Park. [PSS]
Neighborhood artist comes home to make her block a brighter place. [DPC]
Police hoax ‘officer down’ call sends cops to Sunset Park apartment. [SPV]
Billy Thai campaign draws powerful allies thanks to a common foe. [BB]
Same old answers, no relief from sewage backups and flooding. [SB]

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