Brooklyn News Roundup: February 29-March 4

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.

Another P.S. 193 educator threatened to have a parent arrested. [Sheepshead Bites]

Police on high alert after a spate of car robberies in Bensonhurst. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Power tools thief strikes twice at Sunset Park train station. [Sunset Park Voice]

After the New York Times declared that Ditmas Park is not part of Flatbush, we looked at the actual history, and then our readers weighed in. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Victim’s identity and new video has been released in violent choking of 91-year-old woman. [Park Slope Stoop]

Drag queen Visury Fox heats up Bay Ridge. [BB]

Video released of suspect’s vehicle in pedestrian fatality on 5th Avenue. [PSS]

Gala Fresh Farms, which bought out the floundering Waldbaum’s in Sheepshead Bay, will open its fifth store on Friday. [SB]

A landmarked school building on Church Avenue — which was constructed in the 1870’s when Flatbush was still an independent village — has been torn down by the City. [DPC]