‘Round Brooklyn: Heroin Slinging, Cheesy Snacks, Lighting Bolts, And More

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.

Meet Ben Wellington, the Pratt Professor who just exposed a major NYPD parking glitch. [Fort Greene Focus]

Woman fatally stabbed in building which had served as a local homeless shelter. [Ditmas Park Corner]

Try these cheesy snacks at the new Uzbek grocery on Bay Parkway. [Bensonhurst Bean]

A developer plans to build a “lightning bolt” shaped building Sheepshead Bay. [Sheepshead Bites]

Soft launch at Koko Ramen last night bodes well for ramen lovers. [DPC]

Drug dealers nabbed for slinging heroin, other drugs near Clinton Hill schools. [FGF]

The NYPD held a massive counterterrorism operation in Manhattan Beach. [SB]

F train perv “rubbed genitals” on sleeping straphanger. [BB]