Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Photo by Vladimir Korostyshevskiy

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.

Workers sue B&H Photo over alleged discrimination. [Fort Greene Focus]

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]

New York-focused bar named Cardiff Giant will open in Fort Greene this month. [FGF]

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]