Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed
Photo by Park Slope Stoop.
Photo by Park Slope Stoop.

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.

Despite petition calling for Trader Joe’s, shuttered Waldbaums supermarket auctioned off to Asian grocer. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Meet the crossing guard who has been keeping one Kensington corner safe for more than a decade. [Ditmas Park Corner]

A robbery at a Midwood cellphone store ended in a shootout with police. [Sheepshead Bites]Tell Every Amazing Lady (and family member, and everyone else) that T.E.A.L. is here. [Park Slope Stoop]After the recent record-breaking blizzard, the bill to suspend parking regulations after storms is gaining momentum in the City Council. [SB]Russian mobster arrested for speeding down 86th Street during city-wide travel ban. [BB]

Girl nearly kidnapped in Flatbush near school. [DPC]

Winter Blues, Begone! Mil’s Trills Album Release Party and Winter Bash coming to ShapeShifter Lab this Sunday, January 31. [PSS]