Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed
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]
Multiple Vision Zero projects are planned in 2016 for Fort Greene-Clinton Hill. [Fort Greene Focus]
A robbery at a Midwood cellphone store ended in a shootout with police. [Sheepshead Bites]After the recent record-breaking blizzard, the bill to suspend parking regulations after storms is gaining momentum in the City Council. [SB]February marks the return of Black ArtStory Month on Myrtle Avenue. [FGF}
Girl nearly kidnapped in Flatbush near school. [DPC]
Russian mobster arrested for speeding down 86th Street during city-wide travel ban. [BB]
