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.
Playing Too Nicely In The Sandbox: The New Yorker parodies Park Slope Parents. [Park Slope Stoop]
Fire at New Utrecht Reformed Church sets back restoration project. [Bensonhurst Bean]
Muslim congregation has been praying in an abandoned Burger King for more than a year and half waiting for their mosque to be completed. [Sheepshead Bites]
Russ & Daughters is coming to Brooklyn! [Fort Greene Focus]
Times Plaza redesign (Flatbush/Atlantic/4th Avenues) has residents concerned about safety. [FGF]
A 28-year-old man has been arrested for participating in a grisly double homicide in Sheepshead Bay. [SB]
Officer Liang’s trial begins, police union noticeably absent. [BB]
Doctor house calls are vital and available option for Brooklyn seniors. [FGF]