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# Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed
- URL: https://bklyner.com/weekend-reading-brooklyn-stories-you-may-have-missed-4-fortgreene/
- Published: 2016-02-13T16:00:37.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-12T22:11:21.000Z
- Author: Chris Butera
- Tags: fort greene, News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, brooklyn news, week in review, #wp

![Photo via CBS Evening News.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bernie-sanders-in-midwood.jpg)

Photo via [CBS Evening News](https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/697504897315508224/photo/1?ref=bklyner.com).

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.

[A Ditmas Park subway attack has been classified as a hate crime and sparked a neighborhood conversation about race, gentrification and neighborhood identity.](/blog/news/man-assaulted-at-church-avenue-bq-stop-on-friday-night/) \[Ditmas Park Corner\]

[Bensonhurst community board condemns racist backlash over Asian supermarket.](http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/02/cb-11-condemns-racist-rhetoric-in-waldbaums-backlash/?ref=bklyner.com) \[Bensonhurst Bean\]

[Celluloid Caskets: Amy Schumer, Liam Neeson, Anthony Bourdain film at 4th Avenue funeral home. ](/blog/art-music/celluloid-caskets-amy-schumer-liam-neeson-anthony-bourdain-film-at-4th-avenue-funeral-home-photos/)\[Park Slope Stoop\]

[Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was spotted touring his childhood home in Midwood on Wednesday. ](http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/bernie-sanders-spotted-midwood-afternoon/?ref=bklyner.com)\[Sheepshead Bites\]

[In 2014, Flatbush and East Flatbush had the highest proportion (12 percent) of adults with bed bugs complaints in NYC](/blog/health/greater-flatbush-reports-troubling-bedbug-numbers-department-of-health/). \[DPC\]

[Conviction for “Son of Sal” killer who lurked and danced in Bensonhurst.](http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/02/serial-killer-who-lurked-and-danced-in-bensonhurst-convicted-on/?ref=bklyner.com) \[BB\]

[‘It’s A Bodega!’ and more outcries as developer presents plans for 5th Avenue Key Food site.](/blog/business/its-a-bodega-and-more-outcries-as-developer-presents-plans-for-5th-avenue-key-food-site/) \[PSS\]

[Coastal neighborhoods in Brooklyn experienced some of the worst flooding since Superstorm Sandy during an unusually strong high tide.](http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/deutsch-prods-agencies-to-protect-waterfront-after-floodwaters-pour-into-local-streets/?ref=bklyner.com) \[SB\]