Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed

Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed
Photo by Daniel Frazer
Photo by Daniel Frazer

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.

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]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]February marks the return of Black ArtStory Month on Myrtle Avenue. [FGF}

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]