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# Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed
- URL: https://bklyner.com/weekend-reading-brooklyn-stories-you-may-have-missed-6-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2016-02-13T18:39:35.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-13T18:58:55.000Z
- Author: Chris Butera
- Tags: Bensonhurst, News, Nonsponsored, Western Brooklyn, Brooklyn News Roundup, coney island polar bears, #wp

![Source: Flickr/niceimages](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Boardwalk.jpg)

Source: Flickr/niceimages

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.

[Attack on a 44-year-old white man by a black man sparks a neighborhood-wide conversation about race and gentrification.](http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/news/man-assaulted-at-church-avenue-bq-stop-on-friday-night/?ref=bklyner.com) \[Ditmas Park Corner\]

[Apply for the affordable housing lottery at 250 Ashland Place.](http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/02/09/affordable-housing-lottery-begins-for-250-ashland-place/?ref=bklyner.com) \[Fort Greene Focus\]

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

[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)\[Sheepshead Bites\]

[Does Ditmas Park have a bedbug problem?](http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/health/greater-flatbush-reports-troubling-bedbug-numbers-department-of-health/?ref=bklyner.com) \[DPC\]

[Ex-Cuomo lawyer to be remembered with a street co-naming.](http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/02/08/clinton-hill-street-to-be-co-named-in-honor-of-carey-gabay/?ref=bklyner.com) \[FGF\]

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

[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) \[SB\]