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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-parkslopestoop/
- Published: 2016-02-20T14:00:45.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-20T01:13:41.000Z
- Author: Chris Butera
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Park Slope, Brooklyn News Roundup, #wp

![purple skies](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/skies-702x532.jpg)

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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.

[Sanitation worker arrested for chucking trash at Jesus statue.](http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/02/sanitation-worker-arrested-for-chucking-trash-at-jesus-in-dyker-heights/?ref=bklyner.com) \[Bensonhurst Bean\]

[A neighborhood resident takes us to the best places for South Asian food among all the restaurants on Coney Island Avenue.](/blog/food/coney-island-avenue-best-food/) \[Ditmas Park Corner\]

[A breakdown at a wastewater treatment plant caused an intolerable odor to blanket parts of Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach. ](http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/breakdown-at-wastewater-treatment-plant-caused-intolerable-odor-officials-say/?ref=bklyner.com)\[Sheepshead Bites\]

[Should MTA bus drivers be exempt from Right of Way laws? One Brooklyn pol doesn’t think so.](/blog/2016/02/15/cumbo-withdraws-support-for-right-of-way-exemptions-mta-bus-drivers/) \[Fort Greene Focus\]

[Crepe-tastic sweet and savory crepes and bubble tea in Clinton Hill.](/blog/2016/02/17/first-bite-crepe-house/) \[FGF\]

[A 30-year-old woman died in a basement fire. ](http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/30-year-old-woman-dies-in-basement-fire-on-homecrest-avenue/?ref=bklyner.com)\[SB\]

[We took a long look at how one community board is being torn apart by gentrification and development pressures in Brooklyn.](/blog/politics/turmoil-at-community-board-9-reflects-intensity-of-change-in-brooklyn/) \[DPC\]

[Brooklyn’s tallest tower threatens part of landmarked Dime Savings Bank.](/blog/2016/02/18/brooklyns-tallest-tower-developers-request-demolition-of-part-of-dime-savings-bank/) \[FGF\]

[Bensonhurst was not spoken for at Mayor Bill de Blasio’s town hall in Bay Ridge.](http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/02/all-the-things-that-were-unsaid-at-the-mayors-bay-ridge-town-hall/?ref=bklyner.com#.VseCKJMrKT8) \[BB\]