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# Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed
- URL: https://bklyner.com/weekend-reading-brooklyn-stories-you-may-have-missed-7-parkslopestoop/
- Published: 2016-02-27T14:02:31.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-26T22:06:59.000Z
- Author: Chris Butera
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Park Slope, brooklyn news, roundup, #wp

![4th Avenue](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bnr-702x391.jpg)

Photo via [daniel\_orren](https://www.instagram.com/p/BCDTzGoFrlX/?tagged=gowanus&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.

[How did a booming real estate market create a deadly drug den for squatters?](http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/how-did-a-booming-real-estate-market-create-a-deadly-drug-den-for-squatters/?ref=bklyner.com) \[Sheepshead Bites\]

[New shuttle service will make it easier to visit the Brooklyn Navy Yard.](/blog/2016/02/24/new-shuttle-service-debuts-in-spring-for-brooklyn-navy-yard/) \[Fort Greene Focus\]

[Thousands protest conviction of rookie cop from Bensonhurst in Cadman Plaza.](http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/02/32178/?ref=bklyner.com) \[Bensonhurst Bean\]

[Twelve breathtaking photos of Sunset Park’s Lunar New Year parade.](/holidays/10-breathtaking-photos-of-lunar-new-year-2016-in-sunset-park/) \[Sunset Park Voice\]

[Flatbush is home to a new and badly needed multipurpose art and cultural space, located at the neighborhood’s Caribbean market](/blog/art-music/caribbeing-house/). \[Ditmas Park Corner\]

[As luxurious new Nets train facility is unveiled at Industry City, developers vow community inclusion.](/business/nets-unveil-luxurious-training-facility-at-industry-city-pledging-community-inclusion/) \[SPV\]

[Cops dropped charges against an attempted luring suspect after his accuser stopped cooperating with investigators](http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/charges-dropped-after-attempted-luring-suspect-turns-himself-in-cops-say/?ref=bklyner.com). \[SB\]

[NYC Parks Commissioner’s photo essay on his Fort Greene Park favorites.](/blog/2016/02/25/brooklyn-parks-commissioner-mitchell-silver-favorite-things-in-fort-greene-park/) \[FGF\]

[“Mob Wives” matriarch “Big Ang” Raiola remembered by family and friends for her big heart. ](http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/02/mob-wives-family-fans-say-farewell-big-ang-raiola-dyker-heights-photos/?ref=bklyner.com)\[BB\]

[Rates of overcrowded housing in Borough Park, Kensington and Ditmas Park are as much as twice that of New York City overall.](/blog/news/kensington-ditmas-park-are-some-of-the-most-crowded-neighborhoods-in-brooklyn/) \[DPC\]