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# Weekend Reading: Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed
- URL: https://bklyner.com/weekend-reading-brooklyn-stories-you-may-have-missed-8-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2016-02-27T19:31:04.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-27T19:31:04.000Z
- Author: Chris Butera
- Tags: Bensonhurst, News, Nonsponsored, Western Brooklyn, brooklyn news, roundup, #wp

![gravesend cemetery gates](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bb_gravesend_cemetery_gate.jpg)

Photo by Bensonhurst Bean

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) \[Sheepshead Bites\]

[Indelible and Stunning Focus: A must-experience Camera Obscura Exhibit at Gowanus Loft.](http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/art-music/indelible-and-stunning-focus-a-must-experience-camera-obscura-exhibit-at-gowanus-loft/?ref=bklyner.com) \[Park Slope Stoop\]

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

[Twelve breathtaking photos of Sunset Park’s Lunar New Year parade.](http://sunsetparkvoice.com/holidays/10-breathtaking-photos-of-lunar-new-year-2016-in-sunset-park/?ref=bklyner.com) \[Sunset Park Voice\]

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

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

[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). \[SB\]

[Mayor’s office responds to flooding danger of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar route.](http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/transportation/mayors-office-responds-concerns-flooding-dangers-brooklyn-queens-streetcar-route/?ref=bklyner.com) \[PSS\]

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

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