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May 7, 2016 1 min read Central Brooklyn

The News From Brooklyn This Week

1996.164.2-182_glass_IMLS_SL2 — The Flatbush Town Hall, at 35 Snyder Avenue between Flatbush and Bedford Avenues, was built between 1874 and 1875. The town of Flatbush was not absorbed into the City of Brooklyn until 1894. The town hall was designated a New York City landmark in 1966, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 . [Photo: George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887), Circa 1872-1887. Collodion silver glass wet plate negative. Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection, 1996.164.2-182]

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.

A body wrapped in a plastic bag and wearing “cement shoes” washed ashore near Kingsborough Community College. [Sheepshead Bites]

NY1’s Roger Clark cannot be sedated, brings punk band ‘Perp Walk’ to Hank’s Saloon. [Park Slope Stoop]

ISIS hit list of 3,000 New Yorkers is heavily concentrated in Brownstone Brooklyn [Fort Greene Focus]

Is Netcost the best supermarket in the world? Epicurious thinks so. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Two free walking tours happening in Sunset Park this month. [Sunset Park Voice]

Residents demanded the city immediately halt its traffic reconfiguration plan on Sheepshead Bay Road. [SB]

Why one Bensonhurst dad chose Success Academy over a gifted program for his son. [BB]

Da Ciro Brooklyn Trattoria & Pizzeria opens on Myrtle Avenue Wednesday [FGF]

‘I’ll take some Cap’n Crunch with my $900 pair of sneakers, please’ at streetwear store Kith. [PSS]