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Week In Review: Russ & Daughters Is Coming To Brooklyn, Street Safety Concerns About The Times Plaza Redesign, And Emmy Squared Is Moving To Williamsburg

Heather Chin

Feb 7, 2016 — 1 min read

Image courtesy of Brooklyn Navy Yard Corporation.

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TOP NEWS

Russ & Daughters is coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
$2.5 billion Brooklyn-Queens streetcar proposal gets mayoral push.
Update: Dekalb Market Hall at City Point.
FIRST LOOK: Times Plaza redesign doesn’t address local safety concerns.
Emmy Squared is moving from Clinton Hill to Williamsburg.
CRIME: Who is this guy who beat up a 50-year-old postal worker?

OTHER NEWS

JOBS: Brooklyn Navy Yard and Brooklyn Grange.
JOBS: Barclays Center PT concessions jobs.
Local cops and civilians take to the stage at Irondale Center.
COMING SOON: Dosa Royale to Clinton Hill.
BAM President Katy Clark says 50% of participants are from Brooklyn.
Clinton Hill Library is up for a gardening grant.
Black ArtStory Month is here. Check out the schedule.
NOW OPEN: Joya design studio.
Free fitness classes around Fort Greene and Clinton Hill!
Apply by Feb. 15: Join Community Board 2!
LIST: Where to go swimming indoors in Brooklyn.

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