The Down-Low: 10 Most Expensive Brooklyn Homes & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too.

Brooklyn’s 10 most expensive homes sold in 2016. [Curbed]

Woman Gives Birth to Baby Girl on Brooklyn Bridge, Police Say. [DNAinfo]

NYPD: Hate crimes rise in 2017, led by anti-Semitic incidents. [Politico]

PLG merchants: Landlords are keeping storefronts empty until gentrification hits. [Brooklyn Paper]

Brooklyn Photos: A Vanished Community West of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. [Brownstoner]

Love comes to Babeland just in time for Valentine’s Day: Sex shop workers sign first union contract in the country. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]

Op-Ed: Plastic Bag Fees Make Sense. Just Not to Albany. [New York Times]