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The Down Low: Goodbye HelloFresh Street Team & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Pamela Wong

Aug 21, 2017 — 1 min read

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The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn.

-HelloFresh Ends Annoying Street Soliciting Campaign Following Complaints [Metro New York]

-Mail Carrier Robbed, Threatened With Hammer In Boerum Hill [New York Post]

-Lifeguards And Beach-goers Rush To Save Drowning Girl in Coney Island [New York Daily News]

-NYPD Officers Show Support For Former NFL Quarterback In Brooklyn Bridge Park [Pix 11]

-Franny’s Employees Fundraising For Documentary On Eatery’s Final Days [AM New York]

-Bushwick City Farm Needs To Find New Home By August 31 [Patch]

-Trampoline Park Coming to Sunset Park [DNA Info]

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