The Down Low: Pizzas, Pit Bulls, Tattoos & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

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

–Did your favorite slice make the Best Brooklyn Pizza cut? [amNY]

-Two pit bulls shot while attacking man in Bushwick [NY Post]

-The history behind tattooing in NYC [6sqft]

-Tech experts discuss how to build a smart city [Technical.ly]

–New Yorkers protest rise in anti-Semitism [NY Daily News]

-Activist Ravi Ragbir temporarily spared deportation [Gothamist]

–Two new co-living spaces planned for Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights [Curbed NY]

–Vacant storefronts not discouraging Smith Street business owners [Commercial Observer]

-Housing Works closing Brooklyn Heights location [DNA Info]

–BIG Architecture moves office from Manhattan to DUMBO [Curbed NY]