The Down Low: Sh*t People Say At The Food Co-op & 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.

–Sh*t people say at the Park Slope Food Co-op [New York Times]

-Teen girl joyriders busted in Crown Heights [DNA Info]

–The second annual New York National Winter Swimming Championships were held this weekend [NY1]

-NYPD back down on “zero tolerance” policing strategy [New York Times]

–Famed author Ta-Nehisi Coates sells his recently purchased Prospect-Lefferts Gardens townhouse after press revealed the address [NY Post]

-Famed artist Anish Kapoor brings his “Descension” water sculpture to Brooklyn Bridge Park [DNA Info]

–Carjacking thieves targeting business owners around Brooklyn [NY Daily News]

-New Yorkers celebrate “Not My President Day” [Gothamist]

-2 Brooklynites design video game allowing players to smash fascists with a handbag [Technical.ly]