The Down-Low: Mayor De Blasio Honors Park Slope’s John Turturro And 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. And a bit of ephemera, too.

–Remembering the old country: de Blasio honors fellow Sloper John Turturro at Italian heritage event. [Brooklyn Paper]

–Kenneth Bone, Who ‘Rose from the Ashes’ of Debate, Inspires Pizza Specials. [DNAinfo]

-Protests Against Ritual Jewish Chicken Slaughter Get Ugly. [Gothamist]

–In Jonathan Lethem’s ‘A Gambler’s Anatomy,’ a Hustler’s Luck Turns Cold. [New York Times]

–Middle school boys arrested for attempted rape of 12-year-old girl in Brooklyn; she was targeted twice in one week. [Daily News]

–Reading Jane Jacobs anew. [CityLab]