Week In Review: A Cat Cafe Is Coming, More Cops For The 88Pct, MS 596 Is In Danger, And More

Missed some of this week’s news? Here’s a recap:

• Add your events to our Brooklyn-wide calendar!
• Here’s our Kids Calendar through September 22.
• Moving to Fort Greene? Get your Open Me First box! (SPONSORED)

FOOD:

• The Runner is closed permanently.
• Out with brunch, in with lunch at Martha Brooklyn.
• Trader Joe’s is coming to City Point.
• The 490 Myrtle Avenue Key Food won’t open until October.

CRIME/POLICE

• More cops are coming to the 88th Precinct.
• Clinton Hill man convicted for kidnapping, rape, and torture of ex-girlfriend.
• Crime statistics for the 88th Precinct: August 31-September 6.
• This man allegedly slashed a deli clerk on Fulton Street.
• VIDEO: Suspected burglar uses stolen credit card to buy alcohol.

NEWS

• A pop-up cat cafe is coming! To Myrtle Avenue!
• Greenlight Bookstore’s picks for the Brooklyn Book Festival.
• Water service cutoffs on Myrtle Avenue continue to hurt local businesses.
• Senior yoga returns to South Oxford Park.
• MAP: Homelessness-related calls to 311 nearly tripled in Clinton Hill.
• MS 596 Peace Academy is deemed a “struggling school.”
• Have fun at Kids Concert Wednesdays at Die Schwarze Koelner!
• The Fort Greene Greenmarket is shifting upwards.
• Donate school supplies for the September 29 back-to-school event at Lafayette Gardens.
• A new townhouse may be in the works at 143 Saint Felix Street.
• Find out if you are you owed money through unclaimed funds.
• Reserve your spot for the September Wallabout Historic Walking Tour!