Week In Review: Citi Bike Escape, Shopping Local, And Restaurant News

Keep up to date with the neighborhood all week by subscribing to our newsletter, liking us on Facebook, following us on Twitter and Instagram, or joining our Flickr group – and if you have any questions or tips, email us at editor@bklyner.com. Here are some stories you may have missed this past week:

• A Citi Bike was used as a getaway vehicle by a man suspected of shooting a 60-year-old Clinton Hill man in the leg.

• Chef Gabe McMackin, formerly of Roberta’s, debuted his new Clinton Hill farm-to-table restaurant, The Finch.

• Fort Greene’s Ingersoll Houses reportedly saw an 18.6 percent drop in crime since last year.

• Shopping local is important to neighbors of DeKalb Avenue, Myrtle Avenue and Fulton Mall, according to the results of a new survey.

• Building plans change at the former Pratt Post Office site.

• The new year will bring new drinks, more food and a bigger space to Pilar Cuban Eatery’s new home at 397 Greene Avenue.

• Hops Hill made Zagat’s list of “hottest” new beer bars in the country.

• Two Fort Greene designers were named finalists in the Brooklyn Flag Project.

• December 15 is the deadline for entries into SONYA’s January “Transitions” exhibit.

• Black Forest Brooklyn celebrates its first anniversary.