Week In Review: Deadly Shooting Outside Applebee’s, Cat Cafe Remains Open A Month, And Scandal At Success Academy Fort Greene
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TOP NEWS
- A shooting outside Applebee’s claimed the life of a 16-year-old boy.
- This led to BP Adams and CM Cumbo to pressure Governor Cuomo to support local anti-violence initiatives.
- Success Academy Fort Greene made national news for allegedly pushing first graders out of the charter school.
- CB 2’s Land Use Committee voted to reject one rezoning proposal and support another.
- Fort Greene’s cat cafe is staying open through November.
FOOD
- 15 places to go apple-picking within two hours of Brooklyn.
CRIME
- A traffic agent was sideswiped by a hit-and-run driver on Washington Avenue.
- Crime statistics for the 88th Precinct for October 19-25.
OTHER NEWS
- Meet Meredith Powers, teen librarian at Clinton Hill Library.
- See what 10 Lexington Avenue will look like as “Lexington Greene.”
- PHOTOS: 88th Precinct Walk For A Cure
- Sign up for A Song A Day, curated by resident Shannon Byrne and others.
- Sales at Navy Green have already claimed over half of the units.