Week In Review: Saturday Hours For Walt Whitman Library, Weekly Wine Tastings, And A Major Gun Bust

Missed this week’s neighborhood news? We’ve got you covered.

And don’t forget to list local events in our Brooklyn-wide Calendar!

TOP NEWS

• Saturday hours are coming to Walt Whitman Library.
• Preliminary construction is beginning at Putnam Triangle Plaza.
• The DOE postponed the CEC13 vote on rezoning for PS307.
• CB 2 rejected a proposed street renaming for Cecil Collymore.

FOOD

• Visit these seven local wine shops for weekly wine tastings!
• Two years and counting at The Great Georgiana.
• Tilda All Day opens with all-day breakfast and lunch.
• 15 places to go apple-picking within two hours of Brooklyn.
• Meet local Chef Aliya LeeKong at a supper club at Jill Lindsey.

CRIME

• A Crown Heights music producer was shot to death in his car near BAM.
• Lucky Lotus Yoga was reportedly robbed of their tip jar and essential oils.
• Attempted murder charges for two Ingersoll residents for shootout with cops.
• Crime statistics for the 88th Precinct for September 28-October 4.
• Brooklyn DA and NYPD bust eight people 541 counts of gun trafficking charges.

OTHER NEWS

• Start costume planning for Great PUPkin!
• Use teal pumpkins to raise allergy awareness!
• Kids activities through October 20.
• Free monster movies in Brooklyn parks! Here’s the schedule.
• Help fundraise to make the Cat Cafe permanent!
• Fort Greene is featured in a new historical app called Brooklyn 1776.
• Comptroller Scott Stringer holds a Red Tape Commission hearing to support small businesses.
• What you need to know about G&T testing.