Week In Review: Fire At Colonia Verde, Glass Patrols In The Park, And Maggie Brown’s Replacement

Here’s your weekly recap of what went down this week:

NEWS:

• FYI: No sanitation or libraries for President’s Day.
• A fire has temporarily closed Colonia Verde.
• Entourage’s Adrian Grenier bought a second home in Clinton Hill.
• Do you recognize these suspected robbers?
• A DOB/HPD bribery scandal has engulfed buildings in Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Williamsburg and more neighborhoods.
• Volunteer to join a glass patrol to clean Fort Greene Park.
• Local crime rates continued to fall last week.
• Pratt students organized a fundraiser for Akai Gurley’s family.
• Residents protested the planned sale of 15 Lafayette Avenue for $1.
• Celebrate Lunar New Year in Brooklyn!
• Celebrate Black History Month with these local events!
• Call 311 if ice is still covering local sidewalks.
• Northern Brooklyn has a new NYPD Chief.

SHOPPING AND FOOD:

• Bar Bolinas will replace Maggie Brown in March.
• Speedy Romeo and The Meatball Shop have spawned a limited edition pizza until February 20.
• Are you looking for a new apartment?
• A local entrepreneur is selling candles that smell like Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

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