Week In Review: Hot Drinks, Wanted Posters, And Traffic Changes

Here’s a recap of this week’s neighborhood news:

• There are a lot of #MLKDay events going on in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.
• Beat the winter blues with 10 of the best hot drinks in the neighborhood.
• Fort Greene Park mulched the most trees among all Brooklyn Mulchfests.
• Get ready for traffic changes at Atlantic/Washington/Underhill Avenues.
• Someone robbed a Hanson Place deli on Friday morning.
• A former Brooklyn Tech student is suing the DOE for allegedly enabling her teacher to sexually assault her.
• Clinton Hill chef King Phojanakong won in Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen.
• Do you recognize this man, wanted for sucker-punching a conductor?
• Mayor Bill de Blasio said affordable housing is being saved in Fort Greene.
• Groper alert! Help cops nab the guy who assaulted a woman at the DeKalb Avenue station.
• See the Pilgrims Window in its fully restored glory at Brown Memorial Baptist Church.
• Curry wars? A third Indian restaurant is coming to the neighborhood.
• This week’s neighborhood crime statistics for the 88th Precinct saw spikes and drops.
• Curbed.com thinks new construction in our area is ugly. What do you think?
• Piece Of Velvet will open a Coney Island branch on Valentine’s Day.
• Don’t fall for this kidnapping scam.

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