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In the Spotlight

• Commuters Freaking Out After F Trains Skip Carroll, Bergen

  The Brooklyn Paper reports that bottlenecks this week during rush hour at the Carroll and Bergen stops along the F train provided a scary preview of what might be the new normal if the Transit Authority moves ahead with having some F trains skip those stops and some others regularly in order to run express from South Brooklyn to and from Manhattan, despite a report showing that more than half of the train’s riders would be inconvenienced by the change. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/40/3/dtg-f-train-express-scare-2017-01-20-bk.html

• Italian Treats at Court Pastry
  

  Italian shop owned by Zerillis for 68 years.

• Some Want More Inmates at Boerum Hill Jail

  Mayor Bill de Blasio is nixing a proposal to shutter Rikers Island after so many reports of the toxic environment there, but a Brooklyn activist says putting more inmates near home — such as in the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue, which holds about 600 inmates at a time who are awaiting trial — is better for the inmates. http://observer.com/2016/02/afternoon-bulletin-de-blasio-nixes-plan-to-shutter-rikers-island/