🌱 Fiske Terrace Goes Top 10 + A New BK Prosecutor • Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! It's Tuesday, Oct. 19. Surprise: The cozy little enclave of Fiske Terrace has made the list of the most expensive — and therefore exclusive — neighborhoods in all of New York City. See the details below.

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Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. According to a just-issued report, Fiske Terrace, a small Brooklyn community south of Flatbush, is now the ninth most expensive neighborhood in New York City. (Patch.com)
2. Only recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Breon Peace is now the fourth top federal prosecutor this year to take over Brooklyn's Eastern District courts. (Patch.com)
3. Knicks fans: The Nets will try again to win you over, along with the rest of New York. (The New York Times)
4. Sharee Jones has been charged with arson and a hate crime for trying to set fire to a Brooklyn Yeshiva. (CBS New York)
5. A Brooklyn developer stands accused of swindling vulnerable homeowners. (New York Daily News)
6. A murder suspect is under arrest after exchanging gunfire with New Rochelle Police in Brooklyn. (WABC-TV)

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About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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