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Katz's Deli Heads to Brooklyn; New Borough Life Expectancy Report; Pizza Rat Lives On in Greenpoint: The Week in Review!

Here are last week's top Patch stories from across Brooklyn.

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In case you missed them, here are Brooklyn’s biggest news stories from the past week.

Carl McKinney, Brooklyn ‘Producer’ and Fabolous Crew Member, Shot Dead Inside His Jeep Wrangler

Eric McKinney, whose friends and family called him Carl, reportedly tried to drive away after the shooting, but crashed into a fence.

Brooklyn Pedestrian Fatally Crushed By Semi

Latiesha Ramsey, 37, was crossing the street near the border of Bed-Stuy and Bushwick, police say.

You Can Co-Own This Brooklyn Restaurant If You Eat a 30-Pound Burrito

And drink a margarita made with “ghost peppers.” And not barf.

Brooklyn Is Getting Its Own Katz’s Deli

About time.

Brooklyn’s 10 Most Expensive Streets for Shop Owners

It’s rough out here for a Brooklyn businessman.

WATCH: Killer Rat Takes Down Pigeon in the Streets of Brooklyn

At one point, their disgusting little bodies almost fuse, turning them into the mutant, winged rodent of New York City nightmares.

Young Brooklyn Man Murdered in Car-to-Car Shooting

Surveillance video captured the victim, 25-year-old Melvin Pippins, stumbling across the street before he collapsed and died.

Life Expectancy in Brooklyn By Neighborhood: Who Dies First?

Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Greenpoint and Williamsburg residents live six to seven years longer than Bed-Stuy and Brownsville residents.

‘Pizza Rat Blvd’ Sign Installed on India Street in Brooklyn

For one glorious Thursday.

Brooklyn Gun Runner Used Chinatown Bus to Traffic $130K in Firearms: DA

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson: “We had guns in a car, guns on a plane, now guns on a bus.”



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