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The Navy Yard's Shadiest Factory; Vicious Fires in North Brooklyn; Weird Curry at Whole Foods: The Week in Review!

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

In case you missed them!

What’s Inside Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 664?

Labor violations on par with sweatshops in Bangladesh, factory workers say. But building managers blocked a reporter from looking inside.

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NYPD Officer Tried to Steal Boarded-Up Brooklyn Townhouse: DA

Officer Blanche O’Neal signed the home over to herself “with the stroke of a pen, apparently hoping no one would notice,” says the DA.

Greenpoint Fire Burns Down Manhattan Ave Hardware Store

Smoke engulfed the north Brooklyn neighborhood in the wee hours Tuesday morning.

Sen. Schumer is sticking up for his broke-college-commuter base.

WATCH: Angry Cyclist Dodges ‘Morons’ in Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane

”Oh, I made it to Manhattan with no casualties. Beautiful.”

Whole Foods Recalls Packaged Curry Chicken Salad, Classic Deli Pasta Salad

”Because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria Monocytogenes.”

Nupur Baten, Young Brooklyn Mom, Killed By Husband Backing Out of Driveway

No charges have been filed against the driver, police say.

WATCH: Brooklyn Actor Calls Out Racist Lady on Bus

Actual quote from bus lady: “He’s inferior because he’s black.”

Brooklyn’s Fancy-Restaurant Burglars Strike Again

This time, at a seafood joint in Red Hook.

Jimmy Kimmel Presents ‘Do The White Thing,’ Sequel to the Spike Lee Classic

Starring Zooey Deschanel, Rosie Perez, Jay Duplass, Rami Malek, Alex Karpovsky and Andrew Rannels (from Girls), Billy Crudup and Flavor Flav.

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