Fifth Avenue Meltdown? And More Brooklyn Briefs

- New snag in Zamperla's plan to boot Ruby’s Bar and Grill, Shoot the Freak and the other beloved attractions off the Coney Island Boardwalk.  NY Post 

- Fifth Avenue meltdown? Here's Park Slope blogs about many shuttered stores on the avenue: Here and here and here and here. 

- There are a lot more fat babies than there used to be.  Fox 

- Walmart officials have declined to participate in a Jan. 12 joint City Council committee hearing on the potential economic impacts of opening stores in the city. Brooklyn Eagle

- Endlessly fascinating: a look at what fast-food chicken is made from. WYDNKBYANM

- Sounds like Verizon will announce its iPhone today at 11 a.m. . . Fast Company

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