Steel Girders Going Up at City Point; Marshalls in Williamsburg; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- The steel girders are going up at the City Point construction site in Downtown Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle 

- Rash of thefts at 68 Jay Street in DUMBO. DumboNYC 

- Brooklynian commenter tag teams with his dog to kill rats, grosses out other commenters.  Brooklynian

- Brownstone Brooklyn sees new boom in rental housing.  Brooklyn Eagle 

- The discount chain Marshalls is considering moving to Williamsburg. Observer 

- Verge is starting a DUMBO art fair called Art Brooklyn, timed to coincide with the March Armory Show. NY Times 

- Freddy's Bar is reopening February 4.  Gothamist 

- 14-year-old's "Bubble Ball" app knocks "Angry Birds" out of top spot.  Huff Post 

- Weather hobbyist's stats show we're going to get a lot more snow this winter.  NY Times

- Shackleton's century-old Scotch, found buried in snow, flown out of Antarctica on private jet. Huff Post

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