Jay Z Racist? 12-Year-Old Hit by Car; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- A Marine Park woman was weirded out when a letter postmarked in 1969 arrived in the mail last week. [Brooklyn Paper]

- Teachers at Park Slope’s P.S. 321 protest ‘horrendous’ Common Core English tests. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Jay Z is under fire for wearing a blatantly racist medallion to a Brooklyn Nets Game. [Design Trend]

- Police are asking cabbies in Brooklyn to be on the lookout after two livery cab drivers were robbed at gunpoint in Bushwick. [NY1]

- A 12-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was struck by a driver in Borough Park on Saturday. [Gothamist]

- Opening of "Top Chef" winner Ilan Hall's restaurant at Williamsburg Urban Outfitters is delayed. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Habana Outpost is reopening next Saturday, on Earth Day. [H.O.]


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