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Something is happening at the Trader Joe's site in Brooklyn. "The crew working on the Trader Joe's space on Atlantic and Court has boarded up the building's windows, and the only view inside is through a couple cracks in the plywood. A reader sent us an email on Thursday saying work has picked up over the past week, with new equipment like fridges and freezers arriving daily." [Brownstoner]