Clinton Hill: Teachers are furious the city is closing their Clinton Hill middle school and replacing it with a brand new middle school — claiming officials let the school fail instead of answering their pleas for help. Comments (8).

PS 8 gets a middle school: City okays beloved Heights elementary’s expansion

By Kate Briquelet

Brooklyn Heights: The beloved Brooklyn Heights elementary school PS 8 will open a much-desired middle school several blocks away — pleasing neighborhood parents who have long urged the city to expand the popular school. Comments (1).

Booze at Smorgasburg? Not yet, says W’burg civic group

By Aaron Short

Dining: The Williamsburg food festival Smorgasburg wants to add alcohol to the menu — but neighborhood leaders put that plan on ice. Comments (13).

Feel the love!

By Sarah Zorn

Dining: These tasty treats will fire up your mind, body and soul, just in time for the sexiest holiday of the year. Comment.

State Sen. Eric Adams wants to be next Borough President

By Daniel Bush

State Sen. Eric Adams wants your vote this fall — and next fall, too. Comments (6).

Surviving Brooklyn’s longest happy hour is all in a day’s work for our reporter

By Daniel Bush

Bay Ridge: Our man Dan Bush tests his mettle against Brooklyn’s longest happy hour — and survives (barely). Comments (6).

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012

Sludge parks for Gowanus

By Daniel Bush

Cleaning Our Waterways: The filthiest part of Brooklyn’s most putrid waterway could become the foundation for new parkland in Gowanus and Red Hook. Comments (10).

Parents sue to keep ‘Success’ charter out of Cobble Hill

By Natalie O’Neill

Cobble Hill: A politically connected charter school broke state law by switching school districts to get space in wealthy Cobble Hill rather than less desirable neighborhoods, according to the angry parents behind a bombshell lawsuit. Comments (22).

Love stinks: Greenpoint sewage plant to host Valentine’s Day tour

By Aaron Short

Event: Nothing says I love you like the smell of sewage in the morning. Comments (3).

Artisanal newspaper, designed in Brooklyn

Page 1: Our newsmen and newswomen toil away for long hours in our news workshop, tinkering with this and futzing with that to produce a unique, one-of-a-kind product that can only be built in Brooklyn. Sure, it’s hard work, but it’s a labor of love — from the shortest photo credit to the deepest caption. So click away, dear reader, knowing we hand-crafted this edition of the Brooklyn Paper just for you. Oh, and keep hustlin’, Brooklyn!

Is this the start of a Barclays Center gold rush?

By Eli Rosenberg

Atlantic Yards: The owners of a 96-year-old sporting goods store directly across the street from the nearly finished home of the Brooklyn Nets are cashing out — putting their building up for sale in what speculators say is the start of a real estate surge sparked by the opening of the new arena. Comments (14).

Who cares about love? Valentine’s Day is all about chocolate

By Juliet Linderman

Dining: It’s the only holiday where grownups are allowed — nay, encouraged — to eat sweets with reckless abandon. Here are Brooklyn’s best sweet treats. Comment.