Rep. Vito Fossella, the lone Republican in the city’s congressional delegation, held onto his seat this week in a win over opponent Steve Harrison, garnering 57 percent of the vote, despite a Democratic takeover of the House, a hard-fought campaign by Harrison, and a murky episode involving Fossella’s brother chasing down pedestrians with a baseball bat. Comment.

Development: Brooklyn’s tallest building is shrinking — at least for its future tenants. Comment.

Editorial: Although many mocked it as a pointless junket, Borough President Markowitz’s fact-finding tour of England revealed the truth about how the world tourism industry views our beloved borough — and how much more work he and others need to do to put Brooklyn on the world’s tour map. Comment.

The city’s lone Republican Congressman, Rep. Vito Fossella, held onto his Bay Ridge-Staten Island seat even as Democrats stormed back into control of the House of Representatives this week. Comment.

Bridge ‘Park’: A coalition of Brooklyn elected officials is demanding that state planners build the open space at the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront development before building the high-rise condos. Comment.

Democrat Steve Harrison not only finished second in his race against Rep. Vito Fossella on Tuesday, he finished 26,498th in the New York City Marathon two days earlier. Comment.

Who said Brooklyn doesn’t support the troops? Comment.

Development: Mom always told you to look both ways and wait for the light before you cross the street, but at one crazy Bay Ridge intersection, residents have learned that it’s actually safer to cross when the sign tells them to stop. Comment.

The season is finally over for the Lawnmower Man of DUMBO. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: The number of retail jobs that state officials say will be created by Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development ignores the reality of his two existing shopping malls directly across the street, where job performance has fallen short, according to Ratner’s own data. Comment.

Development: The “Avenue of Death” is even more violent than we’d imagined. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: You know what the main problem with Domino’s “Brooklyn-style” slice is? It stinks. Comment.

More and more Brooklynites are complaining about helicopter noise, but no one is listening, The Brooklyn Papers has learned — the hard way. Comment.

Development: The city derailed a longshot attempt to block the Atlantic Yards development last month, rejecting a proposal to landmark a 95-year-old building that’s slated for demolition to make way for the project. Comment.

Red Hook: The Queen Mary 2 has set sail from Red Hook for the last time this season — and already Brooklyn longshoremen are calling for the one-summer-old terminal to operate year-round. Comment.

Development: The other day in Owl’s Head Park, a group of teen “Skateboarders for Jesus” was handing out a pamphlet titled, “Where Are You Going?” Comment.

A City Council proposal to ban aluminum bats got a “standing O” from some baseball players, while others hoped the bill would go down on strikes. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Brooklyn has its own professional basketball team, and Bruce Ratner had nothing to do it. Comment.

Development: First responders are getting first-class treatment, thanks to a fancy new EMS station in Carroll Gardens christened this week by Mayor Bloomberg. Comment.

Development: City landmarks officials finally signed off on a plan to build a four-story condo in the garden of the vacant Peaks Mason Mints factory in Brooklyn Heights. Comment.

Development: It’s hard to shake the idea that Assemblyman Jim Brennan kinda knew he wouldn’t be losing his job. Comment.