Park Slope: Horses at a beloved stable and riding academy in Kensington are going increasingly skittish, thanks to the construction of an apartment building next door. Comments (1).

Atlantic Yards: City officials have reportedly trimmed a $300-million tax break for Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner that was rubberstamped by state lawmakers last month. Comment.

Editorial: Borough President Markowitz championed the MTA’s land giveaway to pal Bruce Ratner, yet now says MTA mismanagement is behind a proposed transit fare hike. Markowitz shares the blame Comment.

Beside the Point: The Domino sugar refinery in Williamsburg may be an important relic of 19th-century industrial architecture, but a far better reason for preserving it is the part it has played in the history of Brooklyn and of America. A gripping historical tale. Comments (1).

Heights Lowdown: A co-op board decides to cut down a tree to save some cash. Comment.

Art: Vandals have destroyed Charon Luebbers’s “Urban Fossil Bird Woman,” a key part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s 25th anniversary show in the park at the foot of Main Street in DUMBO. Comment.

Art: Apparently nobody told Santiago Infantino that the dress code for at Green-Wood Cemetery is somber. Comment.

Music: TV on the Radio takes the stage at McCarren Pool this weekend. Comment.

Williamsburg: Cops are seeking this Hasidic man for the attempted knife-point kidnapping of a woman on July 7 in South Williamsburg. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Angle: Our columnist is sick of all the rubber bands that his letter carrier dumps on his block. Comments (3).

Music: TV isn’t the only thing on the radio in Brooklyn. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom went to Block Island — alone — and did not want to come back. Comment.

Letters: Our mailbag is full with letters about Borough President Markowitz’s run for mayor, Barack Obama’s run for president, a state bill to ban the distribution of some flyers and the conclusion of the Arena Bagels saga. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist tells the story of a homeless man, a pickup truck and a woman with a big heart. Comment.

Dining: Prospect Heights takes on the West Coast and wins. Comments (1).

Brooklyn South: Our columnist searches for meaning — and guilt-free snacks — at Trader Joe’s. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist’s old Fort Greene digs — the $750 three-bedroom apartment that she called home a mere four years ago — was one of Brownstoner.com’s “condos of the day” last week. Naturally, she tried to go home again. Comment.

Politics: Councilman Charles Barron makes it official — he’s running for borough president. Comment.

Dining: Little Piggy (Market), let us in! Comment.

Politics: Borough President Markowitz put “Lighten Up Brooklyn” on a diet this year — sponsoring just three days of walking tours instead of a monthlong weight-loss initiative. Comment.

Park Slope: The Brooklyn Paper got a first peek inside Brooklyn’s first boutique hotel — Hotel Le Bleu — and discovered a very modern, tasteful, 48-room, glass-and-steel complex. The room is beautiful. The view, not so much. Comments (2).

Art: Two stories above the frozen fish and live crustaceans of the Red Hook Fairway, a man who has spent his adult life pursuing the Alaska King Crab has opened a gallery for the art he fell in love while at sea. Comment.

Art: Brooklyn artists recruit for new online community. Comment.

Park Slope: A dog-eared Park Slope bookstore will close unless a buyer comes to its rescue before the end of August. Comment.

Red Hook: City officials are on the brink of rolling out a new development plan for the Red Hook waterfront — a move that is expected to keep cargo ships on the piers and scuttle a plan to expand the Brooklyn cruise ship terminal, borough officials said this week. Comment.

Music: Meet Jenny Scheinman, Brooklyn’s busiest violinist. Comment.

Checkin’ in with: The Park Slope director talks to GO Brooklyn about her new film, “Coma.” Comments (1).

Music: Tout le monde was at Dan Zanes’s “Celebrate Brooklyn!” concert on Sunday — even Harry Potter. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Park Slope: Cyclists and local business owners are already fuming over bike lanes that were installed earlier this month on Ninth Street. Comment.

Event: Coney Island welcomes a new circus. Comment.

Park Slope: Two farmhands were robbed when their Chevy van was broken into while they worked the farmers market in Grand Army Plaza on July 21 — plus all the other crime news from Park Slope. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: A 23-year-old man’s apartment was ransacked for tech equipment — plus all the crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill. Comment.

Downtown: Two women were pick-pocketed at two franchises of the same ubiquitous coffee chain within 30 minutes of each other on July 21 — plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown and DUMBO. Comment.

Fort Greene: A garage owner was brutally beaten — first with a baseball bat and a handgun, and later burned with a lighter — just as he was closing his Clinton Avenue parking lot for the night on July 15. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Comment.

Downtown: Peaceful DUMBO was crawling with cops this week in an effort to stop a mini-crime wave that has swept the usually quiet area between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges. Comment.

Nightlife: A new Williamsburg brunch spot is Adding more than just Tobasco to your eggs. Comment.

Williamsburg: The old Domino Sugar refinery complex on the Williamsburg waterfront will be transformed into 2,220 units of housing, commercial space and four acres of public park under a $1.3-billion development plan unveiled this week. Comment.

Williamsburg: What happened to the ghost bike memorial near the Williamsburg Bridge? Comments (3).

Art: Now that’s a gigantic painting! Comment.

Fort Greene: A self-styled superhero — who keeps her identity as hidden as any good Marvel or DC hero — is going around the neighborhood snapping disposable and cellphone-camera photos of perilous construction practices. All that’s missing is a cape and a utility belt. Comment.

Fort Greene: Animal care officials are asking for help from anyone who may have witnessed the abuse of a two-year-old Rottweiler in Clinton Hill last month, during which the pup was apparently tied with an electrical cord and hit in the face. Comment.

Play’s the Thing: The Bard of Brooklyn baseball visits with Dodger great, Don Newcombe. Comment.

Cyclones: He may be an Ivy Leaguer, but now Cyclones reliever Josh Appell is pitching smart, too. A good slider helps. Comment.

Cyclones: Dodger great Don Newcombe stopped by Keyspan Park and doled out advice to would-be greats. Comment.

Downtown: Why does Cadman Plaza Park flood whenever it rains? The Parks Department says, “Don’t blame us.” Comment.

Ups & Downs: Here’s the scoop on Moises Alou’s rehab appearance with the Cyclones on Sunday, July 22. Comment.

Cyclones: DH Chris Fournier is making an odd fashion statement. Comments (1).

Bay Ridge: Thieves broke into a local drug store, but a quick response by police busted up the July 23 heist — plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst. Comment.

All the important meetings you should be going to. Comment.

Parenting: A week’s worth of fun for you and your family. Comment.