Calling The Brooklyn Paper “strongly and brightly written throughout,” judges for the Suburban Newspapers of America specifically praised “Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper” for its reporting on Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development.
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By Ariella Cohen
Downtown: New York University is coming to Brooklyn — and so is its voracious appetite for real estate.
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Bay Ridge: A tornado hit Brooklyn for the first time in 100 years, and left destruction in its wake.
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By Ariella Cohen
Coney Island: Coney Island carney seeks rooms of his own as city acts to derail Thor’s plan.
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Editorial: What does the city have against Joe Sitt and his company, Thor Equities?
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By Dana Rubinstein
Downtown plan: Plans show a new Downtown condominium tower would be taller than the iconic Williamsburgh Bank Building.
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By Ariella Cohen
Atlantic Yards: Mayor Bloomberg agreed this week to give Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner a $200 million bonus.
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By Ariella Cohen
Atlantic Yards: A group of city and state officials want better government oversite of the Atlantic Yards project.
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By Ariella Cohen
Carroll Gardens: In order to beat plans for a downzone in Carroll Gardens, developers are trying to lay foundations as fast as they possibly can.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Park Slope: The secret world of an after-dark bike race held weekly in Prospect Park.
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By Chris O’Connell
Williamsburg: Hipster bikers are shunning cars and leaving their bicycles at nine new bike racks near the L train.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Fort Greene: Owners of hot dogs seek relief in Fort Greene Park.
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By Chris Cascarano
Williamsburg: Dirty streets are among the problems faced by pet owners.
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By Juliana Bunim
Heights Lowdown: Why do baby strollers need to be the size of SUVs?
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By Dana Rubinstein
Park Slope: A building’s wall came down after Wednesday’s storm, leaving a family living next store out on the street.
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By Ariella Cohen
Carroll Gardens: It made national headlines as a bonehead stunt, but the infamous sub drew cheers here.
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By Matt Lysiak
Bay Ridge: A giant tree in a prominent Ridgite’s back yard has neighbors calling for a chainsaw.
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Letters: In a letter to The Paper, a former Jehovah’s Witness issues a warning.
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Letters: Once again, we’ve received a number of interesting letters from readers like you!
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By Dana Rubinstein
Checkin’ in with: She lets you know what happens to your trash!
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By Matt Lysiak
Yellow Hooker: Our columnist attempts to get to the bottom of the lack of information on two recent Ridge crimes, and learns something along the way.
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By Ariella Cohen
Brooklyn South: Just off our Stoop, there are two public pools to choose from. Our columnist tells you where to go.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Greene Acres: Our columnist check’s into the rumored sale by the city of the Ingersoll housing project.
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By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: The final of a three-part piece on the history of the sugar industry in Greenpoint.
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By Matt Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Both lawyer Steve Harrison and Rep. Vito Fossella are ready to duke it out again — mostly over the war in Iraq.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Fort Greene: Residents say a converted two-way street is more dangerous then it was before.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Downtown: The headline says it all!
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By Ed Shakespeare
Just because you’re a professional ball player, it doesn’t mean you don’t have to carry the dirty laundry.
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By Matt Lysiak
Bay Ridge: Ridgite Dawn Barry-Hansen just landed a role in “Idol: The Musical,” an Off-Broadway play.
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Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay
Parenting: All your local family events.
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By Louise Crawford
Smartmom: Smartmom noticed it first: there was a note on the menu blackboard and in the menu as well that said: It is a condition of service at the Clam Bar that all children must stay in their seats.
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Downtown: Photos from the annual National Night Out Against Crime.
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All the important meetings you should be going to.
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