Editorial: Brooklyn missed a great opportunity when Bruce Ratner sold the naming rights to his Nets arena to a foreign bank with no connection to the borough. He should have named it Jackie Robinson Arena. With that damage done, The Paper is now calling on state officials to not make the same mistake at the so-called Brooklyn Bridge Park. It must be named “Harriet Tubman Park.” Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Two black leaders — both of whom support Atlantic Yards — have joined the chorus of critics saying that developer Bruce Ratner betrayed his black supporters by selling the naming rights to his proposed Nets arena to Barclays, a global investment firm that was founded by slave traders and did business with South Africa’s apartheid government. Roger Green — a former state Assemblyman — and successor Hakeem Jeffries are the latest lawmakers to come out against the deal. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Paper film critic Baker Hollingsworth reviews Isabel Hill’s documentary, “Brooklyn Matters,” on the eve of its Brooklyn debut on Jan. 31. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Community groups and schools will be paying a lot to rent Bruce Ratner’s arena when the Nets aren’t using it — an apparent pullback from the developer’s promise to make the arena available to local non-profit groups “at a reasonable rate.” Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Opponents to Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards have unveiled a new legal strategy that could bolster their battle against the state’s use of eminent domain to make way for the mega-development, legal experts said this week. Comment.

Letters: Readers respond to last week’s story about Bruce Ratner’s deal with Barclays Bank, an institution with links to slavery, the Holocaust and apartheid. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: The anti–Atlantic Yards group Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn is reaching out and touching someone — someone’s wallet, that is. In a bid to pay off an ever-growing mountain of legal bills, the opposition group has undertaken a round of fundraising calls — even calling the Brooklyn Paper for cash (we declined, thanks). Comments (1).

Pfizer, the drug giant best known for Viagra, will lay off all 600 workers at its Brooklyn plant, ending a relationship with the borough that dates back to 1849. The drug maker, which posted a $9.45-billion profit during the last quarter of last year, said it is will sack the workers as a cost-cutting move. Comment.

The Paper is proud to announce its latest edition: Vince Michael DiMiceli was born at 2:29 am on Jan. 19 at Staten Island University Hospital. The nine-pound tot is the first child for GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa J. Curtis and Senior Editor Vince “Vinny” DiMiceli — two of the Brooklyn Paper’s longest-tenured (and award-winning) employees. Comment.

Park Slope: The area around the filthy Gowanus Canal would be reborn with a restaurant atop the grimy Smith and Ninth street subway station, a public market under the viaduct near Lowe’s, “green” industries, new homes and, of course, a clean-flowing waterway under a plan released by an area community group this week. Comment.

Park Slope: Gowanus: Toxic soil along the Gowanus Canal cannot be cleaned — but don’t worry, the increasingly hot properties nearby will still be safe for some people to live on, state engineers said this week. Comment.

Park Slope: Carlos Lezama, who turned Labor Day from a languid holiday into a full-fledged Carnival of steel drums, Caribbean delicacies, and dancers in skimpy costumes, died on Monday. He was 83. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: A Brooklyn artist whose work is most typically displayed in real-estate offices is fighting back after one firm told him to remove four paintings because they were too controversial. The broker objected mostly to one painting, which featured a slave — not a house, but a person — being sold. Comment.

Politics: Disgraced former Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Clarence Norman — who is out of jail pending an appeal of an earlier corruption conviction — was back in court this week facing his fourth trial in less than two years, this one for allegedly intimidating two Civil Court candidates to pay up to $100,000 for campaign services. Comment.

A little Dutch boy wants your help in finding the family of a Brooklyn soldier who died in World War II and is buried near the teen’s Holland home. Comment.

Brooklyn’s version of Forrest Gump has hit the halfway mark on his quest to run every inch of Brooklyn’s roadways — but now he’s giving it a rest. Iowa native Gary Jarvis said he never realized how big Brooklyn is. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: It’s a “Moonstruck” marriage! The much-loved bakery that served as the backdrop in Cher’s 1987 hit romance is coming back, thanks to a union with Monteleone, a Court Street pastry shop. Mouths are already watering for the new couple: the Monteleone & Cammareri bakery. Comment.

Cultural organizations in Brooklyn could benefit from a flood of cash, thanks to a new pledge by Mayor Bloomberg to distribute $30 million in grants based on performance, not politics. Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: The 94-year-old Carroll Gardens man whose landlord kicked him out of his apartment has found a new apartment nearby. Dominick Diomede, whose story was first reported by The Brooklyn Paper, is poised to sign a lease on a subsidized unit on Warren Street run by the Fifth Avenue Committee. Comment.

Fort Greene: Car owners in Fort Greene want what their upscale pals in Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights have: the right to leave their cars in one space for most of the week. But the Sanitation Department says it won’t happen. Comment.

Editor Gersh Kuntzman hosts BCAT’s Reporter Roundtable this week, with a panel that includes Rich Calder of the New York Post, Jotham Sederstrom of the New York Daily News and Tom Tracy of the Post-owned Courier-Life weekly chain (watch as Calder gets a few digs in at Kuntzman for last week’s “Blood Money” headline). Me-ow! Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom goes to Neal Pollack’s reading at the Tea Lounge and finds the humor writer’s take on parenting not that funny at all. Catfight! Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist scoffed at “banksteria” — until his favorite rib joint was closed to make room for a new branch. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist tries to get across the intersection of Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene Place and Fulton Street. And, believe it or not, she makes it! Comment.

Brooklyn South: Our columnist — a dancing fool from way back — says Red Hook is the perfect place for a club scene. Comment.

PS … I Love You: Our columnist goes to the “I am Park Slope” discussion and discovers that “diversity” is like pornography: No one knows what it is, but they know it when they see it. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Victory Memorial Hospital has offered to amputate important units in hopes of keeping the embattled hospital open. Comment.

Park Slope: Powerplay gym is still closed — but this time, it’s through no fault of the building’s owner. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge: A lawyer for the controversial Club Shadows went on the offensive this week, calling local officials’ attempt to shut down the Third Avenue nightspot a “witch hunt” and vowing to beat them when the club’s case comes before state officials. “This is a witch hunt,” said William Spanakos, the lawyer. Comment.

DUMBO: Neighborhood activists in DUMBO say a developer has begun demolishing a historic building on Water Street in hopes of finishing the job before the entire area gets landmark status. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge: Councilman Vince Gentile and Rep. Vito Fossella haven’t always seen things eye to eye — and now you can add their noses into the equation. Gentile, a Democrat, is still fuming about the city’s slow response to the stink at the Owls Head sewage treatment plant, while Fossella, a Republican, said the mayor and his Department of Environmental Protection have come out of the nasty fight smelling like roses. Comments (1).

Park Slope: Seventh Avenue’s Katina’s Diner will finally reopen after months of “renovations” — but as a sister restaurant to the Purity Diner five blocks away at Seventh Street. Comment.

Park Slope: Residents are begging city officials to help get rid of the 18-wheelers that roar down their supposed-to-be-quiet streets — but electeds aren’t listening. Comments (3).

Carroll Gardens: The little firehouse that Steve Buscemi is headed to the auction block despite opposition from Community Board 6. Comment.

Park Slope: Opponents of a local church’s plan to sell its garden are now calling for a boycott of the local real-estate broker involved in the sale. Comment.

Park Slope: Traffic along busy Third Avenue will be crawling for 18 months, as a key bridge over the Gowanus Canal is rebuilt. The $2.5-million job began on Jan. 17. Comment.

Park Slope: Park Slope: Residents of 11th Street are seeing red over a Fire Department plan to temporarily relocate another engine company alongside the two fire units on the block. The move is a result of renovations to Engine 239’s Fourth Avenue digs. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Two rival blogs reached the one-million-hit landmark this month — and promptly started attacking each other. Comment.

Checkin’ in with: Let’s face it — no one has time to cook these days. And by the time January rolls around, the usual array of take-out places and restaurants can get yawn- (or nausea-) inducing. But at least one restaurant — Henry’s End in Brooklyn Heights — is taking a stand, thanks to the latest installment of its annual Wild Game Festival. Comments (1).

This week’s community meetings. Comment.