Brooklyn Angle: Our columnist decides that the city’s crackdown on sidewalk chalk “vandals” has now officially gone too far. Comments (7).

Maggie Gyllenhaal has finally commented on The Brooklyn Paper’s most-controversial cover ever: “This is terrible,” she said. Comments (1).

Necessary track work on the F train will make it impossible to create the much-dreamed-of express service on the line for at least another five years. Comment.

Beside the Point: Our columnist actually read the recent EPA study — and it has some shocking (and healthy) news buried inside. Comments (7).

Carroll Gardens: The Gowanus Canal will become a hot-sheets motel for area fish, thanks to cleanup measures proposed by the city. Comments (2).

Atlantic Yards: A prominent gay and lesbian political club came out against Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development on Monday night — even as the developer and Borough President Markowitz are still discussing creating a gay community center in a Ratner-owned building Downtown. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: A cadre of local elected officials broke ground on what will be Brooklyn’s largest eco-friendly residential development to date — but the solar panels that were to be the building’s crowning element had to be scrapped because they would never get light once the Atlantic Yards project is completed across the street. Comment.

Politics: How much do gays and lesbians despise Civil Court judicial candidate Noach Dear? One group of queer activists actually considered endorsing Dear’s Republican-Conservative opponent this week. Comment.

Fort Greene: Behemoth record label Universal Music Group must change the name of rapper Nas’s new album, “Nigger,” or risk losing $84 million in state investments, a Fort Greene assemblyman said this week. Comments (33).

Williamsburg: Who doesn’t like Mondays? The much-ballyhooed expansion of service on the L train — long sought by Billyburgers and Greenpointers — will start with the first rush-hour of the work week. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: Diehard fans of tacos, huaraches and papusas flocked to Red Hook last weekend to get a taste of history and, in between mouthfuls, wonder whether the Latin-American vendors who have sold their tasty fare for three decades will be allowed to return next year. Comments (1).

Editorial: A plan for retail stores in the ground floor of the Municipal Building is a major step in the right direction towards revitalizing the entire area — a common-sense move long resisted by Metrotech builder Bruce Ratner. Comments (1).

Park Slope: Methodist Hospital has backtracked on a plan that would have turned 30 neighborhood parking spots into a “no-standing” zone reserved for ambulances — quickly defusing an ugly confrontation with nearby residents. Comments (2).

PS … I Love You: A British guy mocks the Food Co-op as Soviet. Our columnist mans the Kremlin walls! Comment.

Carroll Gardens: A Council subcommittee on Tuesday turned down a controversial proposal by a powerful developer to build apartments at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, the first step towards a full rejection of a building that sought to become the first exception to 50-foot height limit of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Comment.

Downtown plan: Brooklyn’s dour Municipal Building — where generations of lovers have gotten their marriage licenses and tax scofflaws have paid their fines — will ground-floor shops on Court Street under a plan being pushed by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. Comment.

Bay Ridge: The odors coming out of the Owls Head Water Pollution plant may never fully be contained — but, a new study reveals the good news: that smell won’t kill you! Comment.

Letters: Our letters column has lots of interesting missives about the 6-year-old graffiti girl, the greatness of Park Slope, the new “green” Galapagos art center, two new old-style clocks on Flatbush Avenue, our Big Turkey Thanksgiving Dinner contest, the Khalil Gibran International Academy, an adult toy shop on Fifth Avenue and our Bay Ridge columnist Matthew Lysiak. Comment.

Cartoon: Our cartoonist’s take. Comment.

Greene Acres: Our columnist — a biker — gets angry about the bike-lane controversy in Fort Greene. Comments (1).

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets the scoop on a local plan for the future of the Gowanus Canal zone. Comments (1).

Bloomy in the ’Hood: There was no October surprise for state Sen. Marty Golden — but he sure raised a lot of money at his fundraiser last week. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist gets to the bottom of the stench at Owls Head. Comment.

Park Slope: A Windsor Terrace mom has landed in a puddle of bureaucratic spit-up in her effort to open an affordably priced pre-school in the heart of the South Slope — a neighborhood notoriously devoid of day-care options. Comments (1).

Williamsburg: If you want your parents to visit you in Williamsburg this holiday season, but you don’t want their stay to interfere with your band’s rehearsal in the living room, then your life is about to become simpler in the next few weeks when Hotel Le Jolie becomes the first hotel in North Brooklyn. Comment.

Heights Lowdown: The Heights is no place for a bicyclist, our columnist finds. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom learns first-hand that no good deed goes unpunished online. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Runners aren’t the only ones dreading next weekend’s New York City Marathon. Comment.

Williamsburg: The city is reminding homeowners not to throw out wood, lest the Asian Longhorned Beetle continue to thrive. Comment.

Bay Ridge: One resident’s against-the-tide crusade to return ferry service to the 69th Street pier may finally be hitting smoother waters. Comment.

Bay Ridge: Ridge volunteers take on graffiti — the real kind. Comment.

Downtown: Those picnic tables at Front Street Pizza, which have been providing a spot for noshers since showing up unannounced four weeks ago, will disappear as soon as the weather gets nasty, said owner Larry Leonardi. Comments (1).

Fort Greene: Teachers at Brooklyn Tech — the largest math and science themed school in the city — are getting schooled in, well, technology. Comments (1).

Bridge ‘Park’: Leaders of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy want you to help decide what kind of recreational activities should be available when the proposed park is finally built. Comments (3).

Williamsburg: Triple Crown annoyed neighbors for months with its loud music — but now the bar is holding a benefit concert on Sunday to pay for all the repairs it made to keep the noise down. Comment.

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

Parenting: All the action for you and your kids! Comment.

In the spirit of encouraging a free exchange of ideas, The Brooklyn Paper makes this space available to our readers. Comment.