Atlantic Yards: Departing Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff took a parting shot at the Atlantic Yards mega-development this week, offering the stunning admission that if the city had to do it all over again, it would have demanded a proper public review of the $4-billion project. Comments (4).

Editorial: We always knew that the Atlantic Yards project would afford us many occasions over the next 30 years to say, “We told you so.” But we just didn’t expect to get one so soon. Comment.

Atlantic Yards: Our cartoonist’s take. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Angle: Four years ago this week, Bruce Ratner unveiled the Atlantic Yards project. That anniversary gives us a chance to revisit whether the developer is living up to his original promises (thank goodness we saved the press kit!). Comment.

Atlantic Yards: State officials said that the NYPD won’t need to close streets around the Nets arena because police don’t close roadways next to Madison Square Garden on game nights — but there’s only one problem with that promise: the NYPD did shut a roadway between the Garden and Penn Plaza after 9-11. Comments (1).

Downtown: Scores of Brooklynites rallied on Tuesday to support a plan to tear down a row of historic, yet badly damaged, houses inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard to make room for a supermarket — even as the federal government issued a report declaring that most of the 10 150-year-old mansions can be saved. Comments (1).

Downtown plan: The InterContinental Hotel Group — an extremely high-end chain with lodges from Andorra to Zimbabwe — joined forces with a 25-year-old developer to break ground this week on a $60-million hotel on Duffield Street. Comment.

Downtown: The Jehovah’s Witnesses, a major landowner in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, have netted a whopping $50 million for the Standish Arms Hotel, a Columbia Heights building that will be turned into luxury rentals, the new owner says. Comments (7).

Park Slope: Yes, you are seeing double. Smith Street and Fifth Avenue are becoming mirror images of one another — thanks to at least half a dozen entrepreneurs opening shops on both streets. Comment.

Williamsburg Waterfront: The developer who wants to build 2,200 units of luxury housing on the Domino Sugar refinery site just north of the Williamsburg Bridge is using its “affordable housing” component — about 660 of the new units — to promote the project in the community. Comments (1).

Beside the Point: The stunning conclusion of our “Should Walter O’Malley be in the Hall of Fame” saga. Comment.

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist explores the world of subway lap dances. Comments (2).

PS … I Love You: Our columnist offers a timeless tale of Christmas heroism. Comment.

Letters: Letters pour in regarding a Hanukkah snub; the loss of the Brooklyn Dodgers; an allegation of an anti-Italian bias in The Brooklyn Paper; how to keep our streets safe; Bruce Ratner’s new tower at City Tech; security at Atlantic Yards; poor bus service in Brooklyn; Smartmom’s column; and the limits of Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman’s intelligence. Comment.

Park Slope: The poet laureate of Park Slope weighs in again. Comment.

Smartmom: Hepcat makes latkes the old-fashioned way: He improvises. And therein lies a great life lesson! Comment.

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

Politics: The first-term Park Slope Democrat was one of just nine members of Congress who last week voted against House resolution 847, a symbolic bill that, among other things, acknowledged “the international religious and historical importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.” Comments (3).

The New York City Hall of Fame (yes, there is one) inducted its freshman class last weekend — and none other than Craig Hammerman, the district manager of Community Board 6, is on the list! Comment.

Park Slope: Gowanus Canal-area residents say government agencies are selling them down the river by not pushing for a cleanup that will make the fetid waterway safe for swimming. Comment.

Bay Ridge: The Christmas decorations at the VA hospital in Dyker Heights may not rival other fanciful displays throughout the neighborhood, but that’s just how the hospital wants it. Comment.

Williamsburg Waterfront: The developer planning to transform the long-shuttered Domino Sugar refinery into a vibrant residential community will face increased costs now that the City Council has landmarked three historic buildings on the site — but the company couldn’t be happier. Comment.

Williamsburg: A notorious 16-story apartment project on North Eighth Street that has been holding steady at 10 stories for seven months was cleared for takeoff this week. Comment.

Bay Ridge: A long-awaited junior golf course on unused land at Dyker Beach Park is on schedule for completion and will be ready for play by next June. Comments (1).

Fort Greene: Buy your holiday gifts at the Habana Outpost crafts fair. Comment.

Downtown: Court officers and other mourners lined Sidney Place and steps of the Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Brooklyn Heights at last Wednesday’s funeral for Bill Gallagher, who died on his 70th birthday, Dec. 3, after a lifetime in the criminal justice system. Gallagher worked in the state’s court system since 1977, most recently as the system’s inspector general. Comment.

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

In the spirit of encouraging a free exchange of ideas, The Brooklyn Paper makes this space available to our readers. Comments (1).