Bay Ridge: A developer’s controversial plan to build a Home Depot above a railyard on the border of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge has been abandoned until the economy rebounds. Comments (2).

Cobble Hill: The city has halted construction of David Walentas’s Atlantic Avenue apartment building saying the developer violated the height limit of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Comment.

DUMBO: Tourists will no longer be scratching their heads searching for the long-hidden Brooklyn Bridge footpath, thanks to a new map, directional signs, travel guides and stunning lighting on our side of the storied span. Comments (1).

Clinton Hill: The Bible says that God created the universe in six days. It took slightly longer for a Sunset Park artist to tackle the epic task of painting every one of His Old Testament commandments. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: Could “The Real World: Brooklyn” actually be “The Real World: Carroll Gardens”? One week after the network’s reality show announced that it would tape its 21st season in Brooklyn this summer, one Gardens property owner said he has the inside track on snatching the show’s players from hipper neighborhoods. Comment.

Art: No, that’s not a drill bit coming out of the Fulton Ferry Landing — it’s a telescope that lets you see all the way to London. OK, it’s really an art project that touches on Victorian, futuristic and sci-fi themes — but the part about seeing London? That’s entirely true. Comments (1).

Windsor Terrace: Police say they have nabbed the Park Slope man who robbed and murdered the beloved owner of a Windsor Terrace dry cleaners — but residents of the peaceful parkside neighborhood are furious that the alleged killer was even on the streets when he had recently violated his parole. Comment.

Park Slope: Park Slope’s alternate-side-parking amnesty has been in effect for just a few days, but it’s already bubbled over into a battle of car owners and car haters. Comments (2).

Downtown: The leaner, meaner real-estate market has forced one of the city’s major developers to eliminate more than 200 affordable housing units from his 660-apartment complex in Downtown Brooklyn. Comment.

Coney Island: Developer Joe Sitt is bringing new rides and attractions to Coney Island and has rechristened the next three months the “Summer of Hope” for the beleaguered amusement district. Opponents, however, say Sitt represents a “Future of Nope” for the fabled “People’s Playground.” Comment.

Brooklyn Angle: Talk about a crappy assignment! Our columnist gives his review of Clinton Hill’s solar-powered outhouse. And, like Bette Davis might have said, “What a dump!” With video … Comment.

Bay Ridge: Humiliated Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) ended the speculation around his own political career by announcing he would not seek re-election this fall — an announcement that set off intense jockeying on both sides of the political world. Comment.

Cobble Hill: A developer who wants to build housing on a parcel that includes a historic Beaux Arts edifice on Amity Street must retool his project a third time in order to shore up public support. Comment.

Park Slope: The Brooklyn Cyclones have admitted, openly, that they love Park Slope. It’s about time someone did. Comment.

Smartmom: Smartmom organizes her second “Edgy Moms” reading — and learns the greatest lesson of all: be edgy. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights: The city rejected a plan to put a two-level parking garage with a rooftop garden in the courtyard of a historic Brooklyn Heights apartment building — unless the landlord buries the garage himself. Comment.

Park Slope: South Slope writers, mommies and, yes, even a few coffee lovers, were crying in their lattes this week at the news that the original Tea Lounge — a neighborhood staple on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 10th Street — will close at the end of July, a victim, its owner said, of soaring rent demands. Comments (14).

Bay Ridge: All the fun from Bay Ridge’s annual Nordic pride parade. Comment.

Fort Greene: A congressional and military delegation got a rare peak inside the crypt below the Prison Ships Martyrs monument in Fort Greene Park on Monday — and the quick fact-finding mission may lead to long-overdue federal support for a site that Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian David McCulloch once called “one of the three most-sacred sites in American history.” With video … Comment.

Carroll Gardens: A judge dismissed charges against several people who were handed summonses last month for allegedly strolling through Cobble Hill Park after closing time. Comment.

Letters: The mailbag is filled with missives about Atlantic Yards, closing supermarkets, Rep. Vito Fossella’s ongoing travails, ferry service and The Brooklyn Paper’s unique use of language. Comment.

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