Park Slope: The long-delayed Park Slope Armory’s rebirth as a neighborhood recreation center really is now imminent, The Brooklyn Paper has learned. Comments (1).

Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009

It’s the most wonderful edition of the year!

Page 1: We hear those sleigh bells ringing, they’re ding-ding-dinging, whoo-hoo! That’s right everyone, it’s the full print edition of The Brooklyn Paper — and you get it, right here, right now, before anyone else, simply by clicking the link above. Yes, all our print edition features — columns, calendars, maps, cool graphics — are just one mouse move away. Keep hustlin’, Brooklyn!

Pole vault! Woman hit for thousands in fines for one illegal act

By Andy Campbell

The Brooklyn Paper / Andy Campbell

Brooklyn Heights: A Brooklyn Heights small business owner faces thousands in fines — even though she only posted one thing on a Court Street lamppost. Comments (11).

The city was wrong to remove the Bedford Avenue bike lane

Editorial: The Brooklyn Paper editorial board — which has been both the staunchest supporter and the harshest critic of bike lanes — opposes the city’s move to eliminate a popular path on Bedford Avenue. Comments (13).

Look, I’m a glutton for gluten

By Gersh Kuntzman

Brooklyn Angle: But two Gowanus guys are trying to change that. Comments (3).

Our cartoonist has a beef with some restaurants

By Cristian Fleming

Cartoon: This week, Roofus offers his take on the recent Department of Labor crackdown on Park Slope restaurants for underpaying their workers. Comments (2).

Correction officer’s gun used in shootout

By Thomas Tracy

Bay Ridge: An officer with the Department of Correction found himself on the wrong side of the law after his department-issued weapon ended up in the hands of two other people on Nov. 28. Comment.

Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

It’s the most wonderful edition of the year!

Bloomy vs. Thompson II: Mayor sues comptroller over jail reopening

By Stephen Brown

The Brooklyn Paper / Mike McLaughlin

Boerum Hill: The mayoral election has been resolved, but Mayor Bloomberg is still bashing outgoing Comptroller Bill Thompson — this time over the controversial Brooklyn House of Detention. Comments (3).

Cat Man bares his claws in suit against hospital

By Stephen Brown

Cobble Hill: A cat-loving Cobble Hill man whose valiant effort to save a lost feline last year was misinterpreted as the rantings of a crazy person has sued the hospital that medicated him in a way “normally reserved for violent psychiatric patients.” Comments (9).

This ‘Rose’ has thorns! CB1 blocks developer’s waterfront towers

By Andy Campbell

Williamsburg Waterfront: A developer’s bid for a glitzy, 800-unit mixed-use apartment complex along the Williamsburg waterfront tripped at the first hurdle on Tuesday night when the local community board rejected it 31–8. Comments (13).

Still new, but already under repair

By Gersh Kuntzman

Park Slope: A building that was once dubbed “one of the last success stories of the great boom” is already undergoing repairs to its leaky facade less than two years after construction was finished. Comments (2).

Legion haul

By Sabrina Jaszi

Williamsburg: A woman’s bag is taken as she boogies at a local bar. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009

Windows 10 was Norah Jones’s idea

By Stephen Brown

Cobble Hill: The singer’s extra seven windows are still causing controversy on Amity Street. Comments (25).

It’s Billy’s latest Rev-elation

By Andy Campbell

The Brooklyn Paper / Sebastian Kahnert

Shopping: Rev. Billy, fresh off his stunning defeat by Mayor Bloomberg, is back with a new show. Comments (1).

ESDC to Paper: Drop dead! State denies our FOIL request

By Stephen Brown

Atlantic Yards: State officials have offered an odd excuse for not revealing how they determined the value of Daniel Goldstein’s apartment in the Atlantic Yards footprint: They can’t talk right now because they’re probably going to be sued again. Comments (6).

Muni-meters coming to Park Slope in January

By Stephen Brown

Mean Streets: Park Slope will finally be getting a high-tech facelift on Fifth and Seventh avenues that will free up spots and even allow you to feed the meter with a credit card. Comments (4).

For these flu-fighting girls, the nose knows

By Addie Lovell and Jane Kuntzman

Parenting: Finally, two 8-year-olds give a full report from the nurse’s office on what it’s like to actually get a flu injection up your nose. Comments (2).

Want health care? Sing for it

By Andy Campbell

Music: Or you could buy a ticket to “Brooklyn Sings for Health Care” next week at The Bell House. Comment.

Monday, Nov. 30, 2009

No ‘park’ing! Critics say Brooklyn Bridge Park entrance isn’t so grand

By Will Yakowicz

Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation

Bridge ‘Park’: Grand entryway or condo driveway — you decide. Comments (6).

This whole situation is ferry confusing

By Yardena Schwartz

Transit: Will the city let East River ferry service just die? Or is New York Water Taxi to blame? Comments (1).

Park Circle looks better than ever — except for drivers!

By Stephen Brown

Mean Streets: Cyclists and pedestrians — and horseback riders — are already hailing the still-unfinished transformation of the perilous traffic circle at the southwest corner of Prospect Park, but some drivers are still getting a hang of the overhauled traffic pattern. Comments (10).

Top this! There’s now a professional dreidel league!

By Aaron Short

Event: At long last, the Hanukkah dreidel is getting the respect it deserves. Comments (2).

Divan intervention! Smartmom’s clan adjusts to the new couch

By Louise Crawford

Smartmom: It’s here. It’s queer. But they’re getting used to it. Comments (4).

Body shop owner is an ‘underground clown’

By Simon McCormack

Art: The owner of a new Coney Island-based clothing company is about to get some knockout exposure from prizefighter Paulie Malignaggi — though viewers may not even know it. Comments (1).

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009

Breaking news! Lethem, falling behind, adds new reading!

By Gersh Kuntzman

The Brooklyn Paper / Ben Muessig

Books: Jonathan Lethem is apparently not going to go down in his battle with his new novel without a fight. Comment.

This ‘Rose’ has thorns! CB1 panel blocks developer’s waterfront towers

By Will Yakowicz

Williamsburg Waterfront: A developer’s bid for a glitzy, 800-unit mixed-use apartment complex along the Williamsburg waterfront tripped at the first hurdle on Tuesday night when a community board committee rejected it 9–1. Comments (16).