What a year it was — from the installation of the Long Island Rail Road’s massive stone bollards at its new Atlantic Terminal to the snowstorm of the century during the last week of 2010. And through it all, The Brooklyn Paper has been there for you (try to remember us with something nice next Christmas!). But without further ado, here it is — our loving, somewhat cynical tribute to 2010. Comments (3).

Boro luminaries look back on a great year

Vox Pop: With 2011 upon us, we asked borough luminaries to reflect on this past year in Brooklyn. Here’s what they had to say. Comment.

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010

The freshman! Vito Lopez retires — and returns!

By Gersh Kuntzman

Williamsburg: Assemblyman Vito Lopez retires on Dec. 31 after 13 newsmaking years as “the” power broker of North Brooklyn. Comments (21).

Welcome to our world, Mr. Mayor

By Gersh Kuntzman

Photo by Paul Martinka

Brooklyn Angle: Mayor Bloomberg. In Brooklyn. Up to his ankles in snow! Comments (22).

Happy New Year with The Brooklyn Paper

Link: Sure, Bloomberg ruined that joyous week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, but that anger will start to fade with the first chorus of “Auld Lang Syne.” But before you ring in Baby 2011, take a few minutes to hang out with Old Man 2010 with our special, collector’s edition, Year in Review issue. Click the headline above and start downloading it right now — and relive the greatest year ever: 2010! Keep hustlin’, Brooklyn!

Our cartoonist says: The Emerson is quite poetic

By Bill Roundy

Bar Scrawl: The latest installment of our new feature, Bar Scrawl, offers our cartoonists’-eye view of Clinton Hill joint. Comments (3).

New gallery on Myrtle Avenue leads with nature

By Meredith Deliso

Art: You don’t get more Clinton Hill than Hadas Gallery. Comment.

Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010

YouBoob! Sanit workers caught in ‘Net destroying Heights cars

By Andy Campbell

Podcast: Check out this amazing action as a Sanitation team totals a car in Brooklyn Heights! Comments (17).

Snow blind! Boro vents its fury over lame city blizzard response

By Gary Buiso

Photo by Julie Rosenberg

Brooklyn Is Angry: The winter of Brooklyn’s discontent lingered into Wednesday as borough streets from Williamsburg to Sheepshead Bay remained unplowed more than 72 hours after the city’s fifth-worst snowstorm dumped two feet of snow. Comments (11).

You want crime? We got it right here!

Link: If it’s Wednesday, it’s Police Blotter day on BrooklynPaper.com. Find your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list.

Our weekly food column really fills the stomach this week

By Erica Sackin

Foodie-in-Chief: Foodie in chief Erica Sackin has a full menu of items. Comment.

‘Zombie’ jamboree! Patton Oswalt at Warsaw on Jan. 8

By Meredith Deliso

Books: Patton Oswalt may be the least likely Renaissance man. Comment.

Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010

Snow job! Brooklyn pols blast lackluster storm response

By Gary Buiso

Photo by Greg Mango

Brooklyn received a one-two punch this week — first when Mother Nature pummeled us with the fifth-largest snowstorm ever, then when City Hall didn’t do enough to clear the streets of the most-important borough. Comments (55).

BAM does ‘Borkman’ — with Alan Rickman!

By Meredith Deliso

Theater: The first must-see show of 2011 is the Abby Theatre’s month-long production of Ibsen’s “John Gabriel Borkman” at the BAM Harvey. Comment.

Wizard of Ahhh! Catch burlesque ‘Friends of Dorothy’ at Galapagos next week

By Meredith Deliso

Nightlife: Pasties and glitter and drag, oh my! Comment.

Monday, Dec. 27, 2010

And here it is — our exclusive snow video

Podcast: Live from our editor’s posh Park Slope stoop. Also starring: A 3-year-old boy! With video … Comments (5).

Snowpacalypse now!

By The Staff That Made It In Today

Photo by Arthur De Gaeta

People were wondering — would BrooklynPaper.com get a snow picture up while it was still snowing? But of course! Enjoy this classic. Comments (10).

Diamond won’t crack! Railway explorer fights eviction from tunnel he discovered

By Andy Campbell

Cobble Hill: A legendary railway explorer will sue the city to regain access to the abandoned subway tunnel under Atlantic Avenue that he rediscovered decades ago, but was evicted from earlier this month. Comments (5).

No boats allowed! Portion of bay off-limits due to unexploded bombs

By Alex Rush

Bensonhurst: Yet the city still wants to dredge in the area of the Coast Guard’s new “no boat” zone. Comments (3).

Politics as usual! So-called ‘reformer’ gets job with Lopez’s protege

By Thomas Tracy

Brooklyn Heights: So much for reforming the Brooklyn Democratic organization! Comments (55).

Brrr-ing in the New Year with a dip in the Atlantic

By Vera Zukelman

Event: In Brooklyn, there’s no better way to greet the new year than a case of hypothermia. Comment.

Let the kids grow up already

By Scott Sager

The Dad: Our columnist’s New Year’s resolution is to let his kids grow up Comments (2).

Cheesy goodness at Brooklyn Mac

By Andy Campbell

The Best Thing We Ate This Week: Kraft mac ’n’ cheese is the greatest thing in the world — if you’re 4-years-old. Thankfully, Greenpointers of slightly more advanced ages have a delightful alternative to the safety-vest-colored main course. Comment.

True Brit! U.K. comic Kitson to fill DUMBO with mirth

By Meredith Deliso

Event: Stop what you’re doing right now and get tickets to Daniel Kitson’s one-man show at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Comment.

Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010

Merry Christmas from our mom columnist

By Stephanie Thompson

Fearless Parenting: And she’s fed up with the holiday food police! Comments (2).

Friday, Dec. 24, 2010

Foes say Diocese cooked the books at political church

By Aaron Short

Bedford-Stuyvesant: Here’s the perfect Christmas Eve story: A church official cooked the books to suggest that a politically active Bedford-Stuyvesant parish that Brooklyn Diocese officials wanted to close was financially unstable. Comments (3).