Brooklyn Is Angry: The city is moving to close a poorly performing Fort Greene middle school and use the space for an elite charter school — and parents say they’ve been sold out by an education bureaucracy more focused on tests than students. Comments (11).

Books: And she’s reading from it next week at BookCourt. Comments (2).

Books: Edwidge Danticat edits “Haiti Noir.” Comment.

Weekend Watch: The big news, of course, is the F train. But here are all the service changes affecting you this weekend (Saturday, Jan. 22 at 12:01 am to Monday, Jan. 24 at 5 am, unless otherwise noted). Comments (1).

Bay Ridge: The repeal of President Obama’s landmark health care reform on Wednesday was punctuated with plenty of Brooklyn moxie — and a few indirect swipes at freshman Rep. Michael Grimm, the only Republican in the city’s congressional delegation. Comments (4).

Mean Streets: Keep checking back for updates on this odd tragedy. Comments (8).

Park Slope: A new selective public school will open inside the John Jay HS building in Park Slope despite an outcry from students and teachers who say the decision encourages racial segregation. Comments (15).

Cleaning Our Waterways: Greenpoint’s four-year-old Newtown Creek Nature Walk will nearly double in size thanks to new city funding. Comment.

Music: Liz Phair will fill the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Jan. 26. Be there. Comments (1).

Cinema: Gregg Araki’s new Sundance Festival cult hit will debut in Brooklyn on Jan. 27. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: Who needs a nightstick or service revolver when you have Jerry Armer, Maria Pagano and Frances Brown? Comment.

Bay Ridge: Soldier-turned-Congressman Michael Grimm has hired a former NYPD detective who will “act as a bodyguard” for himself and staffers in the wake of the Arizona shootings — but Brooklyn’s lone Republican member of Congress is apparently our only local lawmaker to take such a drastic step. Comments (6).

Mean Streets: Cyclists will be required to register their rides like their gas-guzzling counterparts under a controversial scheme trumpeted last week by a Park Slope activist. Comments (36).

The city was quick to clear the streets following last Tuesday’s mini-snowstorm, but that hard work left us under an avalanche of something grittier, dirtier and much more aromatic — a trashpocalypse of garbage and recyclables. Comment.

Dining: It’s the ultimate Park Slope good news/bad news story: The long-vacant Miracle Grill space on Seventh Avenue is finally about to reopen — but as a national burger chain with a very cheesy name. Comments (13).

Dining: Get your mind out of the gutter — we’re talking about a beef jerky contest. Comments (1).

Fort Greene: Gunfire after a basketball game at Bishop Loughlin HS. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (1).

Williamsburg: Brooklyn Oenology sponsors a contest to design the Next Great Wine Bottle. Comments (5).

Foodie-in-Chief: Dig in. Comments (1).

Dining: All around the borough, this humble staple has become a big ticket item. Some are worth it — some are not. Comments (8).

Fearless Parenting: Sure, Bloomberg blew the clean-up, but our columnist’s sons got a life lesson in rolling with the punches. Comments (3).

Carroll Gardens: Just eight new officers at the precinct — but that’s a good thing because it means the area is safe. Comments (1).

Theater: Don’t let the name fool you. Comment.

Greenpoint: No solid leads yet on the gunman who critically wounded a man near Nassau Street on Friday night. Comments (1).

Greenpoint: An “illegal” barrier is blocking Greenpointers from their waterfront — and controversial landowner Josh Guttman is to blame. Comments (8).

The Brooklyn Paper has done it again — won the highest honor from a national newspaper association. Comments (4).

Park Slope: The 1970s equality law for women, which failed to make the Constitution, is back. Comments (7).

Art: Bill Roundy has a gallery show in DUMBO. Comment.

Event: Admit it — ever since beekeeping became legal in March, you’ve been wondering how you could get in the buzz biz. Comment.

Williamsburg: Cops say they have nabbed the villain who sexually assaulted two women in Williamsburg and has been preying on the fairer sex for years. Comments (4).

Williamsburg: Brooklyn Brewery has finally reached the tipping point. Comments (9).

Perspective: The city announced last week that it would begin a major crackdown on cyclists who violate motor vehicle laws. It’s a controversial move and, as such, prime fodder for this week’s op-ed page. Click below for opinion pieces on both sides of this contentious issue.

The Butcher of Flatbush Ave. Extension: The Butcher’s review finds this Alan Rickman-led production just a bit too chilly. But, hey, it’s Ibsen, so what did he expect? Comment.

Dining: Fans of Ditmas Park’s Pomme de Terre may have rejoiced when a veteran of that kitchen took over the Newkirk Avenue spot earlier this fall. But don’t expect the same experience at the new Ox Cart Tavern. Comments (1).

BAM District: The state bailed out a long-delayed, 42-story residential tower just off Flatbush Avenue late last month, days before a tax exemption deadline would have left developers with an unfunded mega-project for at least another year. Comments (2).

Bay Ridge: The FBI has has identified the principal suspect in the armed robbery of the Ridgewood Savings Bank on Third Avenue on Dec. 23. Comments (1).

Dance: They’re words that move hearts — and feet! Comment.