Brooklyn South: When did hot Red Hook go cold? Our columnist examines. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: Terrified residents of Boerum Hill say that crack dealers and their customers are operating out of a St. Marks Avenue building — a building that is actually owned by the city! Comment.

Crime: The famed “broken windows” theory is alive and well and sitting on a Red Hook street — where a burned out SUV has become an impromptu garbage dump. Comment.