Editorial: The Brooklyn Paper has put incoming Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio on notice, thanks to his quite-un-public effort to help a Carroll Gardens school last week. Comments (10).
Carroll Gardens: A musician is found dead in his Carroll Gardens apartment. Plus all the crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comments (2).
Carroll Gardens: Outgoing Councilman Bill DeBlasio has backtracked on his secretive effort to allow a politically connected private school to move ahead with a two-story extension atop of the courtyards that give Carroll Gardens is very character. Comments (6).
Boerum Hill: The governing body of local Lutheran churches has finally fired back — albeit in the form of a press release — against charges that it illegally locked out the congregation at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Comments (3).
Cobble Hill: BookCourt was slouching towards Bethlehem to be born as Jonathan Lethem finished his “Chronic City” tour with a seemingly endless reading that ended in the wee hours on Saturday. Comment.
Cleaning the Gowanus: Hopes for the Gowanus Canal to quickly be designated a Superfund site were reined in last Thursday night as a top federal official cautioned that it is very rare for a proposal to be approved in less than a year. Comments (6).
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).