Downtown: We broke the news two weeks ago, but MTV has confirmed it: The network’s “Real World” reality show is coming to the Bell Tel Lofts building on Willoughby Street in Downtown. Comment.

New day dawning over the Gowanus

By Mike McLaughlin

Gowanus: The foul Gowanus Canal zone would be reborn as a mixed-use neighborhood of housing, commerce, light industry and — here’s the kicker — green open space under the city’s long-awaited rezoning plan unveiled last week. Comments (1).

Ridge synagogue for sale

By Ben Muessig

Bay Ridge: A Bay Ridge synagogue with a shrinking congregation decided on Wednesday to tear down its sanctuary and sell a portion of its Fourth Avenue property to a developer. Comments (2).

Ratner’s false choice

Editorial: Why the pro–Atlantic Yards rally on Thursday at Borough Hall was a sham. Comments (19).

DeBlasio: No room for the inn

By Mike McLaughlin

Gowanus: A local lawmaker wants the city to ban hotels near the northern end of the Gowanus Canal in what has become the surprisingly hot “Gowanus Canal Hotel District.” Comment.

If you can’t beat ’em, quit ’em

By Mike McLaughlin

Coney Island: The most outspoken critic of the city’s plan to transform Coney Island from a seasonal, independent amusement area into a corporate-run, year-round pleasure zone has resigned in protest from the city agency guiding the redevelopment process. Comment.

Mega-store opens June 18

Link: Everyone’s talking about the opening of IKEA’s first New York City store — in Red Hook, Brooklyn — on Wednesday, June 18. If you’ve never been to an IKEA, let us show you what all the exciitement’s about. Via podcast, join Brooklyn Paper editors Lisa Curtis and Vince DiMiceli on a mouth-watering visit to IKEA’s Paramus, NJ store — and get ready for a heaping serving of Swedish meatballs along with your cart full of contemporary home furnishings.

City: We don’t need a middle school in DUMBO — now

By Sarah Portlock

DUMBO: A DUMBO developer’s plan to build a controversial 18-story apartment tower with the carrot of a new middle school was handed a setback last Wednesday when a top schools official said that the neighborhood actually doesn’t need a school right now. Comment.

4th Avenue left waiting at the station

By Mike McLaughlin

Park Slope: The MTA giveth and the MTA taketh away. This time, the almighty transportation agency has abandoned its ambitious plans to renovate the shabby Fourth Avenue station in Park Slope into a glittering, light-filled, Euro-styled stunner, The Brooklyn Paper has learned. Comments (2).

All drawn out

By Cristian Fleming

Atlantic Yards: Our artist’s weekly take on the issues of the day. Comment.

Coney Island strip mall?

By Ben Muessig

Bensonhurst: The man who brought the city’s only drive-through Starbucks to Cropsey Avenue is bringing more retail to the dreary Gateway to Coney Island — and he says it might kick-start the drag’s transition into a shopping destination. Comments (3).

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