By Mike McLaughlin
The Brooklyn Paper / Adrian Kinloch
Red Hook: Ikea has changed course and will now offer its free ferry service to its customers first — and only then allow non-shoppers to set sail to Manhattan from the Red Hook superstore.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Coney Island: Coney Island’s “Summer of Hope” has gone from sizzler to fizzler.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Clinton Hill: A Pratt Institute architect and his students say they have come up with a way to preserve a row of decrepit, historic buildings in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, yet still allow the city to go ahead with a plan to create a big-box supermarket.
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By Ben Muessig
Bay Ridge: For Bay Ridge’s so-called “Faith Avenue,” the end is near.
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Downtown: The Associated Supermarket on Tillary Street in Downtown shuttered its doors last week — but only temporarily.
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The Brooklyn Paper / Alex Alvarez
Carroll Gardens: The developer of a controversial Carroll Gardens apartment building at the corner of Smith Street and Second Place shrugged off a looming city shutdown of his project.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Bridge ‘Park’: The executive director of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy defended the closure the temporary park on Pier 1 for a private fireworks-watching event on July 4.
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