Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge cops went undercover last week to sting a would-be fireworks entrepreneur — nabbing a Queens woman for attempting to sell pyrotechnic goodies. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Wal-Mart is not dead yet

By Christie Rizk

Heights Lowdown: Someone is making calls to convince Downtown residents that a big box store would be good for the Fulton Mall. Comment.

This old house: Restored!

By Christie Rizk

NYCâ€ˆLandmarks Preservation Commission

Downtown: From the Addams Family to a real family. This Brooklyn Heights house — long abandoned and then horribly damaged in a 2004 fire — is ready to make its return to civilization, thanks to a local developer and restorer who refused to see the grand dame rot away. Comment.

Saving DUMBO before it’s too late

By Christie Rizk

Downtown: The beau monde of DUMBO gathered this week to schmooze, eat, drink … and save the neighborhood from overdevelopment. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Blogs ain’t got reality

By Ariella Cohen

Brooklyn South: Our columnist solves the mystery of Brooklyn Inn — and it’s staying in business! Comment.

They’re gleaming the Gowanus

By Ariella Cohen

The Brooklyn Paper / Gregory P. Mango

Carroll Gardens: Brooklyn skateboard punks may get a place of their own under a new proposal to turn a long-neglected Boerum Hill park into a haven for boarders. Comment.

Lighten up, Columbia

By Ariella Cohen

Carroll Gardens: Old-fashioned street lamps could soon light the future of Columbia Street, thanks to a group of businesses and residents on the burgeoning waterfront strip. Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Whose park is it anyway?

By Dana Rubinstein

Greene Acres: What could be bad about an all-day festival in Fort Greene Park? Just ask the community board! Comment.

Lane hugging on Willoughby

By Dana Rubinstein

The Brooklyn Paper / Dana Rubinstein

Fort Greene: Ten months after the community board voted “no” on a city plan to build five new miles of bike lanes through Fort Greene, the city has gone ahead and started painting in the cyclist-friendly paths anyway. Comment.

Fort Greene going green

By Dana Rubinstein

Fort Greene: Fort Greene activists are hatching a plan to transform their stately brownstone neighborhood into something that would make Al Gore proud. Comment.

Park Slope

Blue Monday in a dirty park

By Nica Lalli

PS … I Love You: It’s “chicken bone season” again in Prospect Park. Comment.

Fey on 7th

By Ariella Cohen

The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Park Slope: “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” funnywoman Tina Fey was on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue on Wednesday to film her latest flick, “Baby Mama.” We’ve got the pics! Comment.

Dough! Fire guts pizzeria

By Nica Lalli

Park Slope: File this in the “no good deed goes unpunished” category: the fire that gutted Pizza Plus on Seventh Avenue last Thursday started after a welding accidentally ignited a fire-control system that was being upgraded. Comments (1).

Hospital fixes noise woe

By Beethoven Bong

Park Slope: The mystery of the high-pitched squeal on Fifth Street has been solved! New York Methodist Hospital has repaired some whining faulty equipment. Comment.

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