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Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Goldwater’s out of Mike Long’s party

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist notices that the Conservative Party isn’t all that conservative anymore. Comment.

Preacher brings hands to Ridge to perform ‘miracles’

Bay Ridge: Hallelujah and praise the Lord! A new preacher is coming to town — and he is making big promises of doling out “miracles and prophecies.” Comments (1).

Cash infusion won’t rebuild subway stops

Bay Ridge: More than a dozen subway stations in Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights are in line for a sprucing up, but residents had a clear reaction to the news: It’s about freakin’ time. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Can’t miss these signs in the Heights

Heights Lowdown: Our 21st-century columnist explores the 18th-century practice of posting broadsides. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Scarano caves to Gardeners

Carroll Gardens: Controversial DUMBO-based designer Robert Scarano has scrapped a plan to erect a flashy, steel-skinned building on Smith Street and Second Place in favor of a brick edifice with a green roof and “gigantic apartments perfect for families,” he told The Stoop this week. Comment.

Tourists need our Markowitz

Brooklyn South: It’s too bad Borough President Markowitz can’t be on every voyage of the Queen Mary 2 — because cruise ship passengers want to know about Brooklyn. Comment.

CB6’s ‘bank’ shot; Board rejects Walentas’s condo tower next to landmark branch on Atlantic

Carroll Gardens: A 60-foot tower rising above a Cobble Hill historic district will likely move forward, despite a unanimous rejection from Community Board 6 at a public hearing last week. Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Church shines greener light

Fort Greene: David Dyson, pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church wants to put the green back in “God’s green earth,” beginning with his own house of worship. Comment.

Tripping the park — unfantastic

Greene Acres: The sidewalk on one edge of Fort Greene Park is sinking — and our columnist goes deep to figure it out. Comment.

Hanson sale halted — for now

Fort Greene: A nearly century-old Fort Greene building, home to a warren of municipal offices and a day care center, has been temporarily spared the fate of its similarly historic neighbors: the dreaded conversion into luxury condos. Comment.

Park Slope

Wet, hot Park Slope summer!

PS … I Love You: It’s summer in the Slope — and our columnist loves it. Comment.

5th Ave facility moves forward

Park Slope: A controversial supportive housing facility proposed for Fifth Avenue moved forward last week when the City Planning Commission gave its approval for the five-story, 49-unit building at what is currently a municipal parking lot on 16th Street. Comment.

High-pitched coolant tank whine removed — again!

Park Slope: The mysterious high-pitched wail that irked residents near New York Methodist Hospital earlier this month reemerged last week — but only for some people, apparently. Comment.

P’Heights rocks for a cause

Park Slope: Hurricane Katrina hit almost two years ago, but the Big Easy is still hard up — and now two Prospect Heights women want to help. Comment.
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