Williamsburg Waterfront: Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents were shocked to learn that Joshua Guttman, the notorious developer whose Greenpoint Terminal Market mysteriously burned down last May, has been pursuing new projects without being held accountable for a host of building violations. Comment.

Let’s drink to this new beer

By Tom Gilbert

Beside the Point: America and Germany — the odd couple of international beer — are having a baby. Twins, actually. In Williamsburg. Comment.

State, Keyspan ink toxic cleanup pact

By Rachel Corbett

Williamsburg: Three toxic brownfields in Williamsburg will be cleaned up by Keyspan thanks to a deal between the energy giant and the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Comment.

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Verrazano fix-up zoom$ along

By Matthew Lysiak

The Brooklyn Paper / Matthew Ianniello

Bay Ridge: Why will Verrazano Bridge commuters soon be driving easier? Follow the money. Comment.

Ridge man keeps gaining by losing

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge fatty Will Millender is still in the hunt on the new reality show “Fat March.” And you know what? He looks great! Comment.

Beware of these boy SCOUTs

By Matthew Lysiak

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist is wary of the mayor’s new plan to send inspectors to every city street. Comment.

Beep approves Depot

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: A plan to build a new Home Depot and 214 units of housing atop a vacant Bay Ridge railyard moved a step closer to reality after gaining the approval of Borough President Markowitz last week. Comment.

Beep approves Century 21 lot

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: Borough President Markowitz signed off on Century 21’s plan to turn an old bowling alley into a six-story parking garage. Comment.

Gentile trashes Sanitation

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge) scored a huge victory in his war against the Department of Sanitation last week when the city tightened the rules regarding how recycling violation summonses can be written. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

City blocks Clinton Street tower

By Ariella Cohen

Downtown: Brooklyn Heights preservationists hailed a decision by the Department of Buildings to block a developer from adding six stories onto an already nine-story building at the corner of Clinton and Montague street. Comment.

Will dry cleaning be green?

By Juliana Bunim

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist finds that the answer, probably, is no. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

State, Keyspan ink toxic pact for Gowanus

By Ariella Cohen

Carroll Gardens: Keyspan has agreed to clean the contaminated muck below Thomas Greene Park, thanks to a new agreement between state environmental conservation officials and the Brooklyn-born energy company. Comment.

Rodeo gal: Fill park with bull

By Ariella Cohen

The Brooklyn Paper / Sarah Kramer

Carroll Gardens: Boerum Hill’s rodeo sweetheart, Debbie Singleton, wants to bring her bulls to Prospect Park. Comment.

Wandering Jews still on the move

By Ariella Cohen

Brooklyn South: A medieval legend tells of a Jew cursed to wander until Judgment Day because of a bad run-in with Jesus. In Brooklyn, it’s a karmic — and financial— arrangement with real-estate developers that keeps one pair of so-called Wandering Jews on the move. Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Liquors bistro is going tapas

By Dana Rubinstein

Fort Greene: A new Middle Eastern joint is about to open in the DeKalb Avenue storefront that once housed Liquors. Comment.

Fulton maul

By Dana Rubinstein

The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Fort Greene: A city project that has turned 10 blocks of the once-bustling two-way Fulton Street into a one-way obstacle course and a pox on local business will last months longer than expected. Comment.

Dancespace fever in Fort Greene

By Dana Rubinstein

Greene Acres: A local developer is back in the mix to help develop the BAM Cultural District — and that’s good news. Comment.

Park Slope

Prospect Park gets more car-free hours

By Gersh Kuntzman

Park Slope: The Bloomberg Administration has shifted gears, and decided to expand car-free hours in Prospect Park. Comment.

Rubber band man fights on

By Gersh Kuntzman

Brooklyn Angle: The invasion of the rubber bands continues unabated in Park Slope — and our columnist is fighting back. Comment.

Smashup

By Gersh Kuntzman

Park Slope: At least three cars were involved in an 8 am accident on Court Street near Degraw Street on Wednesday morning. Comment.

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