By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist — a Greenpoint insider — tells the real story of the McCarren Park pool.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Williamsburg: Slightly tipsy pub-crawlers and late-night subway commuters are being increasingly targeted in Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct, officers at the Union Avenue stationhouse told The Brooklyn Paper.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Williamsburg: The chutzpah-filled thief who not only robbed a Williamsburg cabbie, but advised him to “put in a partition,” was nabbed this week when he tried to pull off the same crime.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Williamsburg: A woman returned to her Scholes Street apartment on Sept. 2 and quickly realized that there was a burglar inside. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct.
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By Matthew Lysiak
Yellow Hooker: Our columnist uncovers a rash of stroller-jackings in Bay Ridge!
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By Matthew Lysiak and Michael Giardina
Bay Ridge: A team of men selling a home security system ended up stealing their would-be client’s credit card on Aug. 28, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst.
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By Matthew Lysiak
Bay Ridge: This may be Club Shadows’ last dance. On Aug. 22, the embattled Fourth Avenue nightclub’s plea offer was rejected by the State Liquor Authority who came back with an offer of its own — give up your liquor license or go to trial.
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By Adam Rathe
Downtown: A new International House of Pancakes restaurant is being slapped down on Livingston Street near Bond Street in Downtown. IHOP, as its fans know it, is popular nationwide for late-night service and cheap eats — but for now, we’ll skip the “Rooty Tooty Fresh ’N’ Fruity” breakfast in favor of the Lumberjack Breakfast at the nearby Carroll Gardens Classic Diner on Smith Street. The only other Brooklyn location for the California-based chain is on Ralph Avenue in distant Flatbush.
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By Juliana Bunim
Heights Lowdown: Our columnist hits the back room at Ricky’s and finds that she doesn’t even blush.
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By Harry Cheadle
Downtown: A mugging in the heart of DUMBO — plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct.
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By Juliana Bunim
Downtown: DUMBO goes to the mat to protect cobblestones.
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By Ariella Cohen
Brooklyn South: A tale of a landlord who may or may not have sniffed his tenant’s panties.
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By Ariella Cohen
Carroll Gardens: A 19-year old woman was assaulted and robbed on the corner of Warren and Smith streets on Aug. 29, police said. Plus all the other crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook and Boerum Hill’s 76th Precinct.
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By Ariella Cohen
Carroll Gardens: More than 2,000 new housing units are in the works in Carroll Gardens and the gritty area east of the Gowanus Canal between Sackett and Fifth streets. But a growing number of naysayers want to slow the pace of development.
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By Dana Rubinstein
The Brooklyn Paper / Robin Lester
Greene Acres: Our columnist goes to a lecture by some old ladies and discovers that the so-called “good old days” weren’t so great.
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By Harry Cheadle
Fort Greene: A man put up a fight against his would-be mugger, but the thug got away with the man’s iPod on Aug. 26. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Fort Greene: Cafe Lafayette, whose reputation was poisoned after it popped up on a politician’s “dirtiest-restaurant” list two years ago, has cleaned up its act, yet remains on the verge of death.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
PS … I Love You: Our columnist weighs in on the blog war against Elementi, a new — and actually good — restaurant.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Park Slope: Two thugs violently mugged a woman on Prospect Park West on Aug. 31—Â but the perps were quickly collared by a cop on the beat. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Nicholas Sabloff
Park Slope: It took months in a hot real-estate market, but Jennifer Kliegel has finally found a new home for her Park Slope Dance Studio — though it’s not technically in Park Slope anymore.
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