Williamsburg: Turns out, that new “nature walk” along side the Newtown Creek sewage treatment plant on Provost Street doesn’t smell like the Port Authority men’s room. Comments (2).

Thug mugs old lady

By Dana Rubinstein

Williamsburg: A courteous man escorted an 81-year-old lady to her Boerum Street home early Saturday evening, then grabbed her by the neck, snatched cash from her front left pocket, and ran away. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Power plant off the grid

By Michael McLaughlin

Williamsburg: Bad news for all you gadget-addicted Brooklynites out there: artist Mouna Andraos’s solar- and arm-powered recharger contraption is heading to — say it ain’t so! — Manhattan. Comment.

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

ATM bounce at check-cashing store

By Matthew Lysiak and Michael Giardina

Bay Ridge: What happened to all that money in the ATM? Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst. Comment.

The city game — of old

By Adam Klasfeld

Bay Ridge: Once, stickball was played on every street, on every day, in every corner of Brooklyn. Now, it’s kept alive by an increasingly small band of old-timers. But pity the youngsters who try to take these guys down! Comment.

Fall festivals fill the Ridge

By Matthew Lysiak

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist loves those fall festivals! Comment.

Asian-Americans fail to find FEMA funds

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: Eight weeks after a freak storm struck, Bay Ridge’s tornado-ravaged Asian-American community still won’t open the door to Uncle Sam’s handouts. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Pepper spray is cover for heist

By Harry Cheadle

Downtown: A group of three thugs stole $7,500 worth of designer jackets from a Washington Avenue clothing boutique after using pepper spray to create confusion on Sept. 24. Plus more crime news from Downtown, DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights’ 84th Precinct. Comment.

The Euros are spending!

By Juliana Bunim

Heights Lowdown: No one in the Heights likes the Fulton Mall — but the tourists love it. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Masked man

By Ariella Cohen

Carroll Gardens: A thug in a black ski mask and a hooded sweatshirt robbed a Court Street grocery store on Sept. 17, police said. Plus all the other crime news from the 76th Precinct. Comment.

Freebird books to soar again

By Ariella Cohen

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets the scoop on the man who saved a beloved bookstore. Comments (1).

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Gimme the car

By Harry Cheadle

Fort Greene: Two hoodlums stole a man’s keys and his brother-in-law’s car after an early morning holdup on Sept. 30. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Taking a bite out of dentists

By Dana Rubinstein

Greene Acres: Our columnist hopes that the dentists will remain in their old haunts at the Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower. Comment.

Park Slope

DNA on cup fingers drugstore cowboy

By Adam F. Hutton

Park Slope: Police tracked down and arrested a New Jersey man on Sunday for a bungled robbery he allegedly committed thanks to DNA evidence they collected from a coffee cup he’d left behind in the 2006 crime. Comment.

Bar-gument leads to his late-night lock-up

By Adam F. Hutton

Park Slope: A surly bar patron was arrested on Sept. 27 after he allegedly beat up a bartender and smashed a window at the Excelsior bar on Fifth Avenue. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Met life is the only life for him

By Gersh Kuntzman

PS … I Love You: The Mets stink — but our columnist is addicted to the stench. Comments (2).

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