Williamsburg: Who doesn’t like Mondays? The much-ballyhooed expansion of service on the L train — long sought by Billyburgers and Greenpointers — will start with the first rush-hour of the work week. Comment.

Thief held phone for ransom, but police officers got the reward

By Adam F. Hutton

Williamsburg: Police arrested a 28-year-old man after he allegedly stole a cellphone in the L train station at Montrose Avenue and later held it for ransom. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Hipsters’ parents get rooms of their own

By Mike McLaughlin

Williamsburg: If you want your parents to visit you in Williamsburg this holiday season, but you don’t want their stay to interfere with your band’s rehearsal in the living room, then your life is about to become simpler in the next few weeks when Hotel Le Jolie becomes the first hotel in North Brooklyn. Comment.

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Rip diamond earrings, 2 golden pig

By Matthew Lysiak and Michael Giardina

Bay Ridge: A 43-year-old woman said she returned to her 80th Street apartment to find three sharply dressed Asian men plundering her rare jewelry and liquor on Oct. 18. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst. Comments (1).

Bloomy fills Golden’s chest

By Matthew Lysiak

The Brooklyn Paper / Jeff Bachner

Bloomy in the ’Hood: There was no October surprise for state Sen. Marty Golden — but he sure raised a lot of money at his fundraiser last week. Comment.

Owls head stinks, but it won’t kill

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: The odors coming out of the Owls Head Water Pollution plant may never fully be contained — but, a new study reveals the good news: that smell won’t kill you! Comment.

Delving into Ridge stench

By Matthew Lysiak

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist gets to the bottom of the stench at Owls Head. Comment.

Marathon traffic for VZ

By Zachary Kolodin

Bay Ridge: Runners aren’t the only ones dreading next weekend’s New York City Marathon. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Game over

By Harry Cheadle

Downtown: Offices throughout DUMBO continue to be victimized by opportunistic thieves who are stealing computers right and left. Plus all the other crime news from Downtown, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

The Brooklyn Paper / Julie Rosenberg

It’s no picnic on Front St.

By Adam F. Hutton

Downtown: Those picnic tables at Front Street Pizza, which have been providing a spot for noshers since showing up unannounced four weeks ago, will disappear as soon as the weather gets nasty, said owner Larry Leonardi. Comments (1).

Heights cars hurt bicyclists

By Juliana Bunim

Heights Lowdown: The Heights is no place for a bicyclist, our columnist finds. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Fish to multiply in cleaner Gowanus

By Mike McLaughlin

Carroll Gardens: The Gowanus Canal will become a hot-sheets motel for area fish, thanks to cleanup measures proposed by the city. Comments (2).

Hook vendors end season quietly

By Mike McLaughlin

The Brooklyn Paper / Julie Rosenberg

Carroll Gardens: Diehard fans of tacos, huaraches and papusas flocked to Red Hook last weekend to get a taste of history and, in between mouthfuls, wonder whether the Latin-American vendors who have sold their tasty fare for three decades will be allowed to return next year. Comments (1).

Council trims Two Trees plan

By Mike McLaughlin

Carroll Gardens: A Council subcommittee on Tuesday turned down a controversial proposal by a powerful developer to build apartments at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, the first step towards a full rejection of a building that sought to become the first exception to 50-foot height limit of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Comment.

Big plans for Canal’s future

By Ariella Cohen

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets the scoop on a local plan for the future of the Gowanus Canal zone. Comments (1).

Armed robbery at C’Gardens job site

By Ariella Cohen

Carroll Gardens: An 18-year-old woman was attacked by a large group of men in broad daylight Smith Street on Oct. 16. Plus all the crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Hakeem hits Nas for ‘N’ word

By Dana Rubinstein

Fort Greene: Behemoth record label Universal Music Group must change the name of rapper Nas’s new album, “Nigger,” or risk losing $84 million in state investments, a Fort Greene assemblyman said this week. Comments (33).

Rear window

By Harry Cheadle

Fort Greene: Someone was making mischief all over Fort Greene last week, as three rear windows were broken, although very little was actually stolen, and another car was broken into and robbed. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Bicycle rider reads riot act

By Dana Rubinstein

Greene Acres: Our columnist — a biker — gets angry about the bike-lane controversy in Fort Greene. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Tech gets high tech

By Dana Rubinstein

Fort Greene: Teachers at Brooklyn Tech — the largest math and science themed school in the city — are getting schooled in, well, technology. Comments (1).

Park Slope

Methodist gives back parking

By Dana Rubinstein

Park Slope: Methodist Hospital has backtracked on a plan that would have turned 30 neighborhood parking spots into a “no-standing” zone reserved for ambulances — quickly defusing an ugly confrontation with nearby residents. Comments (2).

Day-care center in a bind;

By Dana Rubinstein

The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Park Slope: A Windsor Terrace mom has landed in a puddle of bureaucratic spit-up in her effort to open an affordably priced pre-school in the heart of the South Slope — a neighborhood notoriously devoid of day-care options. Comments (1).

In defense of the Food Co-op

By Louise Crawford

PS … I Love You: A British guy mocks the Food Co-op as Soviet. Our columnist mans the Kremlin walls! Comment.

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