Williamsburg: This 10-story condo tower soaring over Richardson Street in Williamsburg finally has a name. Counterintuitive though it may be, the developer is calling the dark-colored tower Luminous. Comment.

Cook on wheels battles back

By Adam F. Hutton

The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Williamsburg: Nathan Lichtenstein was born and raised in the Hasidic community in Williamsburg, but when he returned to his boyhood home to start a business a few months ago, he didn’t get a warm welcome from neighborhood’s ultra-Orthodox Jews. Comment.

A man with the tricks & treats

By Tom Gilbert

Beside the Point: Our columnist picks his best (or is that worst?) Halloween haunted houses. Comment.

Night on town turns into brutal attack

By Dana Rubinstein

Williamsburg: A night on the town turned into a nightmare for a 23-year-old woman when she returned to her South Third Street home from a South Williamsburg bar early on Nov 3. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

New name, mission for preservation group

By Adam F. Hutton

Williamsburg Waterfront: The preservationist group that fought to landmark the Domino Sugar refinery and other industrial sites along the Williamsburg and Greenpoint waterfront has changed its name to more accurately reflect its mission. Comment.

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Fidler’s folly: Let’s tunnel to SI!

By Gersh Kuntzman

Bay Ridge: A councilman wants to dig a subway tunnel to Staten Island! Comments (7).

Trust kills the evil superbug

By Matthew Lysiak

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist discovers the secret to killing the superbug: communication. Comments (2).

Gunman robs teen on 62nd Street

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: A 15-year-old boy was robbed at gunpoint in front of his 62nd Street home on Nov. 2. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. Comment.

Tanning swipe

By Michael Giardina

Bay Ridge: A woman got burned twice in one day —Â first by the tanning salon she was patronizing and then by the thug who stole her purse while she was taking in the artificial daylight at the 86th Street salon on Nov. 3. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst. Comments (3).

Vito’s V-Z suit driven from court

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: Two legislators’ lawsuit against the MTA was dismissed this week, but there’s still a chance that the agency will have to fix the traffic on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge during the ongoing repairs. Comment.

Muni meters click in on 86th

By Geraldine Ribollido

Bay Ridge: How are those new muni-meters doing on 86th Street? Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

‘Fischer’ price on Duffield

By Adam F. Hutton

Downtown plan: Architect Karl Fischer got one step closer to building his dream hotel tower Downtown last month after V3 Hotel Management bought the VIM building on Duffield Street for $9.5 million. Comments (1).

Gingko stinks up Heights!

By Juliana Bunim

Heights Lowdown: Our columnist hates the smell — but loves the taste — of those damn gingko nuts. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Columbia Street rising — high

By Mike McLaughlin

The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Carroll Gardens: A developer presented a plan for big buildings along the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway, but Community Board 6 wasn’t impressed. Comments (2).

Let’s get high on Smith–9th

By Ariella Cohen

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets behind the call for a restaurant atop the Smith–Ninth Street subway station. Comment.

Here’s to youse

By Ariella Cohen

Carroll Gardens: Two bartenders get honored for heroism by the 76th Precinct. Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Local planner gets job for centerpiece of BAM district

By Dana Rubinstein

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BAM District: The centerpiece of a world-class arts district that’s going up around the Brooklyn Academy of Music will be built by a local developer, The Brooklyn Paper has learned. Comments (1).

It’s not easy being green

By Dana Rubinstein

Greene Acres: Our columnist delves into the high-priced produce at Fresh Garden, a new organic bodega. Comments (2).

Victims’ Halloween nightmare

By Harry Cheadle

Fort Greene: Two All Hallows Eve revelers had an ugly night, as they were jumped by a pair of perps who were handing out punches instead of candy. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Park Slope

Mooney’s closing forever

By Zachary Kolodin

Park Slope: Flatbush Avenue stalwarts Mooney’s Pub and Royal Video are facing imminent eviction by their common landlord — and many see the loss as further evidence that Park Slope is becoming more generic. Comments (1).

Damn those London Planes!

By Wendy Ponte

Wendy Ponte

PS … I Love You: Our columnist has a problem with a mean ass tree. Comments (1).

Party pooper steals laptop

By Gersh Kuntzman

Park Slope: It could have been Batman, the Tin Man, or even that guy dressed as a banana — but now cops are hunting for the costumed creep who stole a woman’s laptop computer during her Halloween party. Plus all the other crime from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

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