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Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick

Oil spill fix moves slickly

Williamsburg: Energy giant ExxonMobil will double the amount of toxic sludge it is currently pumping out of the ground underneath Greenpoint by the end of the year, the company announced on Wednesday. Comments (2).

Bloomy sludging it in Greenpoint

Williamsburg Waterfront: Mayor Bloomberg flushed plans to demolish a seven-story sewage sludge tank on the Greenpoint waterfront last week, and 300-units of affordable housing and several acres of open space went down the toilet with it, local watchdogs say. Comment.

The floods of 2007

Beside the Point: Morgan Avenue residents are still angry at the city for not longstanding fixing sewer problems that exacerbated the floods in July and August. Comment.

Pedaling some art in Williamsburg

Williamsburg: The corporate-sponsored pedicabs that whisked hipsters between galleries last week during the Williamsburg Gallery Association’s monthly art tour were a smashing success — but the service will be short-lived unless the association can find someone to pay for it. Comment.

Game-loving drinker gets gamed for her loot at popular bar-cade

Williamsburg: Another video-game-loving hipster was robbed of her pocketbook at the popular Union Avenue watering hole Barcade on Nov. 11, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Finger fate in city hands

Williamsburg: A city panel says it needs to know that construction on Williamsburg’s notorious “finger building” will be safe and secure before it can allow the developer to complete the project or leave it where it is today: at the middle knuckle. Comment.

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

A loss for Victory

Bay Ridge: Victory Memorial Hospital appears to be on its deathbed: the 107-year-old Bay Ridge institution announced sweeping layoffs last week and could be shuttered by Feb. 1. Comments (4).

All Aboard? Bay Ridge ferry gains steam

Bay Ridge: The prospects for a ferry from the 69th Street pier to the Financial District are in a holding pattern, but it was full-speed-ahead on Tuesday as proponents of the service invited passengers on board for a successful dry-run. Comments (4).

Legislation is for the birds

Yellow Hooker: Our columnist says the anti-pigeon bill is fowl. Comments (2).

Good Samaritan steals 13 grand

Bay Ridge: A woman with a flat tire was robbed by a man posing as a Good Samaritan on Nov. 7. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. Comment.

Gym swipe

Bay Ridge: That most regular of Police Blotter crimes — the gym swipe — is back after a one-month hiatus: This time, a woman had her purse stolen from an 86th Street gym on Nov. 10. Plus all the crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

City: Save history on Duffield by paving over Duffield homes

Downtown plan: The city’s memorial to Brooklyn’s Underground Railroad history will sit atop an underground parking lot that will be built where the very Abolitionist history being commemorated is said to have actually happened. Comments (1).

The dough is rising all over

Heights Lowdown: Being a carbohydrate lover in Brooklyn Heights is costly — and I don’t mean having to sacrifice your size-6 jeans — thanks to new price hikes on wheat. Comments (1).

‘Holy’ man cons a Downtown good gal

Downtown: A couple of con artists managed to con a woman out of $6,000 on Oct. 29 thanks to a complex ruse and the victim’s own good intentions. Plus all the other crime from Downtown, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Gold St seeing triple

Downtown plan: Despite earlier reports that an apartment project on the site of the McDonald’s at Tillary and Gold streets would consist of just one building, the developer told The Brooklyn Paper this week that he’s actually going to give birth to three. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Land grab at old union hall

Carroll Gardens: Workers have begun making preparations for the demolition of the old International Longshoremen’s Association union clinic on Court Street — and a coalition of residents and elected officials is hoping to stop the owners of the site from building a 21-story tower. Comments (1).

F-train courtyard legal twist

Carroll Gardens: It’s no wonder that a controversial developer now says he won’t build atop the popular courtyard at the Carroll Street entrance to the F train — he doesn’t own the land, according to a muckraking former Assemblyman. Comment.

Public fight on Public Place

Brooklyn South: The Public Place is moving forward — and the rivalries are only beginning. Comment.

Trick or treat?

Carroll Gardens: A cat burglar broke into an empty Baltic Street house on Halloween and fled with two passports, thousands of dollars in cash and a pile of dress-up-worthy gold jewelry. Plus other crime from the 76th Precinct. Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

This ‘Admiral’ is demoted

Greene Acres: A widely unpublicized public hearing on Dec. 11 may be your last chance to save the historic houses of the Admirals Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Comments (1).

Now it’s really ‘Broken’ Angel

Fort Greene: The Broken Angel may be topless, but don’t call her fallen. Comment.

Low-cal crime

Fort Greene: A Fulton Street outlet of a national sandwich chain renown for its “6 grams of fat or less” sandwiches was robbed at gunpoint by two men who weren’t exactly looking to eat healthy on Nov. 8. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Slowing down Carlton drivers

Fort Greene: After months of dilly-dallying, the city has finally embarked on the final phase of its plan to reduce the speed of cars on Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene. Comment.

Park Slope

Umbrella organization

Park Slope: This could be the start of something big — or hundreds of stolen umbrellas. Comment.

The karma conundrum

PS … I Love You: Our columnist tries to be the karma arbiter of Park Slope. Good luck with that. Comment.

First iPhone is stolen in Park Slope!

Park Slope: It was bound to happen, but police records indicate that a Union Street resident has the distinction of being the first victim of an iPhone robbery. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

A man is stabbed to death

Park Slope: An East New York man was stabbed and killed on 12th Street on Monday night after an argument with another man, who was later arrested for the crime, cops said. Comment.

5th’s BID fight

Park Slope: In a move that could finally diminish Fifth Avenue’s reputation as Seventh Avenue’s ugly younger sibling, business owners won preliminary approval on Wednesday to form a business improvement district. Comment.
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