Williamsburg: A burglar broke into two Scholes Street apartments on Nov. 26, leaving one with an Apple iBook and $20 and stealing thousands of dollars in electronics from another, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comments (2).

You can’t dodge this ball

By Adam F. Hutton

Williamsburg: Dodgeball is more than just a movie — it’s an American institution. Whether you’re a champion, like Charlie “Bulls-eye” Walker, or a loser, like Norman “First-out” Landry, we’ve all known the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat on the dodgeball court. Comment.

Is O’Malley really evil?

By Tom Gilbert

Beside the Point: Our columnist punctures the revisionism about Walter O’Malley. Comments (2).

Lentol wants to relieve gas pain

By Adam F. Hutton

Williamsburg: A state lawmaker attempted to jumpstart a stalled park project in his district last week by proposing to condemn a piece of land controlled by utility company that is standing in the way of the city’s plans to build a 28-acre park on the Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront. Comment.

Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Bridge fix driving ’em nuts!

By Noah C. Zuss

Bay Ridge: Traffic from the ongoing restoration of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has caused such intense gridlock on local streets around the span — and at least one businessman says he’s losing a fortune because of it. Comments (1).

DEP’s fresh idea stinks up Ridge

By Matthew Lysiak

The Brooklyn Paper / Jeff Bachner

Bay Ridge: Move over Dior, Chanel, and Ellen Tracy, the Department of Environmental Protection has unleashed a new perfume just in time for the holiday season and residents are giving it a big “thumbs up” — up their noses to plug up the stench. Comment.

Evil O’Malley is in the Hall

By Matthew Lysiak

Yellow Hooker: They’re putting the biggest bum of ’em all in the Hall — and our columnist objects. Comment.

Friendly swipe

By Michael Giardina

Bay Ridge: A man had $2,600 robbed by his own friend, right in front of his very eyes, after his buddy lifted the money bag from his vehicle on Nov. 30, police said. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.

Man stabbed in bar — again

By Matthew Lysiak

Bay Ridge: Yet another bar fight broke out in Bay Ridge last week — in this case, a 23-year-old man was stabbed three times at a Fourth Avenue watering hole on Nov. 30. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct. Comments (1).

Fatal stabbing at the Gregory

By Joe Jordan

Bay Ridge: A man was fatally stabbed at the Gregory Hotel on Fourth Avenue on Monday. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

New space is a scofflaw paradise

By Gersh Kuntzman

Downtown: A Montague Street business group’s attempt to make it easier for ambulance drivers to drop off patients at a clinic on the street is being stymied by the very agency that helped set up the parking in the first place — the Department of Transportation. Comments (2).

Precinct house won’t be homes

By Adam F. Hutton

The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Downtown: The owner of a century-old former NYPD stationhouse in Brooklyn Heights has scrapped his plans to convert the building into apartments, and two schools are vying to lease the long dormant space in its entirety. Comments (1).

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Licentious

By Ariella Cohen

Carroll Gardens: All the crime news from Carroll Gardens, Red Hook and Cobble Hill’s 76 Precinct. Comment.

CB6 OKs a reduced Hicks hi-rise

By Mike McLaughlin

Carroll Gardens: A developer who scaled back his three-site project on public and private land in the Columbia Waterfront District won overwhelming support from Community Board 6’s land-use committee last Thursday. Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Driver’s defense? ‘Only 3 drinks!’

By Harry Cheadle

Fort Greene: A drunk driver who crashed near the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Hanson Place on Dec. 1 didn’t help his cause by offering cops this excuse: “I only had three drinks!” Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Hey, mom: Here’s a new way to stay sane

By Dana Rubinstein

The Brooklyn Paper / Nicole Braun

Fort Greene: A Fort Greene mother, who nearly ended up in the psych ward following the birth of her first child, has founded a new Web site called sanemoms.com to help the newly delivered adjust to the very idea of being a “mom.” Comment.

Park Slope

Donut shopper socks counterman

By Gersh Kuntzman

Park Slope: A customer at a Fifth Avenue donut chain, irate that he had to wait in line with the rest of his fellow customers, punched out an employee on Nov. 25. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

Shop till they drop

By Dana Rubinstein

The Brooklyn Paper / Jeff Bachner

Park Slope: Park Slope will become a late night, winter wonderland on Dec. 13 — complete with fake snow, free booze, and Christmas carolers — all to lure holiday shoppers into neighborhood stores. Comments (1).

She longs to shop on 7th

By Wendy Ponte

PS … I Love You: Our columnist looks inward to get her holiday shopping done. Comment.

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