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Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Miss Polonia crosses the bridge

Bay Ridge: How many Polish people does it takes to hold a beauty pageant? Just three — if you can find three, that is. Organizers of year’s Miss Polonia of Southern Brooklyn pageant are fighting demographics. Comment.

Patients: Give us our film!

Bay Ridge: Six months after a mammography center abruptly closed — and four months after state and federal authorities promised to investigate the matter — patients are still waiting to get their own medical records. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

World Wide Wackiness in Heights

Heights Lowdown: One of the three restaurants involved in a co-branding Web site called “the Corner of Cranberry” is already out of business. That’s a tough corner. Comment.

Get this wreck outta here!

Downtown: An abandoned car has sat by the entrance of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway on Hicks Street for more than a week — and remained even after The Brooklyn Paper called 311 to get it removed (so much for the power of the press). Comment.

DUMBO underwater!

DUMBO: DUMBO will be inundated in 50 years, thanks to global warming. But the high rents — not the high water — will be responsible for driving out all the artists, say some Pratt Institute students. Comment.

Survey says! DUMBO getting better

Downtown: How great is DUMBO? Ninety percent of the neighborhood’s residents think it’s a good place to live — though a sizeable majority thinks the neighborhood remains a lousy neighborhood for basic necessities. Comment.

Snow problem near courthouse

Downtown: Agency infighting leaves a sidewalk unplowed in Brooklyn Heights. The Paper puts on its boots and gets the job done. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Happy ending at ‘Bleach House’

Brooklyn South: Our columnist tries to save a popular Laundromat but ends up only saving the sign above the entrance. Comment.

New blow to cargo port

Red Hook: The city moved one step closer to closing Red Hook’s cargo port last week, scoring a key vote of approval on the controversial move from the Port Authority. Comment.

Extreme makeover: Boat edition

Carroll Gardens: A historic Red Hook fuel tanker is on its way back to the old neighborhood after a visit with repairmen — and now she’s got legs (and knows how to use them). Comment.

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Everybody in the pool (not)

Greene Acres: Our columnist tries to figure out why Long Island University hasn’t opened its nice new gym to the pool-starved public — as promised. Comment.

Park Slope

Dog days

PS … I Love You: Our columnist learns to stop worrying and love the dog people of Park Slope. Comment.

Kensington’s going ‘Postal’ over poor service

Park Slope: Service at the Kensington post office on McDonald Avenue appears to be getting better, thanks to demands by Councilman Bill DeBlasio (D–Park Slope). Comment.

Death count rises on Third Avenue; Locals blame DOT

Park Slope: The death of a 4-year-old boy on busy Third Avenue happened because the Department of Transportation failed to follow through on its own recommendations for calming the dangerous strip, residents and activists charged this week. Comment.
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