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Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst

Less stink at Owls Head

Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge residents might be able to breathe a little easier this summer. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Parole office?! Well, not really

Brooklyn Heights: There goes the “there goes the neighborhood” story. Comments (3).

Brooklyn Heights gets stoned; but is it art or a piece of schist?

Brooklyn Heights: Maybe it should have been called “The Confusing Placement of Stone.” Comment.

‘Sign lady’ is back — this time just fixing

Brooklyn Heights: Brooklyn’s beloved sign lady has gone from sign maker to sign doctor. Comments (2).

Monty on Sunday — Paris it ain’t

Brooklyn Heights: If Paris was the inspiration for a car-free pedestrian plaza on Montague Street that began on Sunday, the stretch instead looked a more like, well, a normal quiet Sunday on Montague Street. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Monkey business at jungle gym

Cobble Hill: Long Island College Hospital says it’s going to fix up dilapidated playgrounds on its Cobble Hill campus this summer after a flurry of complaints from parents thrust the beleaguered hospital into action. Comments (1).

Working it

Cobble Hill: The old Independence Bank building at the corner of Court Street and Atlantic Avenue is finally beginning to look more like a Trader Joe’s. Insiders say the supermarket, the quirky chain’s first in Brooklyn, is on pace to open in late September. Comment.

Park Slope

Mourning paper

Park Slope: Call it the New York Crimes. Comment.

Church men homeless no more

Park Slope: The last of four homeless men who camped out at Old First Church is now sleeping elsewhere, though he still commutes to “work” every day. Comment.
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