Williamsburg: A man was found dead in his Maujer Street apartment on Feb. 3. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Subway rob

By Mike McLaughlin

Downtown: Three teens robbed a schoolboy at the Jay Street subway station on Feb. 7. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Ski-masked gunmen stick up office

By Mike McLaughlin

Carroll Gardens: Masked gunmen raided a Gowanus-area office on Feb. 1 — plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

A ‘notary’ loss

By Mike McLaughlin

The Brooklyn Paper / Mike McLaughlin

Carroll Gardens: It’s the end of a ramshackle era for Smith Street buildings once owned by a true character on the south Brooklyn real-estate scene. Comment.

This new Stein way is almost in tune

By Mike McLaughlin

Carroll Gardens: The developer of a stalled condo development in Carroll Gardens announced this week that he had sacked his controversial architect and has revised the design for his building. Comments (1).

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

BOOKED! Hey, teacher — leave them kids alone!

By Harry Cheadle

Fort Greene: Most principals tell kids to hit the books, but on Feb. 5, a principal at a Christian elementary school was arrested for using a book to hit a kid, cops said. Comment.

Security gods

By Harry Cheadle

Fort Greene: Security guards at an Atlantic Avenue supermarket went above and beyond the call of duty on Feb. 5 when they chased a middle-aged purse snatcher down the street and detained him until police could arrive. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Branching out

By Dana Rubinstein

Fort Greene: A Fort Greene rival to the Park Slope Food Co-op is establishing roots (and veggies). Comments (3).

Park Slope

Meter seething on 7th

By Dana Rubinstein

Park Slope: Some South Slope residents were still seething this week about 68 new parking meters that were abruptly installed along Seventh Avenue — but the no-arm bandits are actually part of a series of changes that the city says will improve cleanliness and actually increase parking in the area. Comments (2).

What to do with hated hamster?

By Wendy Ponte

PS … I Love You: Our columnist figures out how to get her daughter to get rid of those nasty guinea pigs. Comments (1).

No holiday fun on St. Marks

By Gersh Kuntzman

Park Slope: A woman returned from a vacation to find her St. Marks Place apartment cleaned out. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.

BLACKOUT! No memory, cash or iPod in Comfort Inn rob

By Gersh Kuntzman

Park Slope: Here’s another reminder to be careful about who you go home with. Comment.

Fake cops

By Chris Cascarano

Park Slope: Two men posing as police officers stole $5,000 from elderly woman after telling her she was under investigation for using counterfeit money on Feb. 11. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct. Comment.

The ice man goeth on 1st

By Ben Muessig

Park Slope: Two weeks of slips, falls and fender-benders forced the city to finally fix a water leak that turned a Park Slope street into an ice skating rink. Comment.

Dumped! Canal-area residents angry that Gowanus won’t be clean

By Mike McLaughlin

Park Slope: Gowanus Canal-area residents are saying they’ve been sold down the river because the city’s plans to reduce the amount of sewage dumped into the fetid waterway will stop before reaching the ultimate prize — a swimmable channel. Comment.

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