Podcast: Brooklyn Paper Radio this week explored the life and legacy of a little-known local doctor, who upended convention by becoming New York State’s first black female physician, and the country’s third, back in the 19th century. Comment

Bedford-Stuyvesant: A Bedford-Stuyvesant man busted earlier this month on weapons charges was allegedly toting an assault rifle rigged for automatic fire, which used the same tech employed by a Nevada mass murderer during his 2017 shooting spree that slew 58 people in Las Vegas, court documents show. Comments (1)

Class Action: Clinton Hill civic gurus overwhelmingly supported a local charter school’s plan to erect a new learning house in a historically industrial part of the neighborhood, despite pushback from some locals, who argued the classrooms will further reduce the number of blue-collar jobs in the area, and expose students to dangers such as heavy traffic and pollution. Comment

Music: She’s an Appalachian trailblazer! Comment

Downtown: Paramedics took an injured cyclist to the hospital on Monday after someone doored him on Jay Street Downtown. Comments (8)

Flatlands: A Flatlands man will spend 20 years behind bars for strangling his wife to death, according to Brooklyn’s top prosecutor. Comments (1)

Brooklyn Heights: He’s signing off. Comments (1)

Park Slope: Students at a Park Slope Catholic school trekked to a local synagogue to gift their Jewish neighbors an orange tree, in memory of a massacre that claimed 11 lives at a Pittsburgh temple last year. Comments (15)

Music: It’s music to their ears! Comments (9)

Theater: She’s being honored among thieves! Comment

Speak Out: Our readers weighed in on the changing face of the Southern Brooklyn commercial strip, and more in this week’s Letters to the Editor. Comments (15)