Thief takes kid’s iPhone from bench

Lout punches woman and takes her phone

Eternal Sunset: City proposes establishing quartet of protected historic districts in Sunset Park

Lout threatens store employee and steals food

Growing Gowanus: City sets Feb. meeting to discuss latest rezoning plans for nabe

Mane event: Dance-theater show examines race and identity through hair

‘We feel unwelcome’: Poly Prep students of color accuse faculty of failing them in wake of white pupils’ blackface video

Park and rise: New designs revealed for residential towers going up on old Dumbo parking lot

Steel of approval: City okays plan to put steel-iron fence outside Cobble Hill tower on old LICH site

Darkest secrets: Shadow puppet play unveils the hidden cemetery

Pol: City must repay small-biz owners for sign fines following Council’s passage of moritorium on signage violations

Jonesing for a Joe’s! Thousands sign petition demanding Trader Joe’s open in Coney Island

MTA formally cancels L shutdown, pushes forward with new repair plan

Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!

Bklyn’s Nautical Purgatory in purgatory! Fate of canal cleanse in limbo with EPA off job due to federal shutdown

Fed shutdown forces Gowanus group to cancel job-training program for low-income locals

Louts rob 18th Ave. bodega at gunpoint

Crooks swipe watches from Flatbush Ave. Apple store

Thief takes woman’s bike chained to lamppost

Driver fatally collides with empty car in Brighton Beach