Music: When accepting the invitation to interview the thespian who plays murdering, recovering drug addict Christopher Moltisanti on HBO’s "The Sopranos" - the same character who sanctioned the terrifying slaughter of his own fiancée to protect his mafia family from the FBI - you take a moment to ponder the prudence of going to the meeting at his Manhattan theater without a few consiglieres in tow. Comment

Atlantic Yards: (Click here to download the unedited audio [13.8 MB].) Comment

Dining: It’s been another good year of eating. Comment

Editorial: Over the last 12 months, no story has been as important to Brooklyn — and, as a result, to this newspaper — as Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development. Comment

Theater: All the world’s a stage - even your local kitchenware store. Comment

The Broken Angel of Clinton Hill will be saved — as long as its owners chop off the top floors, do structural work on the lower floors, reconstruct the central stairwell, and stay off the premises until the work is complete. Comment

Atlantic Yards: The biggest real-estate project in the history of Brooklyn went from being a dream of a few politicians and a developer to a state-ordained reality this year. And every week, Bruce Ratner’s plan for a mini-city of 16 towers and an arena for the New Jersey Nets was in The Papers. Here’s a refresher course. Comment

The Christmas music has finally been banished from Prospect Park’s Wollman rink, so we asked manager Karen LeRiche to tell us what songs she has in store for skaters. Comment

The union representing 150 Verizon workers has lodged a complaint against the telecommunication giant saying it had not done anything about cancer-causing benzene that is beneath their Gowanus Canal worksite. Comment

Development: If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em. Comment

It wouldn’t be a year-in-review issue without handing out the coveted Brooklyn Papers awards. So without further ado. Comment

New York City’s sole Republican Congressman and most hawkish supporter of the war in Iraq is trying to stymie the city’s most anti-war Democrat in his efforts to reinstitute the draft. Comment

“Herbie the Hereford” is enjoying a well-deserved rest in upstate New York as a new owner appears ready to give the wayward calf a permanent home. Comment

The city’s tawdriest tabloid has proven itself tight-fisted this holiday season, refusing to reimburse a Brooklyn Heights woman after one of its delivery trucks totaled her car. Comment

It’s not for nothing that Park Slope has earned a reputation for political correctness. The Bobos, or “bourgeois bohemians,” with their Strand tote bags and expensive coifs, have a tradition of contorting themselves into unsightly shapes to avoid offending anyone. But 2006 saw the neighborhood take the PC-craze to new heights (or new lows, depending on your perspective). Here are some of our favorite moments. Comment

Atlantic Yards: From the first fireworks of New Year’s Day to the state’s end-of-year approval of Bruce Ratner’s plans to transform a rail yard into a mini-Times Square, this year had it all. Here’s our highly subjective overview. Comment

Smartmom: Smartmom thinks that slumber parties for children under the age of 35 should be banned. Why would any parent want to sacrifice his or her sleep and sanity for an all-night gathering of pre-teen girls? Comment

A five-way race for a rare open congressional seat was just part of the fun in this wild year in politics. Comment

This year, Brooklyn lost some of its most important people and institutions. Comment

What do exercise, fireworks and free food all have in common? They are all featured events at Prospect Park’s New Year’s Eve celebration, of course! Comment

It’s the white-collar economy, stoop-id! Comments (1)

Anyone whose New Year’s resolution is to inject a little more culture and excitement into his or her life - without spending a fortune - might want to check out the Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturday series. Comment