Flatbush: Get ready for your weekly run down of crimes from the 70th Precinct. Comment

Dining: With a blood-orange facade and Edison-style bulbs hanging inside rusted industrial whisks in the tall and welcoming front windows, the decor of the new Neapolitan pizzeria Krescendo in Boerum Hill is much like the joint venture that brought it to life — a combination of old school Brooklyn and authentic Italian passion. Comments (3)

Marine Park: Plus a host of other crimes from Marine Park’s 63rd Precinct. Comment

Sunday Screech: In this week’s screech, Carmine finds it hard to believe what you get a ticket for these days! Comments (22)

Letters: Ian Randal Strock has a message for our representatives in Washington. Comment

Big Screecher: This week, Carmine can’t believe that a woman got a ticket for biting her nails while driving! Comment

Our pigskin prognosticator stands at the well of the future while sipping from the fountain of the past. Comment

Music: Jason Lytle hates touring, he hates waiting around between shows, and he hates answering the phone — when it’s nice out. Comment

Music: A controversial rhythm and blues band from Britain is coming to Brooklyn. Comments (23)

Cinema: Stranger than fiction? Yeah, right. Comment

A Britisher’s View: President Obama, being probed by the State Department for his mishandling of the Benghazi terror attacks, could learn a lot from the way another deadly assault on an American facility was handled by the commander-in-chief 71 years ago. Comment

Bar Scrawl: Bill Roundy — The Brooklyn Paper’s artistic drinking critic — tours a distillery in the borough’s manufacturing hub. Comments (3)

Music: If Elvis had been born in New Zealand in 1991, he would have had just as much fun. Comment

Bensonhurst: Get ready for your weekly run down of crimes from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment

Weekend Watch: The MTA can make the sun shine underground — at least this weekend. Comment

Transit: Riding the G train might seem like a trip into Dante’s “Inferno,” but subway boosters claim it’s straight out of a Joseph Heller novel. Comments (26)

Shopping: Christmas trees come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and hues — but are they organic? Comments (12)

Sheepshead Bay: A community panel is blasting the MTA’s plan to bring select bus service along Nostrand Avenue between Sheepshead Bay and Williamsburg. Comment

Mill Basin: Waterfront homes and senior citizen facilities suffered the brunt of Hurricane Sandy’s wrath, residents say. Comment

Canarsie: Students at PS 115 received free school supplies on Monday in response to the impact Hurricane Sandy has had on them. Comment

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Ethiopian food pops-up at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar. Comment

The Dad: This week, The Dad teaches his youngest that personal responsibility begins and ends with tooth decay. Comment

Standing O: We’re boosting Brooklyn one boost at a time. Comment

Shopping: Brooklyn is the borough we love, but it’s also the brand we love, too. Comments (1)

The Nets are off to the team’s best start in a decade and our columnists are thrilled — but not thrilled enough to ignore the squad’s flaws. Our shorter columnist says the back court could up its production with a simple substitution, while our taller hoops pundit says the Nets guards aren’t pulling their weight. Below is this week’s edition of “Front court / Back court.”

Bay Ridge: The United States Army band spread the Yuletide spirit to its brothers- and sisters-at-arms with a holiday concert at Fort Hamilton on Nov. 30. Comment

Back Court: In the Nets’ Twitterverse, one hashtag has been gaining traction in recent weeks: #FreeMarShon. Comments (3)

Front Court: The Nets are off to their best start in a decade — and they’ve got their big men to thank for it. Comments (2)

Coney Island: Get ready for your weekly run-down of crimes from Coney Island’s 60th Precinct. Comment

Sheepshead Bay: A retired cop female cops accidentally shot herself at a Sheepshead Bay Petco store this afternoon, officials say. Comment

High School Sports: A crucial two-point conversion kept the Erasmus Hall Dutchmen flying toward a city title on Tuesday night. Comment

Fuzzy Brooklyn: Bushwick dog lovers are so excited about a newly opened pup run that at least one neighbor went out and purchased a pooch just so he could enjoy the new amenity. Comments (4)

The city wants to spend $2 million to illuminate Coney Island’s iconic Parachute Jump, but some residents say they would rather see the money used to keep the lights on in communities left powerless by Hurricane Sandy. Comments (11)

Bay Ridge: Try getting to the root of this problem! Comments (16)

The young talent at the Barclays Center has won the borough’s support thanks to theatrics on the hardwood — and the most amazing thing about this new crop of stars is that they’re all under the age of 14. Comments (1)

A Coney Island community panel is backing Boardwalk preservationists who want an environmental review before the span’s iconic wooden beams are replaced with slabs of concrete. Comments (4)

Bay Ridge: More than 300 people braved the chilly air for the annual Christmas tree lighting on Nov. 28. Comment

High School Sports: Julian Boyd had 20 points and 10 rebounds to help the Long Island University Blackbirds extend its home winning streak to 29 games, but his run on the boards didn’t begin until after a much-needed bathroom break! Comment

Canarsie: Two Rockaway Parkway McDonald’s employees were arrested for throwing hot grease at each other, investigators say. Comment

Not for Nuthin’: Not for Nuthin, but we all know she’s guilty! Comment

Fort Greene: Plus more relentless crime from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (2)

Crime: Get ready for your weekly run-down of crimes from the 61st Precinct. Comment

Park Slope: A landlord has given Brooklyn Rock, purveyors of quirky, handmade and often downright strange T-shirts, a prime piece of real estate across the street from the Barclays Center because he likes what they represent. Comments (15)

Politics: The state’s top lawman is keeping his eye on Borough President Markowitz’s Hurricane Sandy relief fund. Comments (2)

Kings Highway: A drug rehab center shot down by Gravesend residents who didn’t approve of the facility’s clientele has found a new home 17 blocks away from its original location. Comment

The signs, they are a-changin’! Comment

Sheepshead Bay: A Sheepshead Bay paramedic came to the rescue of a wounded falcon found on the Belt Parkway last week. Check out all the high-flying action in our slideshow. Comment

Gerritsen Beach: The Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church organized a relief effort for victims of Hurricane Sandy in Gerritsen Beach. Comment

Park Slope: Park Slope’s legendary pink brownstone is no longer pink. Comments (6)

Awesome: Brooklynites won’t have to travel far to mess with Texas when the Alamo Drafthouse — Austin’s legendary dinner-and-a-movie joint — opens an outpost on the Fulton Mall. Comments (8)

Carroll Gardens: Critics of a planned homeless shelter in Carroll Gardens are going to the courts — and they say they can scuttle the project because the proposed site is simply too small. Comments (10)

Red Hook: Sunny’s days are forecast for Red Hook. Comment

Mill Basin: It’s full steam ahead for plans to run a controversial natural gas pipeline through Floyd Bennett Field — a move members of the Floyd Bennett Gardeners Association say will kill their crops. Comment

Flatbush: Katz oversaw the Flatbush Avenue business improvement district during a period of massive change in the neighborhood, merchants say. Comment

High School Sports: A steal with 15 seconds of game time left seals the win for Midwood High School’s girls basketball squad. Comment

It’s Only My Opinion: This week, Stan talks about the best charities around. Comment

More than $4,000 was raised during the Boardwalk run for Hurricane Sandy victims. Comment

High School Sports: The Orange Wave doesn’t have a dynamic duo anymore — it has a dynamic trio. Comment

Mill Basin: Michele Gonzalez-Wheeler has been missing since Nov. 28, police say. Comment

High School Sports: Lincoln High School junior guard Isaiah Whitehead scored 32 points, including eight 3-pointers, in the 102–64 victory. Comment

Flatbush: A gunman shot and killed a 26-year-old man inside a Flatbush Avenue apartment building near Cortelyou Road last night, police said. Comment

Brooklyn Heights: Plus all the other crime from Brooklyn Heights and Downtown’s 84th Precinct blotter. Comment