Art: The New York City subway, more than any underground train, has always equated big city grunge. Comments (1)

Books: A new book about a Sicilian family in Brooklyn takes readers on historical journey. Comment

These snow cones aren’t for kids. Comments (4)

The Slavic Soul Party must go on. Comments (1)

Don’t just listen to the music, read along, too. Comment

Marine Park: What began as a tit-for-tat over ducking debates ended with a disturbing revelation about a special delivery — of cockroaches. Comment

Letters: Check out your neighbors’ take on the topics of the day. Comment

Big Screecher: When will people remember that the biggest day of the year is the day we remember when Carmine was born? Comment

Theater: An opera coming to BAM tells of tabloid queen Anna Nicole Smith’s life. Comment

James McCullough — the great-grandson of legendary Steeplechase Park founder George Tilyou, and the former owner of Coney Island institutions like the B & B Carousell and McCullough’s Kiddie Park — passed away on Aug. 19. Comments (1)

Bar Scrawl: Our drinking illustrator checks out a late-night cocktail bar in Greenpoint. Comments (5)

Art: Go to Bushwick to see experimental music, art, and now — pontificating. Comments (12)

BoroBeat: The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty gave out more than 700 packages of kosher food at the Bensonhurst Council of Jewish Organizations on Aug. 22, ahead of the Jewish New Year next week. Comment

BoroBeat: Junior high schoolers tried their hand at golf as part of a partnership between Millenium Development and Marine Park Golf Course. Comment

A Britisher’s View: Columnist Shavana Abruzzo will be back in September. Comment

Fast & Furious: This week, Scott learns to block out the distractions and focus on baseball. Comment

The city Parks Department has responded to the sweeping zombtree infestations plaguing storm-racked sections of Brooklyn, and plans to cull the arboreal undead horde. Comments (1)

Coney Island: Coney Island just got a little freakier! Comment

Mill Basin: Mayor Bloomberg has made good on his threat to boot Community Board 18 from its city-owned digs on Bergen Avenue — going so far as to change the locks on the doors. Comment

Bensonhurst: It’s “love all” in Bensonhurst! Comment

Mean Streets: The deadly Kensington cross-walk is getting a safety fix after a months-long push. Comments (23)

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Standing O: Brooklyn’s biggest booster is boosting bigger and better than ever. Comment

The Explainer: Wondering how Burce Ratner’s company could sell most of a 16-building development and keep the reins? Confused about who might buy something like that and what they would get out of it? Don’t know an equity stake from a T-bone? Comments (2)

Downtown: Work is under way at the city-owned, landmarked building in the shadow of MetroTech Center that contains 18 affordable housing units and has been slated for a complete renovation since 2010. Comments (1)

Fearless Living: The kids are back from camp, and it is back to the old roles. Comments (1)

Joe Knows: Brooklyn was front and center in the national high-school hoops scene this offseason — and it delivered in a big way. Comment

Ups & Downs: Biondi’s hurt, and the Clones playoff chances could come down to a two-game battle to end the season. Comment

Greenpoint: A spike in violent crime and a decreased police presence has Greenpoint residents breaking out the walkie talkies. Comments (28)

Sheepshead Bay: New York’s Bravest got their hands dirty rescuing an injured construction worker who was buried up to his chest in the backyard of an E. 23rd Street home on Monday. Comment

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

BoroBeat: The Festa di Santa Rosalia — also known as the 18th Avenue Feast — kicked off on Aug. 22. Comment

Not for Nuthin’: This week, our columnist wonders what Billy Ray’s daughter was thinking Comment

Sunset Park: Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez is accusing challenger Carlos Menchaca of distorting the nature of the work he did in her district following Hurricane Sandy — and is vowing not to engage with her rival unless he comes clean. Comments (13)

BoroBeat: A handful of political candidates tried to see who could hit the ball the farthest outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall on Tuesday. Comments (4)

High School Sports: Brooklyn Tech football coach Kyle McKenna is optimistic about this season, despite graduating the stable of talented seniors who brought the team to the quarterfinals of the Public School Athletic League championship division last year on the crest of a seven-game winning steak. Comment

The Ride: The Cyclones fell in the team’s longest game of the year, but Aberdeen lost, too, so our boys are still just a half game out of first place. Comment

Construction Update: Developer Forest City Ratner is shopping around a major chunk of the controversial Atlantic Yards development, but the company says that the project will continue as planned no matter what. Comments (22)

Does it always feel like somebody’s watching you? There’s a reason for that. Comments (6)

Sheepshead Bay: Southern Brooklyn saw two nasty motorcycle accidents last weekend, one in Canarsie and another on the Belt Parkway in Sheepshead Bay, sending one man to the hospital in cardiac arrest and sending a tragically young woman to an early grave. Comment

Bedford-Stuyvesant: Interfaith Medical Center is living on a prayer. Comments (4)

BoroBeat: Some 300 people turned their trash into somebody else’s treasure — or vice versa — at the Bay Ridge Jewish Center’s Stop ‘N’ Swap event on Aug. 18. Comments (2)

The Ride: The Cyclones picked up the team’s fourth straight win, and kept pace with the equally hot Aberdeen IronBirds in the race for the McNamara Division crown. Comment

High School Sports: Erasmus Hall isn’t planning on taking any bows for its championship run as the football team begins its title defense. Comment

High School Sports: Elisha Boone was tired of being far from home. Comment

Prospect Heights: The show had its moments that will no doubt be replayed approximately one bajillion times. And then there’s the stuff we found out. Comments (12)

Awesome: See the closing act from last night’s Video Music Awards! Comments (2)

Mean Streets: This is what happens when you make roads without rules. Comments (39)

The city Parks Department has responded to the sweeping zombtree infestations plaguing storm-racked sections of Brooklyn, and plans to cull the arboreal undead horde. Comment

Politics: Is it a bridge toll too far? Comments (22)

Windsor Terrace: The altercation started around 1:30 am with the 20 youngsters shouting and arguing on Prospect Park Southwest, across the street from the Brooklyn’s backyard, and a neighbor caught the commotion on video. Comments (39)

BoroBeat: Music lovers said this year’s Marine Park Summer Concert Series finale on Aug. 21 was a rockin’ good time. Comment

It’s Only My Opinion: This week, our columnist questions those who want to know exactly when they will leave this planet. Comment

The Ride: The Cyclones keep winning in Vermont, but the team still can’t wrangle first place from the Aberdeen IronBirds. Comment

Awesome: The awards show has arrived and The Brooklyn Paper is on the scene, bringing you the Brooklyn angle like nobody else can. Comments (16)

The Brooklyn Paper believes Katy Perry will perform on a stage that was constructed beneath the Brooklyn Bridge in the former Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. Comments (3)

Sunday Screech: This week, Carmine gives a fond farewell to Dr. Carl Strauss. Comments (20)

The Ride: A Mini-Maz homer and lights-out pitching from Not-So-Silent-G led the Clones. Comment

The Ride: The Clones moved within one-half game of first place with the win. Comment

Cobble Hill: The search is on for a new operator, but the beleaguered Cobble Hill medical center will remain under the state’s thumb until Sept. 3, officials said in a court hearing yesterday. Comments (16)

Williamsburg–Greenpoint Waterfront: The city and the developer of a wall of luxury apartments on the Greenpoint waterfront are holding a long-promised city park for ransom with their claim that they will only make the greenspace nice if two new towers are allowed to rise alongside it, neighbors said at a community meeting Tuesday night. Comments (12)

Canarsie: A brazen thief hijacked an armored car in Canarsie on Thursday, making off with half a million dollars, according to police. Comment

Greenpoint: Democratic council challenger Stephen Pierson came out swinging against 33rd district incumbent Steve Levin on Wednesday night during the first face-to-face clash in the Battle of the Steves. Comments (27)

The Ride: The team didn’t lose any ground in its playoff hunt, but a loss is a loss. Comment

Williamsburg: A pair of gunmen shot two teenagers in the legs on a Williamsburg street on Wednesday night. Comments (2)

Public Advocate and mayoral hopeful Bill DeBlasio is challenging the state’s closure of Interfaith Medical Center in court, saying Brooklyn will suffer if the hospital is shuttered. Comments (4)

The Ride: The Cyclones fell a half hame behind the Aberdeen IronBirds in the team’s race for first place. Comment