Dining: There’s no such thing as a standard pancake. Comments (1)

Dining: These two sure have a lot of baking dishes in the fire. Comments (1)

Nightlife: It’s like a mausoleum in here. Comments (6)

Got plans the coming week? No? Don’t worry, we have got you covered. Comments (1)

Bay Ridge: One Brooklyn senior’s voice rose above the rest at the seventh annual Senior Idol competition in Bay Ridge on Oct. 5. Comments (2)

Music: Honk if you love flugelhorn solos. Or subway musicians. Comments (2)

Bar Scrawl: He came for the $8 40-ounce bottle of Miller High Life in a brown paper bag, but he did not stay for the food. Comments (4)

Bay Ridge: The red-hot contest for district attorney is spilling over into the Bay Ridge Council race. Comments (32)

Williamsburg: A large Williamsburg center for artists and do-it-yourselfers abruptly closed on Wednesday, a restaurant owner who shares space in the complex’s industrial building said. Comments (29)

Page 1: At The Brooklyn Paper, old habits die hard. Why else would we continue to print news, photos, and advertisements on large pieces of folded parchment and hand-deliver them all over our glorious borough? But it’s that dedication to the past that makes us the best choice for news about your neighborhood, for as the old saying goes, those that don’t know history are destined to reapeat it. Yeah, we have that institutional knowledge that tells us the Boys of Summer will go all the way, and tells you to keep hustlin’, Brooklyn. Comments (3)

Fearless Parenting: This week, Stephanie wonders if it it is okay to let the little ones see a lot of her. Guess what. She thinks it is. Comments (12)

Bay Ridge: The Ragamuffin Parade — a classic costumed kiddie cavalcade — got bright sunny skies for its 47th run on Oct. 5, but the 40th annual Third Avenue Festival the next day wasn’t so lucky. Comment

Park Slope: Sammy Cohen-Eckstein. who was set to celebrate his bar mitzvah in a few weeks, died Tuesday night. Comments (42)

Politics: If it walks like an elephant and talks like an elephant … it might still be a donkey! Comments (26)

Politics: Call them surprise witnesses. Comments (7)

Williamsburg: Board members behind the no-vote at a meeting on Tuesday night said they were incredulous about the proposal to mix wine spritzers and iPod DJ mixers because the chain store that prides itself on its inner-city cool actually has a pretty suburban ambience. Comments (16)

Cobble Hill: One of Brooklyn’s most car-congested thoroughfares is now being re-branded as a haven for bikes, though two-wheel advocates say they do not see an end to auto rule happening any time soon. Comments (18)

Theater: One hidden Bay Ridge talent did not get a chance to fully shine during his lifetime, but he lives on thanks to a theater festival in his neighborhood and in his name. Comments (1)

Crime: Find your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list. Comments (1)

Dining: Partcipating Italian restaurateurs say that the promotion is the perfect reminder for food-loving Brooklynites to savor the red sauce simmering right under their noses. Comments (1)

Nightlife: These thirsty Brooklynites want their drinks shaken, and stirred. Comment

Gowanus: Gowanus park activists threw a glitzy, 1920s-themed benefit party in the toxic neighborhood on Saturday and mixing it up in the dapper crowd of 100 was R & B icon Usher, who organizers say made them wanna … thank him for coming. Comments (1)

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens: Trees that came crashing down during superstorm Sandy and their un-dead arboreal brethren have been chopped up and had their body parts scattered around a secluded area in Prospect Park to form a newly opened children’s play space. Comments (2)

Bay Ridge: On Sunday, oldsters on one Bay Ridge block walked, ran, and stole their way down memory lane. Comments (10)

Fuzzy Brooklyn: Dogs, carts, birds, and other critters received a new leash on life, after participating in pet blessings across Brooklyn to honor St. Francis, the patron saint of animals. Comment

Williamsburg–Greenpoint Waterfront: So much for waterfront living. Comments (62)

Carroll Gardens: A townhouse is being built on the site of a Carroll Gardens brownstone that fell down last year and was cleared away brick by brick, but the owner of the property says he is not sure if he will move his family back in to the new home because they are still reeling from the shock of the collapse. Comments (6)

Cobble Hill: A two-alarm fire injured two firefighters and shut down a block of Atlantic Avenue on Friday afternoon, fire officials said. Comments (8)

Sunday Screech: Look, if you didn’t know where Carmine stands on Charter Schools, you will in a minute. Comments (8)

The controversial music and food festival that wrecked Prospect Park for two years in a row will not be invited back to party, a Parks Department official told city council at a Thursday hearing. Comments (33)

Politics: Brooklyn’s 23-year-incumbent district attorney — thought vanquished in the Sept. 10 Democratic primary — is making a shocking second coming as a Republican and Conservative candidate. Comments (37)

Downtown: Disorder outside the court! Comments (2)

Williamsburg: They are going to need a lot of scent-free, plant-based glass cleaner. Comments (7)

Fort Greene: This guy has his head in the clouds — and it is making him cough. Comment

Gowanus: The battle may be won, but the war is not over yet. Comments (2)

Williamsburg: The city closed a Williamsburg day care center last week after teachers left a toddler alone in the park. Comments (18)

Clinton Hill: A 24-year-old mother was shot and killed near Pratt Institute in Clinton Hill on Tuesday morning — and cops say they know who did it. Comments (7)

Fort Greene: They will come, but will you build it already? Comments (3)