Books: Bay Ridge had Hubert Selby, Jr., Boerum Hill has Jonathan Lethem — and now, Marine Park has Mark Chiusano. Comment

Sunday Screech: The Screecher’s television is on the fritz, which means this week’s column is a wild, brain-busting ride. Comment

Books: Neighborhood booksellers give their recommendations. Comment

Nightlife: Celebrity basketball, food trivia, star-gazing, and other things to do in Brooklyn, July 25–31. Comment

Nightlife: They wanted to be a part of it — New York, New York! Comments (7)

Brooke Lynn at Bat: Adding the slugger to a weak Cyclones lineup should wake things up, our columnist proclaims. Comment

Cinema: Reality stars might have killed the music video, but the classic era of MTV is not forgotten. Comment

Red Hook: He’s our guy in barbecue. Comment

Event: Call it Harry Potter and the Goblet of Beer. Comments (1)

Page 1: Freed from the tyranny of a vegetarian art director, The Brooklyn Paper’s brain trust headed over to Morgan’s BBQ on Flatbush Avenue last night to do what it does best: carefully consider the contents of this week’s print edition while filling its face with slow-cooked goodness. Not surprisingly, every decision was easy to make. And why wouldn’t they be? A menu of stories had been laid out before it all week long, each one meatier than the last. So take a bite of what the team has but together, and keep hustlin’, Brooklyn! Comment

Bay Ridge: Ramadan is about fasting — but at the end of the day, it’s also about food. Comment

The Dad: This week, the Dad goes all international on us. Comments (3)

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens: Gunfire rang out near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Wednesday afternoon, leaving one man seriously injured, police said. Comment

Bay Ridge: Jewish and Muslim leaders came together on Tuesday to denounce two weekend incidents in which people bearing Israeli flags targeted Bay Ridge Muslims at mosques, prompting one set of worshippers to hurl bottles back. Comments (29)

Brooklyn Heights: These anchors won’t be aweigh for a while. Comment

Nightlife: The beloved NY1 host is the host with the roast! Comment

Crime: Fnd your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list. Comment

Art: The appeal of this art show is transparent. Comment

The Ride: It was close but no cigar for the Clones. Comment

Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge’s newest block party got off on the right foot this year. Comment

Bay Ridge: Namaste, Bay Ridge! Comment

Downtown: UPDATE: NYPD brass says the culprits probably had an elaborate plan and the climbers may have worked in construction. This much they do know: the pranksters blocked the flag lights with baking tins. Comments (10)

DUMBO: A judge has sentenced the Dumbo bar owner who bilked dozens of couples out of more than million in wedding money to 3 years and 4 months to 10 years in prison for tax fraud — the exact amount prosecutors had sought. Comments (4)

Prospect Heights: Steven Spielberg, eat your heart out. Comment

Build It Back is finally living up to its name. Comments (1)

The Ride: The middle of the order is heating up! Comment

DUMBO: A new Dumbo marketing agency has audaciously named itself “The BAM Connection,” despite having no connection to the famous Brooklyn Academy of Music. Comments (4)

Park Slope: Park Slope went to the dogs — the dressed-up dogs — on Friday night when pooches strutted the catwalk outside Freddy’s Bar as part of a weekend packed with Summer Stroll street fairs. Comment

Greenwood Heights: Eagle Provisions, a 75-year-old Polish grocery store, is on the market for a reported $9 million, but a split between its brother-owners means its demise is not assured just yet. Comments (18)

The Ride: Yeah, that’s true, but as we’ve always said, pitching will rule the day, and it did last night at the beach. Comment

Sunday Screech: Trust us, know blood will be drawn when you open up Carmine’s column today. Comments (1)

The Ride: New York Mets first-round pick Mike Conforto got a hit in his professioanl debut, sparking the Cyclones to the team’s first win in nine games. Comment

The Ride: Somebody make it stop! Help, Michael Conforto! Comment

Art: On the heels of the dismantling of the moody installation by artist Kara Walker comes a mural by a community group also grappling with the sugar industry’s connections to slavery. Comments (1)

The Nets ditched their much-maligned mascot the Brooklyn Knight last week, meaning the hunt is on for a replacement that captures the essence of Brooklyn. We know Nets management is plenty busy, so we figured we would offer up some suggestions for the team’s next cheerleader in chief. Comments (19)

Mean Streets: He’s on the highway to a swell job. Comments (8)

Park Slope: Some Park Slope car owners could soon find themselves circling the block looking for a spot if a developer convinces the city to let it turn a parking garage on Union Street into a luxury apartment complex. Comments (23)

The Ride: Our boys have lost their seventh straight! Comments (1)

Downtown: Mayor DeBlasio is touting plans to revamp and expand green-spaces and possibly rent out city-owned real estate in The Brooklyn Paper’s neighborhood. Comments (28)

Music: Okay, he acknowledges the rest of the city, too. Comment

Fitness: The new roller rink at Brooklyn Bridge Park opened last week, joining the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park, which first welcomed skaters back in April. We put them side by side to see how they stack up. Comment

Health: Doctors, nurses and top hospital brass rang in the 10th anniversary of New York Methodist Hospital’s cardiac surgery program on July 16 in Park Slope. Comment