Nightlife: Improv comedy is usually a collaborative team activity — but this event has turned it into a sport that pits comedians head-to-head. Comment

Music: These teens are fighting for their right to party — in the library. Comments (4)

One of the two tubes that comprise the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel will be closed every night, and sometimes for entire weekends, until 2018 so crews can fix Hurricane Sandy damage, transit honchos announced on Tuesday. Comments (20)

Crime: Plus a smattering of other crimes from the 76th Precinct in Carroll Gardens. Comments (5)