Dining: This time, it’s all about the soft serve. Comments (2).

Nightlife: One penny. One pint. Seems like a good deal to us. Comment.

Park Slope: Fourth Avenue will go from a concrete wasteland straight out of “Frogger” to a thoroughfare with a green oasis in the middle — if Borough President Markowitz gets his way. Comments (9).

Crown Heights: Park Slope has its own state-of-the-art recreation facility in a city-refurbished armory — but now residents of Clinton Hill and Prospect Heights may see their nearby armories become neighborhood resources, too. Comments (5).

Dining: Everybody’s favorite Middle Eastern eatery just got better, and by better, we mean bigger. Comments (3).

Bridge ‘Park’: The long-awaited first permanent section of Brooklyn Bridge Park has been delayed — again! — and will now open “in the spring,” Borough President Markowitz revealed in his “State of the Borough” address on Wednesday night. Comments (2).

Finally, we have a new poet laureate! Comments (4).

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DUMBO: Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome — im cabaret, au cabaret, to cabaret at the posh River Café! Comment.

Editorial: Now Joe Sitt says he’ll build a mini-college town on the Red Hook waterfront? There he goes again. Comments (1).

Brooklyn Angle: It all started when the city changed the way it pays for its Meals on Wheels providers. Now, seniors in Brighton Beach are going crazy — and forcing our columnist to eat really bad meatloaf. With video … Comments (2).

Cartoon: Here’s the only murderous imperative that matters. Comment.

Link: If it’s Wednesday, it’s Police Blotter day on BrooklynPaper.com. Find your neighborhood below or click the link above to get a full list.

Dining: A top Greenpoint eatery brings in someone new behind the stove — and the food is better than ever. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: A 26-year-old Red Hook resident was shot and killed in his apartment on Monday — the first murder of the year in the confines of the 76th Precinct. Comment.

Park Slope: An irate tenant in an apartment complex adjacent to a Park Slope dog run has been hurling eggs out his or her window in an apparent attempt to scramble the canines’s brains and silence their allegedly incessant barking. Comments (5).

Smartmom: Smartmom and Hepcat bond as a family while watching the small-screen version. Comments (1).

Music: The storefront museum that celebrates Brooklyn’s underdog spirit with exacting curatorial detail and a passionate devotion to artifacts large and small may be in danger of closing. Comments (3).

Shopping: Shag in Williamsburg not only offers the usual vibrators, but also a way to replicate your penis. Comments (3).

Books: Author Josh Ferris is back with a new book about a guy with a disease that makes him walk and walk and walk. It’s a metaphor, silly. Comments (1).

Fitness: At Green Studio, your legs power the machines. Comments (5).