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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

‘Sparks’ fly at Bussaco! Owner responds: We’re being defamed!

Dining: The demise of respected eatery Bussaco in the heart of Park Slope appears to have been greatly exaggerated after a dishy feud with a chef who didn’t even last at the joint for two months! Comment.

Nannygate in Slope! The hand that rocks the cradle is underpaid and off-the-books

Parenting: Moms and Dads in Park Slope are guilty of Nannygate. Comments (13).

No ‘Rose’ thorn here — Planning Commission gives OK to W’burg towers

Williamsburg Waterfront: The City Planning Commission voted on Monday to approve the controversial Rose Plaza on the River, a mixed-use, 800-unit apartment complex along the Williamsburg waterfront — a decision that bucks Borough President Markowitz’s rejection in January. Comment.

Paterson’s dog-and-pony show

Politicrasher: Our columnist yearns for the days when the governor did his job by day and slept with prostitutes by night. Comment.

Diaper Diva tries to avoid the camp crimp

Smartmom: Smartmom talks her twin sister through the toughest job she’ll have love: Being camp counselor to her 5-year-old this summer. Comments (1).

He had knife and pot

Park Slope: This guy was a criminal two times over. Plus the rest of the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comments (1).

BRAWL! College kids scuffle on Henry Street

Brooklyn Heights: Brooklyn Heights residents remain miffed about an entire weekend of partying, fighting and rabble-rousing, allegedly by students in the St. George dormitories on Henry Street. Comment.

More oyPhone trouble

Fort Greene: The bike-riding iPhone thief has struck again! Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Burglary on your block? Check out The Brooklyn Paper’s new interactive crime map

The Brooklyn Paper’s most-loved column — the weekly Police Blotter — enters the modern age this week with a new feature that gives you maps of all the crimes in our coverage area, allowing you to search block-by-block, crime-by-crime or precinct-by-precinct. Comments (1).

Want to fix Fourth Avenue? Slow ‘em down!

Mean Streets: In all the talk about how to fix Fourth Avenue, a consensus is emerging around one single idea: slow those cars down! Comments (7).

Now you can text money to the Brooklyn Public Library

We’re not talking about overdue book fees — we’re talking about a serious fundraising drive! Comment.

Irish ayes! Sweet Melissa gives us a great soda bread recipe

Dining: It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so make your own soda bread! Comments (1).

5 Burro finally adds its second borough

Foodie-in-Chief: A great Mexican joint expands to Brooklyn from Queens. Comments (2).

The tastiest restaurant gossip — including a possible closing

Foodie-in-Chief: The skinny on Brooklyn’s opening, closing and restaurant rumors. Comments (5).

‘Thistle’ work — new old-school eatery in the South Slope

Dining: Thistle Hill Tavern is coming soon to take you back in time. Comment.

Friday, March 5, 2010

The ‘Lavender Lake’ list: More possible Gowanus polluters named

Cleaning the Gowanus: The federal government has widened its search for the culprits responsible for making the Gowanus Canal one of the most polluted spots in the nation, giving it the dishonor of being named a Superfund site earlier this week. Comments (4).

New battle in the War of the Rosé!

Red Hook: The ink wasn’t even dry on the approval of a new Red Hook wine store’s liquor license when an opponent stormed in and got the ruling overturned! It’s exciting stuff! Comments (4).

City says it will fix Eastern Parkway — and this time it means it!

Mean Streets: City officials have pledged — again — to improve conditions for pedestrians at the terrifying intersection of Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue, but some locals are saying that they’ve heard it all before. Comment.

Judge in Yards case gets a powder-filled threat

Atlantic Yards: The judge who approved the state’s seizure of properties in the Atlantic Yards footprint earlier this week received a letter containing a suspicious white powder on Thursday, causing an evacuation of the entire 24th floor of the Kings County Supreme Court on Jay Street in Downtown. Comments (7).

Scarano, starchitect of the ‘new Brooklyn,’ loses right to file plans

DUMBO: Brooklyn’s most-polarizing — and prolific — architect has been banned from filing construction plans for playing fast and loose with city regulations. Comments (2).

MTA to Brooklyn: The cuts aren’t as bad as they were when they were really bad!

Transit: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has curtailed some of its Draconian transit cuts, including the Z train and a handful of bus lines, but now have their sights on curtailing nighttime service on Park Slope’s beloved B67, officials announced at Wednesday’s community meeting at the Brooklyn Museum. Comments (1).

Radegast Hall plots the inevitable — expansion

Nightlife: Some banks were too big to fail, but Radegast Hall was too small to succeed. So an expansion is on the way. Comments (2).

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Not fin-tastic! Dolphins spotted in filthy Newtown Creek

Greenpoint: These bottlenosed bastards should find some other place to play! Comments (7).

Editorial: It’s Obama’s river now

Cleaning the Gowanus: Superfund designation is a good development for the Gowanus — but it’s also fraught with problems. Comments (10).

This is one jam-packed issue!

Link: There is so much news in this week’s print edition of The Brooklyn Paper that we recommend that you stop reading this teaser paragraph and click on the link above. Yes, that’s right, you’re just a few mouse moves away from downloading our entire print edition — which doesn’t even hit the stands until Friday. Keep hustlin’, Brooklyn!

Pies ‘n’ Thighs is back!

Foodie-in-Chief: The chicken-fried drought is over! Pies ’n’ Thighs — Williamsburg’s beloved Southern food and barbecue joint — reopened on Monday. Comments (4).

The Gowanus stinks — for Toll Brothers

Gowanus: Our cartoonist has a different take on the EPA’s Gowanus Canal Superfund designation. Comment.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

McMahon in the middle

McMahon on Line 1: Bay Ridge’s freshman congressman is named the “most centrist” lawmaker in Washington. But our analysis shows that Mike McMahon is plenty liberal and plenty conservative when he wants to be. Comments (2).

Ratner to break ground next week!

Atlantic Yards: Bruce Ratner will officially break ground on his $1-billion Barclays Center on March 11, days after a crucial judicial ruling in his favor and slightly more than seven years after the project was first announced. Comments (24).

Real-estate machers praying for Jehovah’s properties

Brooklyn Heights: The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ planned pullout from Brooklyn is huge news for the faithful, but it’s even bigger news for the real-estate market. Comments (8).

Boro businesses say things are looking up — a little!

Brooklyn’s economic prognosis for 2010 is a good news/bad news thing. Comment.

Did we say 15 years? We meant to say ‘Forever’!

Williamsburg Waterfront: The developers of the Domino Sugar factory make a bigger promise on affordable housing. Comment.

Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ is relevant — again

Theater: Old Stone House hosts yet another remake of the Great American Story. Comments (2).

Lo Smooth is a rapper dressed to kill

Awesome: The guy with the gun isn’t actually going for the kill — but his raps are certainly making a killing in Brooklyn. Comments (8).

Second drunk defecator in two weeks!

Bay Ridge: A poop-smeared pugilist went to town on a 77th Street family on Feb. 28 — smearing his excrement all over the place and battling with one of his neighbors. Comment.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Hey, NY Times — get our filthy canals right!

Cleaning the Gowanus: The Old Gray Lady mixed up Brooklyn’s fetid bodies of water in its Superfund coverage today! Comment.

EPA says yes to Superfund

Cleaning the Gowanus: We’re live on the conference call about the federal government’s decision over Superfunding the Gowanus Canal. Keep clicking refresh! It doesn’t get more exciting, or live, than this! Comments (4).

Case dismissed! Gersh wins the big one!

Brooklyn Angle: Love him or hate him, but our columnist may save you $400 if you’re towed from the corner of 15th Street and Eighth Avenue! Comments (7).

Garbage truck in arborcidal attack in Park Slope!

Park Slope: A garbage truck jumped the curb on Seventh Avenue on Monday morning, killing one of the stately London plane trees and cracking a large section of the sidewalk. Comments (2).

Albee damned! United Nations may look at mall demolition as a human rights violation!

Downtown plan: Could the demolition and new development of the Albee Square Mall in Downtown Brooklyn be a human rights violation on par with the blood diamonds of Zimbabwe, child soldiers around the world or Burma’s political oppression? Comments (8).

Smartmom hands the baton to Diaper Diva (symbolically!)

Smartmom: No, Smartmom hasn’t given up her title, but she is realizing that her twin sister is just as smart a mom (if not more so) than she is. Ouch! Comments (4).