Meadows of Shame: The federal government approach toward geese became “more aggressive” — and more lethal — in the days after the so-called Miracle on the Hudson, resulting in the exclusion of animal experts from the decision-making process and setting the stage for the execution of thousands of waterfowl. Comments (4).

Meadows of Shame: We put our nose to the grindstone to sniff out the best public toilets in Williamsburg. This was a tough assignment. Comments (2).

Greenpoint: Game. Set. Resurface! Comment.

Cyclones: And Ceciliani goes 2-for-5! Comment.

Nightlife: Coney Island, with its topsy-turvy amusements, sports bars and sideshow freaks, tends to grab the spotlight for nightlife in southern Brooklyn. But its neighbor to the east — Brighton Beach — is a sea of debauchery in its own right. Comment.

It may be the strangest summer program for kids and adults in Brooklyn — but it’s also the must fun. Comment.

Carroll Gardens: The city wants dollar vans to fill a huge gap in Brownstone Brooklyn bus service that was created by MTA service cuts last month. Comments (10).

Williamsburg: JellyNYC may own summer in Williamsburg, but an enterprising thief now owns JellyNYC’s computer. Comments (3).

Nightlife: If you’re dying for a drink, there’s only one place to get it: At the new bar and music venue in a former coffin shop in East Williamsburg. Comment.

Checkin’ in with: Jack Rabid can rattle off band names like letters of the alphabet. 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.

DUMBO: A creep broke into the Dumbo Muffin coffee shop on Pearl Street and stole a stunning amount of stuff worth over $17,000 on July 18. Comment.

The Best Thing We Ate This Week: Most burritos end up igniting a Mexican Revolution in your stomach — but the pollo asado burrito ($7) from the Calexico food cart in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 is as wonderful as un beso from Salma Hayek herself. Comment.

Cops have arrested one man in connection with a rash of burglaries along and near the fabled Boardwalk over the past two weeks. Comment.

Cyclones: Brooklyn remains in first place with a solid win. Comment.

Ridin’ the Cyclones: Jack Maloof, the last man to hit. 400 in the New York–Penn League talks about his achievement. Comments (1).

Books: Gary Shteyngart has the unique capability to leave you wincing and laughing at the same time, as any satirist worth his salt should do. Comment.

Shopping: Brad Estabrooke’s Breuckelen Distillery opens on Aug. 1 Comment.

Music: In an age where a machine can make any noise imaginable, beatboxing hasn’t lost its novelty. Comment.

Greenpoint: It was a clash of kickball titans on Sunday, with top-ranked Brooklyn United striking the final blow over third-place Crucial Taunt, before the lights went dark. Comment.

Cyclones: The first-place lead is cut to four games, even as Brian Harrison hits two homers. Comments (1).

Nightlife: The Rock Shop officially opens on Aug. 2. Comments (1).

Music: How many musical genres can one band incorporate into its sound? Comment.

Music: The unlikely pairing of Irish rocker Glen Hansard and Czech pianist Markéta Irglová has been charming listeners since the understated 2007 musical “Once” introduced the world to their heart-felt folk rock, even earning them an Oscar for “Falling Slowly.” Comments (1).

Smartmom: The kid is off to college and the imaginations run wild. Comments (4).

Nightlife: Coney Island’s got talent. Comment.

Park Slope: What a difference three years makes. Comments (2).

Cleaning the Gowanus: Call it “The Project Formerly Known as Sponge Park.” Comments (3).

Borough President Markowitz’s summer concert series in Asser Levy Park appears to be in violation of a new city law hastily passed last month to allow the performances as long as noise spillover from the band shell does not exceed 10 decibels above typical ambient sound. Comments (4).

Backers of the proposed mosque in Sheepshead Bay aren’t letting a few angry neighbors and a bomb threat deter them from seeing their dreams become a reality. Comments (10).

Shopping: Animal bones, magnifying glasses, and leather satchels: a new DUMBO shop stocks everything you would find in your grandpa’s den, if your grandpa hunted game and discovered evolution. Comment.

Books: A beautiful and recently married Italian dame is going blind, but nobody believes her except a nutty inventor. In order to help her overcome her disability, he devises a novel machine: the typewriter. Comments (1).

Greenpoint: The city is going to install a new public pier at the end of Java Street in Greenpoint, plus bring in new ferry service. Comments (3).

Park Slope: The sacred and the profane merged this week atop Park Slope’s Greenwood Baptist Church as workers from Verizon installed cellphone antennas — a move that some critics worry will increase radiation in the neighborhood, but the church says will save the congregation. Comment.

A massive six-foot sturgeon that was pulled from the waters off Manhattan Beach on Wednesday afternoon will always be fondly remembered as the one that got away — or, more accurately, carried away. Comments (2).

Link: You may find this false modesty, but we’re actually humbled by ourselves sometimes. Consider the full print edition of The Brooklyn Paper. It’s amazing. Page after page of hard news, features, pictures, graphics, police blotter entries and arts coverage that you simply cannot get anywhere at any price. Frankly, we don’t know how we do it. So click on the link above and start reading this majestic newspaper — a full day before it hits the stands. And remember, keep hustlin’, Brooklyn.

Shopping: Here’s our walking tour of Atlantic Avenue from the harbor to Third Avenue — the hottest street in town. Comments (3).

Theater: Summer has always been a ripe time for productions of Shakespeare’s wildly popular “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” often as a light breeze suitable for children. Comment.

Bridge ‘Park’: Our cartoonist offers his take on complaints in Brooklyn Heights that Brooklyn Bridge Park’s popular “Movies with a View” series is too loud. Comments (1).

Meadows of Shame: A secret execution list? A middle-of-the-night incursion? The more we learn about the federal slaughter of Prospect Park’s geese, the less confidence we have that this gruesome operation was conducted with a full vetting of the objective facts about non-lethal methods that could have been employed. Comments (2).