Brooklyn Heights: A thief gets away with lots of bills. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct. Comment.

Brooklyn Heights: Concerned about helicopter noise? Well, there’s some good news, and some bad news. Comments (13).

Election: Downtown Democratic powerbroker Steve Cohn had his annual pre-Election Day breakfast at Junior’s, so we caught up with all the local poobahs to get their predictions about Tuesday’s mayoral election. Mayor Bloomberg may be up by 15 percent in the polls, but these Democratic pols are convinced that he’ll wake up on Nov. 4 as the outgoing leader. Comments (3).

Brooklyn Heights: If you think helicopter noise over Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and other waterfront neighborhoods is bad now, wait until this spring, when chopper traffic is expected to at least double. Comments (2).

Downtown: Downtown office workers did a double take when they saw a coffin propped up on the sidewalk outside National Grid’s building on Jay Street. Comment.

Downtown: The chairman of the local community board says he’s underwhelmed by the sparkle that the city said it put into new sidewalks on the Fulton Mall. Comments (6).