27 news articles

• Park Slope Flasher of teen sparks fear in heart of Park Slope

  Park Slope residents in the normally-serene neighborhood got a jolt this month by report of a sexual predator. The man exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl after pushing his way into her apartment building two weeks ago.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 23, 2008.

• Degraw Street and Fourth Avenue Copper thief caught gold-handed

  According to police, Con Ed workers watched as the 57-year-old thief picked open the sidewalk vault at the corner of Degraw Street and Fourth Avenue at around 11:30 am and quickly called police. When cops arrived, they found the man trying to take copper wiring and pipes, which, as The Brooklyn Paper has reported, have soared in value over the last few years.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Atlantic Yards P’Heights to get protection?

  The city is moving toward protecting a wide swatch of Prospect Heights — but the proposed “historic district” would not bar a project that some neighbors think is the biggest destroyer of the area’s history: Atlantic Yards.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Ikea Call it ‘Real Hook’ MTV anchors on Van Dyke

  The hardscrabble home of Fairway and the hot new Ikea is clearly ready for its close up now that MTV has confirmed that it had abandoned the BellTel Lofts building Downtown.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• 204 Van Dyke St. Call it ‘Real Hook’ MTV anchors on Van Dyke

  Most likely, the cast will be airing their dirty laundry in their home at the upstairs portion of 204 Van Dyke St., the address reported by the Web site Curbed, which cited an unidentified source.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Fifth Ave. and 13th St. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  A wig-wearing bank robber got away with $960 from a Fifth Avenue branch on July 14 after presenting the teller with a warning, “Don’t mess with me.” The thug entered the bank, which is at 13th Street at around 4:30 pm, cops said, and quickly pushed over a note demanding “big bills — no bank money,” plus the request that he not be messed with.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Sixth Ave. and Sterling Pl. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  Two crooks used the old distraction ploy — twice! — on a man as he walked on Sixth Avenue on July 18, and got away with his iPod. The 25-year-old victim told cops he was at Sterling Place at around 1 am when two men approached.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Seventh St. and Third Ave. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  The Mac Support Store on Seventh Street told cops that two men entered at around 6 pm on July 15 and took two Macbooks, each valued at $1,100. The men fled from the Apple-certified repair and sales location, which is between Second and Third avenues.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Fourth Avenue near 14th Street Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  • An employee at a school on Fourth Avenue near 14th Street told cops that her purse was stolen from inside a first-floor classroom at around 12:30 pm on July 16. In addition to a $300 gift card, she lost credit cards, which she promptly cancelled.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• St. Marks Place and Fourth Ave. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  A thief got away with four bikes out of a St. Marks Place building while the tenants were away between July 13 and 16. The bikes, which were kept in the basement of the building, which is between Fourth and Fifth avenues, were worth close to $1,500.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Fifth Ave. and Third St. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  One of the Fifth Avenue’s most-popular bars was ripped off for $8,000 after closing time on July 14. The owners of the bar told cops that sometime after 3 am, a thief broke in through the side door on Third Street, broke a lock on a inside door and swiped the moneybox.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Sixth Ave. and St. Marks Ave. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  A thief got away with $100 from a Sixth Avenue diner early on July 20. The owner of the joint, which is at St. Marks Avenue streets told cops that the break-in must have occurred before 5:15 am, when workers showed up to begin another day of serving the neighborhood’s spinach-and-feta omelet-loving crowd.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Flatbush Ave. and Seventh Ave. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  A patriotic-sounding apparel store on Flatbush Avenue was robbed of a fancy digital camera early on July 14. The owner of the chain location, which is in a former movie theater near Seventh Avenue, told cops that no one was in the store between 10 pm on July 13 and 10 am the next day.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Butler St. and Fourth Ave. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  A thief stole a saw after infiltrating a not-so-secure construction site on Butler Street on July 17. The perp broke through a thin wood-paneled wall to enter the site, which is near Fourth Avenue, sometime between noon and 2 pm. The Skilman saw is valued at $200. Cops say the man is 5-foot-1, 140 pounds with distinctive violet eyes and dark, Caesar-styled hair.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Hoyt and Degraw The third man pulls a gun

  The man caught up with them blocks away at the corner of Hoyt and Degraw streets, where the hoodlums punched and bit him. However, police arrived to make one arrest, cuffing a 14-year-old boy.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Bay and Clinton The third man pulls a gun

  The trio accosted the 61-year-old man, who was sitting on the bleachers in the park near the corner of Bay and Clinton streets at 4:50 pm, demanded his money and whacked him upside his head with a folding chair.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Smith St. and Baltic St. The third man pulls a gun

  A burglar broke into a Smith Street bar and looted the cash register on July 14. The tavern, between Baltic and Warren streets, closed at around 1 am, but the front door had been forced open by 7:30 the next day. Employees told police that $400 was stolen.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Smith St. and Degraw St. The third man pulls a gun

  A witness observed a man emerging through a window of a Smith Street restaurant on July 17 after burglarizing the joint. The hooligan hopped on a red mountain bike at 1:55 am and pedaled off with $154 from the restaurant, which is between Douglas and Degraw streets.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Prospect Heights P’Heights to get protection?

  The city is moving toward protecting a wide swatch of Prospect Heights — but the proposed “historic district” would not bar a project that some neighbors think is the biggest destroyer of the area’s history: Atlantic Yards.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Fifth Avenue and Prospect Place Copper thief caught gold-handed

  The first theft was reported on July 1 after workers for the power company opened a sidewalk grate at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Prospect Place to discover that a transformer that was supposed to be there was not. The electric and gas giant told cops that the piping was worth $5,700.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Amity and Hicks The third man pulls a gun

  An enraged driver pounded another motorist in the face with an anti-auto theft club near the corner of Amity and Hicks streets on July 10.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Coffey and Dwight The third man pulls a gun

  An argument at 10 pm near the corner of Coffey and Dwight streets intensified with the two feuding teens starting a shoving match — at which point a previously uninvolved bystander pulled out a gun and shot one of the scuffling lads in the leg.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Fifth Avenue and Second Street Copper thief caught gold-handed

  Four days later, Con Ed workers opened a sidewalk grate at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Second Street to find $1,200 in copper piping had been stolen.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Eighth Avenue near 12th Street Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  The babysitter, 44, told police that she was tending to her charges inside a building on Eighth Avenue near 12th Street at around 1:30 pm when she saw a man trying to push in her kitchen window from the fire escape with his feet. She screamed, and the thug fled.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• 12th St. and Sixth Ave. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  A thug got away with electronics and jewelry after smashing his way into a 12th Street apartment on July 16. The tenant returned to his home, which is between Sixth and Seventh avenues, at around 7:30 pm to find the broken glass and his big-screen TV, xBox game, video camera, necklace and brown Dockers jacket missing.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• Seventh Ave. and 13th St. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  A Thai-loving woman had her bag stolen from a popular, and justifiably so, Asian restaurant on Seventh Avenue on July 8. The victim told cops that she had turned her attention away from her purse for just 15 minutes at around 7 pm, only to return to find the bag gone from the eatery, which is between 13th and 14th streets. She lost cards and $100.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

• 13th St. and Seventh Ave. Bike-loving editor’s wheels are swiped! All of Brooklyn horrified

  Editor Gersh Kuntzman, 43, told cops that he had locked his bike — with a very good chain that his wife had bought just weeks earlier — to the inside railing of his 13th Street home on July 18 at around 11:30 pm... Kuntzman said he was chastened by the theft from inside his own front yard, which is between Seventh and Eighth avenues.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

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18 business reviews

• 5 stars out of 5: Stone Park Cafe, Cafe Regular, Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies, Hope & Anchor, Taro Sushi and Brooklyn Eyeworks Optical reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 4 stars out of 5: Applewood, Union Max, Skc Laundromat, Built by Wendy, Brownstone Bagel & Bread Co., Willie's Dawgs, 388 Bergen House, Union Hall and Canal Bar reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 2 stars out of 5: General Nightmare, Rachel's Taqueria and Lobo Park Slope reviewed on Yelp.com.

4 news articles

• downtown Brooklyn Spot the Liberal Reformer!

  Interestingly, given the strong feelings on both sides, the candidates’ differences when it comes to ideology and actual policy positions seems to be very slight. In effort to position himself as the more progressive of the candidates in a district that includes Lower Manhattan and mostly white-liberal downtown Brooklyn, Squadron has attacked Connor for the timing of his vote on “luxury decontrol” laws.

  Published by The New York Observer on July 22, 2008.

• 273 Baltic St Last Week's Biggest Sales

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  Published by Brownstoner on July 22, 2008.

• Carroll Gardens Filling in a Few Blanks in an Old Brooklyn Real Estate Mystery

  The owner of Vermont Market and Pharmacy in Carroll Gardens answered a few questions about a store that has sat mysteriously vacant for about a dozen years amid a thriving neighborhood.

  Published by New York Times on July 22, 2008.

• Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. Meeting Every Superhero's Needs In Brooklyn

  Not every working superhero can afford to have an inventor like Lucius Fox on payroll (as Batman does) or be an M.I.T.-educated engineering whiz (as Iron Man is), so for those of more modest status there is the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. in Park Slope, which is to crimefighters what Diagon Alley is to wizards and witches.

  Published by New York Times on July 22, 2008.

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19 business reviews

• 5 stars out of 5: Brooklyn Eyeworks Optical, Gorilla Coffee, Flipster's and Red Hook Ball Fields reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 4 stars out of 5: UPS Store, JJ Byrne Park, Brooklyn Fish Camp, Commonwealth, Smiling Pizzeria, Song, Commonwealth, Gorilla Coffee and Little D Eatery reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 3 stars out of 5: Down Under Bakery DUB Pies and Kinara reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 2 stars out of 5: Smith and Vine and Red Hook Ball Fields reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 1 star out of 5: Black Pearl Restaurant & Grill and 200 5th reviewed on Yelp.com.

8 news articles

• Park Slope 4 Brooklyn Neighborhoods Lose Power

  Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and Borough Park suffered a power outage on Sunday after a malfunction that left roughly 2,000 homes and businesses in the dark.

  Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.

• Park Slope Power restored to almost all Brooklyn customers

  People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The utility says as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

  Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

• Park Slope Power Failure? Con Ed Doles Out Free Dry Ice

  Some 2,000 customers lost power in parts of Bay Ridge, Borough Park, Park Slope and Sunset Park on Sunday. Con Edison showed up not just with cable splicers and other work crews, but also tons of dry ice. The state’s Public Service Commission requires Con Edison to distribute dry ice to customers whenever power is out for more than 48 hours.

  Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.

• Gowanus POWER OUTAGE SOCKS B'KLYN

  Areas affected included pockets of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and to the west of Green-Wood Cemetery into Gowanus, Con Ed spokesman Joe Petta said.

  Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

• Van Voorhees Park Playground mats too hot to play on, say parents

  Reyhan Mehran, a marine scientist from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, said her son Kian Mehran-Lodge was 14 months old in July 2004 when he was burned at Van Voorhees Park.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

• Red Hook Park Hook vendors return — cut by half! Foodies enraged

  Only six of the 13 Latino food vendors in Red Hook Park returned this weekend and were greeted by adoring fans and long lines — a long-awaited comeback that was delayed for months amid tightened city control over the 34-year-old, previously unregulated mercado.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 21, 2008.

• Park Slope Con Ed Asks That Air-Conditioners Be Shut Off in Parts of Brooklyn

  More than 89,000 customers living in the Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Sunset Park neighborhoods have been urged to stop using nonessential appliances, including air-conditioners and washers and dryers, as crews attempt to fix the problem.

  Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

• Park Slope Power restored in Brooklyn

  People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The energy firm said as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

  Published by Crain's New York Business on July 21, 2008.

16 business reviews

• 5 stars out of 5: Dixon's Bicycle Shop, Haagen Dazs Ice Cream Shop, New York Water Taxi and Lucali reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 4 stars out of 5: 'Snice, Nana Restaurant & Bar, Red Hot Szechuan Restaurant II and HaNaBi reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 3 stars out of 5: Something Else, Coco Roco, Sweet Melissa and Red Hook Ball Fields reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 2 stars out of 5: IKEA and Nono Kitchen reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 1 star out of 5: Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group and Jennifer Convertible Leather reviewed on Yelp.com.

10 news articles

• Park Slope Power outages in Brooklyn

  Con Edison is asking all customers in Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Park Slope to discontinue their use of non-essential electrical appliances, including air-conditioning, until problems on electrical power lines serving the area can be resolved.

  Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 20, 2008.

• Red Hook Park Back on the Street, Brooklyn Vendors Try to Make Up for Lost Time

  Fernando Martinez’s truck was one of many that returned to Red Hook Park in Brooklyn on Saturday after spending months trying to comply with city regulations.

  Published by New York Times on July 20, 2008.

• Park Slope Con Ed Asks Brooklyn Residents To Cut Consumption

  The utility is reporting power outages to approximately 2,000 customers in Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Park Slope at this time.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 20, 2008.

• Gowanus Canal Power outages in Brooklyn

  The affected area includes approximately 89,000 customers, and is bounded by 3rd and 4th Streets on the north, the Gowanus Canal on the west, and south and Fort Hamilton Parkway on the east.

  Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 20, 2008.

• Park Slope ConEd Reporting 2K Without Power In Brooklyn

  Con Edison is asking all customers in Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope to discontinue their use of nonessential electrical appliances, including airconditioning, until problems on electrical power lines serving the area can be resolved.

  Published by WNBC on July 20, 2008.

• Gowanus Canal ConEd Reporting 2K Without Power In Brooklyn

  The affected area includes approximately 89,000 customers, and is bounded by third and fourth Streets on the north, the Gowanus Canal on the west, and south and Fort Hamilton Parkway on the east.

  Published by WNBC on July 20, 2008.

• Red Hook Park Taco carts back at Red Hook park

  It's opening weekend for the food vendors at Red Hook Park, and the crowds are already waiting.

  Published by amNY.com on July 20, 2008.

• Park Slope Power to nearly 1,100 Brooklyn customers restored

  Close to 90,000 customers in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods have been asked to stop using all non-essential electrical appliances, including air conditioning.

  Published by New York Daily News on July 20, 2008.

• Red Hook Back on the Street, Brooklyn Vendors Try to Make Up for Lost Time

  “The mercado feel, the market feel, was a big factor that made the Red Hook vendors the iconic place it became,” said Cesar Fuentes, executive director of the Food Vendors Committee of Red Hook, “Unfortunately, we were facing a system that didn’t see it our way.”

  Published by New York Times on July 20, 2008.

• Gowanus Canal Con Ed Asks Brooklyn Residents To Cut Consumption

  The affected area includes approximately 89,000 customers, and is bounded by 3rd and 4th Streets on the north, the Gowanus Canal on the west, and south and Fort Hamilton Parkway on the east.

  Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 20, 2008.

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1 lost and found posting

• 5th St. & 5th Ave. FOUND BLACKBERRY (Park Slope)

  Found blackberry in the street, corner of 5th Ave and 5th Street Sunday morning, 7/20....

  Posted to Craigslist on July 20, 2008.

20 business reviews

• 5 stars out of 5: Oriental Pastry & Grocery, Bierkraft, 'Snice, Red Hook Ball Fields, Brooklyn Ice House, Daisy's Diner and Hibino reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 4 stars out of 5: Bar Tano, Melt, F Line Bagels, Korhogo 126 and El Viejo Yayo Restaurant reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 3 stars out of 5: Oko, Frankie's 457 and 1 New Dragon Garden reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 2 stars out of 5: Lookout Hill and Arecibo Car Service reviewed on Yelp.com.
• 1 star out of 5: Lucali, China Wok Chinese Kitchen and Gowanus Yacht Club reviewed on Yelp.com.

3 news articles

• Red Hook Double Edge to Brooklyn’s Success

  He and his partners are willing to spend $15 million for a bigger brewery that would employ at least twice as many workers as he has now and would have a beer garden where customers could sample his growing roster of specialty brews. But after four years of searching and two failed bids to be included in redevelopment projects in Red Hook and Carroll Gardens, they have not found a suitable building in the borough at a feasible price.

  Published by New York Times on July 19, 2008.

• Carroll Gardens Double Edge to Brooklyn’s Success

  He and his partners are willing to spend $15 million for a bigger brewery that would employ at least twice as many workers as he has now and would have a beer garden where customers could sample his growing roster of specialty brews. But after four years of searching and two failed bids to be included in redevelopment projects in Red Hook and Carroll Gardens, they hav