Aug. 31, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user hollowsphere and uploaded on September 6, 2008.

Sept. 6, 2008 From Yelp.com: this is a bar for people who like bars. the drinks are delicious and the decor is anything but pretentious. my favorite bar in brooklyn. It used to be a social club and the owners have kept it intact,…

Sept. 5, 2008 Brooklyn Daily Eagle — 297 Bond St., Gowanus. (718) 858-2297 www.bond streetgallery.com.

Aug. 19, 2008 4 violations cited.

Aug. 22, 2008 5 violations cited.

Aug. 19, 2008 3 violations cited.

Aug. 27, 2008 5 violations cited.

Sept. 5, 2008 From Yelp.com: Oh GOD, don't go here. Even if it's close to your house. It's not worth it. No one knows what's going on, the line takes forever, the parking lot is a zoo....need I go on? This place is a huge…

Sept. 3, 2008

Sept. 4, 2008 From Yelp.com: Great tiki bar theme throughout the bar. Its a bit of a strange lay out, as has been pointed out below, however for the average bar goer (i.e. one who doesn't go with a group of twenty people) the…

Sept. 3, 2008 New York Post — Although the Khalil Gibran International Academy's move from Park Slope to a building in DUMBO led some parents to pull their kids out, others said it was the roller-coaster school year that sealed the deal.

Sept. 3, 2008 Brownstoner — ...details on the Gowanus musical establishment we wrote about in July. Littlefield will open at 622 Degraw Street "in an old, 6200-square-foot warehouse renovated with an eco-friendly touch," they write...

Sept. 3, 2008 The New York Observer — Downtown Brooklyn (zip code 11245) commanded the highest job growth rate--253 percent--for the zip codes tracked.

Sept. 3, 2008 New York Post — Although the Khalil Gibran International Academy's move from Park Slope to a building in DUMBO led some parents to pull their kids out, others said it was the roller-coaster school year that sealed the deal.

Sept. 3, 2008 From Yelp.com: Happy hour margaritas and portobello mushroom quesadillas are reason enough to go. Is this the best Mexican restaurant in the area? Nope. But it's solid and the staff is friendly (I know, I'm biased)…

Sept. 2, 2008 New York Post — Cops, who have spoken to at least one of the men Pravia called and found he had an alibi, now want to speak to the cabdriver who took him from Brooklyn to his West 15th Street apartment. Police also are asking anyone who might have been at the party in Downtown Brooklyn, and helped Pravia into the cab, to come forward.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Aug. 31, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user jag9889 and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 3, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user Rex&Kat and uploaded on September 2, 2008.

Sept. 2, 2008 From Yelp.com: When I first moved into the area five years ago, I used to trek all the way back to Manhattan for cuts because I trusted my old stylist. Then I realized that traveling that far was stupid, so I tried…

Sept. 2, 2008 From Yelp.com: Beergasm! My new favorite pub in my new 'hood.

Sept. 1, 2008 From Yelp.com: Why, why why did this place have to open 6 blocks from my old apartment the very same year that I moved out of my old neighborhood? And why, why, why can't the developers let wonderful places like…

Sept. 2, 2008 From Yelp.com: while i love! love! love! this little chain-let that includes stinky and smith & vine, and just think that all of the owners & employees are the cats meow.... i can't quite give the jake walk more…

Sept. 1, 2008 Brooklyn Paper — The tree-killing “New York City Waterfalls” project, which has enraged plant-loving Brooklynites by damaging local fauna near the River Cafe in DUMBO and along the fabled Brooklyn Heights Promenade, will be turned off half of the time starting next week.

Aug. 31, 2008 Taken by the Flickr user DJ Paris and uploaded on September 1, 2008.

Aug. 31, 2008 New York Post — If your car was broken into in DUMBO, you may have "Squarehead" to blame for it.