• The Bike Shop The wheel world! Borough Hall is on a roll

  The two bikes join the Beep’s existing fossil-fueled fleet of seven hybrid sport utility vehicles. Markowitz’s office purchased the new wheels at The Bike Shop on Union Street in the Columbia Street Waterfront District. The $1,020 taxpayer-financed project included the two bicycles, two helmets, two locks and two bells.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 8, 2008.

• Cadman Plaza Whitman Park gets facelift, but judges to keep parking lot

  A $4-million plan to renovate beleaguered Walt Whitman Park next to the federal courthouse on Cadman Plaza has become linked to a separate federal plan to permanently close Cadman Plaza East to cars — and neighbors are worried that the sealed-off street will limit access to the spiffy new green space.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 8, 2008.

• Underwood Park What’s wrong with this picture?

  There were only three or four kids besides her daughter, Severine McQueeney, in Clinton Hill’s Underwood Park when the man in the green uniform asked her to holster that camera.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Gowanus Canal Conservancy Transit candidate on a roll?

  Unlike Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation and Gowanus Canal Conservancy head Bob Zuckerman, he is not building a park that will act as a sponge and clean up the fetid canal.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Clinton Hill What’s wrong with this picture?

  Little Severine McQueeney’s mom, Margo Gibson, was harassed by Parks workers after taking this cute picture of her daughter at Underwood Playground in Clinton Hill.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Red Hook Park Mr. Quadrozzi, tear down this wall!

  An 18-foot-tall, corrugated wall obstructing the waterfront view in Red Hook Park must come down, a state court ruled, but some parents would rather see the barrier stand tall.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Gowanus Industrial Park Mr. Quadrozzi, tear down this wall!

  The park’s neighbor, John Quadrozzi Jr., the owner of the Gowanus Industrial Park, illegally built the 200-foot-long partition on Parks Department land to separate it from the shallow watery basin that is part of his property because trespassing was a problem, he said in court documents.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Park Slope Brooklyn goes fancy

  • Self-professed “Brownie Babe,” Mari Tuttle let us try some excellent treats (even though they’re actually baked in Queens). She’s still getting her Park Slope-based company fully up to speed, but you’ll be spotting her desserts in specialty stores soon. For info, visit www.marisny.com.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Madison Square Park Brooklyn goes fancy

  • Rick Field of Rick’s Picks broke some big news for The Brooklyn Paper: he’s created a special relish for the Shack-Cago dog at Danny Meyers’s Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. That’s big news for a company that started in Brooklyn with just some pickled green beans and cucumbers.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Wine Cellar Sorbet Brooklyn goes fancy

  • David Zablocki of Wine Cellar Sorbet, the Greenpoint-based vintage wine ices company, hawked his three new flavors: mimosa, port wine and saki. The mimosa was first rate. For more info, call (718) 383-8308 or visit www.winecellarsorbets.com.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Javits Center Brooklyn goes fancy

  Food producers from all over the world flocked to the annual Fancy Food and Confection show at the Javits Center, but Brooklyn companies came out in full force. We tasted everything and present this year’s report:

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• School House Kitchen Brooklyn goes fancy

  Wendy Smith of School House Kitchen showed off her award-winning chutney — and proclaimed chutney “the new ketchup”! Let’s hope she’s right because a large share of the company’s profits get funneled into education programs, a la Paul Newman.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Carroll Gardens Transit candidate on a roll?

  When asked what his “wedge” issue will be, the Carroll Gardens resident said his main goal is to unite people on transit issues and get Albany to fix the inadequacies (Politicrasher would have to be a horrible cynic — and he is! — to point out that Reilly said this just one day after the MTA scraped yet another set of promises to repair more than a dozen stations).

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Court Street and Atlantic Avenue Work goes on at Trader Joe’s

  The old Independence Bank building at the corner of Court Street and Atlantic Avenue is finally beginning to look more like a Trader Joe’s. Insiders say the supermarket, the quirky chain’s first in Brooklyn, is on pace to open in September.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• The Chocolate Girl ‘Girl’ goes sour: Kosher chocolate store closes

  The Chocolate Girl — a Seventh Avenue shop that sought that most oxymoronic place in the marketplace, gourmet kosher chocolate — has closed just shy of a year after opening, forced out because of a high rent.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation Transit candidate on a roll?

  Unlike Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation and Gowanus Canal Conservancy head Bob Zuckerman, he is not building a park that will act as a sponge and clean up the fetid canal.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 3, 2008.

• Fifth ave and degraw street Late-night mugging horrifies this Slope man

  A thief — possibly an ex-employee — stole $1,700 from a popular Fifth Avenue restaurant after it closed on June 23.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Berry street and north 13th street Vulgar villains

  Thieves couldn’t unlock a safe when they broke into a Berry Street trading company overnight on June 25, so they stole the safe itself.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Metropolitan Avenue and Lorimer Street Vulgar villains

  The thug sprayed the unsuspecting victims at around 12:40 am as they exited the station, which is at the corner of Metropolitan Avenue and Lorimer Street.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Graham Avenue and Conselyea Street Vulgar villains

  The muggers struck at around 10:10 pm as the victim stepped out of the shop, which is at the corner of Graham Avenue and Conselyea Street.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Meserole ave and Manhattan ave Vulgar villains

  Cops nabbed a savvy crook who convinced gym employees to let him into another man’s locker on June 29.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Hoyt street and Douglass street Beat down

  wo men were beat up in separate incidents blocks — and hours — apart on Hoyt Street on June 27.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Hoyt street and Baltic street Beat down

  Hours later at the corner of Baltic Street, a beating from three men sent a 42-year-old man to the hospital.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Henry street and Union street Beat down

  A building superintendent discovered that an intruder ransacked an apartment in his Henry Street building on June 25 or 26.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Huntington street and Columbia street Beat down

  Vandals broke windows on PS 27 on Huntington Street over the weekend of June 20–22, but apparently did not take anything.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Prospect Heights Smooth ‘Trans’ition

  We’ve mainly used butter in the past six months. Some [recipes] do use [trans fat], but the amount is below the standards. That’s always been our policy. Trista Brown , 28, Prospect Heights

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Crown Heights Smooth ‘Trans’ition

  We used margarine with trans fat a year ago, but we’ve switched to a different type for the same price. Now we have to buy in bulk, 50 pounds at a time, which makes it harder to measure. The recipes had to be slightly retooled — we added more flour — but the taste has been the same. Carole Wood

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Dyker Heights Smooth ‘Trans’ition

  I’ve only used non-trans fat oils for the past eight years, but in the early 1990s, all we used was trans fat. The new oils cost about 10-15 percent more, but we just bump up the price to compensate. It tastes better anyway. Salvatore Scudiero , 42, Dyker Heights

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Park Slope Smooth ‘Trans’ition

  We’re about healthfulness, so we’ve never used anything with trans fats. Also, trans fats help preserve — and since our muffins are gone by the end of the day, we don’t really need it. Erik Goetze , 40, Park Slope

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

• Pacific Street and Vanderbilt This thief was hungry

  A church official told cops that he’d locked up the house of worship at around 5 pm only to return the next morning to discover that the lower panel of one door had been broken and two Mac desktops were gone from the building, which is between Vanderbilt and Underhill.

  Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

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