The 64-year-old man parked his red Toyota Camry at 1 pm on Lincoln Place between Underhill and Vanderbilt Avenues, leaving his key on the driver’s seat, and his doors unlocked.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

A popular ice cream joint on Underhill Avenue got some funny money on July 17. A young woman came into the parlor, which is between St. Johns and Lincoln Place at around 9 pm, where she purchased herself a tasty treat and handed over a phony Jackson.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

A barber shop on Washington Avenue got the buzz on July 17, when an overnight baron skipped the pomade and went straight for the $1,400 in the register. Sometime after the shop closed at 7 pm, the crook entered through the security gate of the shop, which is between Prospect and Park places.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

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.

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.

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.

Gov. Paterson has also shown commitment to reducing New York's carbon footprint. As GlobeSt.com reported earlier this week, the affordable condos being built on Atlantic Avenue in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn, will meet stringent LEED green-building standards, providing healthy, sustainable and energy-efficient homes.

Published by GlobeSt on July 23, 2008.

A young woman stopped on July 18 at Lincoln Place to argue with her boyfriend and suffered further communication barriers. The 17-year-old was walking between Underhill and Washington Avenues at 12:30 am with beau, when they stopped for a lover’s quarrel.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 23, 2008.

Gov. Paterson has also shown commitment to reducing New York's carbon footprint. As GlobeSt.com reported earlier this week, the affordable condos being built on Atlantic Avenue in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn, will meet stringent LEED green-building standards, providing healthy, sustainable and energy-efficient homes.

Published by GlobeSt on July 23, 2008.

The road menace is accused of striking Nacirema on Saturday as she dashed across Rockaway Ave. in Brownsville, then speeding off. Witnesses said he stopped briefly to curse at the bleeding child.

Published by New York Daily News on July 22, 2008.

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.

HR&A examined the Habitat-NYC's Ocean Hill-Brownsville project, which comprises 41 units of affordable condos. About 10,000 volunteers will help construct these homes, spending money in the community and helping revitalize it, according to a prepared statement.

Published by GlobeSt on July 21, 2008.

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.

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.

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.

HR&A examined the Habitat-NYC's Ocean Hill-Brownsville project, which comprises 41 units of affordable condos. About 10,000 volunteers will help construct these homes, spending money in the community and helping revitalize it, according to a prepared statement.

Published by GlobeSt on July 21, 2008.

The driver abandoned the tan 2004 Nissan Maxima 2½ miles away on Park Place near New York Avenue, cop sources said.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

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.

At one of the churches, the Helping Hands Ministries in Brownsville, a line of people waited to enter the building.

Published by New York Times on July 20, 2008.

The callous driver kept driving, and the tan 2004 Nissan Maxima that hit Nacirema was found abandoned 2 ˝ miles away on Park Place near New York Avenue, police sources said.

Published by New York Post on July 20, 2008.

The alleged driver was caught a few hours later. The latest victim: a 9-year-old girl that was struck Saturday night in Brownsville.

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

Nacirema Brown was run over Saturday night at around 8:45 p.m. in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.

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

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.

"Throughout history, black churches have been the institutions that promoted redemption, revitalization and healing," said the Rev. Dennis Dillon, pastor of Brooklyn Christian Center. "The larger community looks to the church for answers [on everything] from civil rights, social services and the political arena."

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

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.

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.

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.

Elected officials said this should shatter Catsimatidis’s political ambitions. “We certainly don’t want him,” said state Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (D–Park Slope).

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 18, 2008.

The ESDC determined the 17-acre area in Harlem "blighted" on Thursday, and according to the anonymous urban affairs source, once the ESDC determines an area is blighted, it has the authority to "undertake the condemnation." The source notes that this is the same concept that was used in Atlantic Yards.

Published by GlobeSt on July 18, 2008.

Paul Spencer Byard, a land-use lawyer who returned to school in his late 30s to be an architect and who became an important figure in the renovation of some of New York’s most prominent landmarks, died on Tuesday at his home in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. He was 68.

Published by New York Times on July 18, 2008.

It’s not often that this newspaper finds itself siding with city functionaries whose very job requires them to deliver suffering and pain to residents, but in the case of this week’s parking ticket blitz in Park Slope, we side with the traffic enforcement officers.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 17, 2008.

“Everything we do reflects the menu and the style of the restaurant,” said Bull, who counts Franny’s in Prospect Heights and the Mexican food in Sunset Park as some of his favorite Brooklyn eats. “We’ll do a goat cheese tart with roasted mushrooms.” The class will also learn to make apple-braised pork belly.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 17, 2008.

Twenty-six community groups have just filed a legal brief in the State Appellate Court to reverse approval of the Atlantic Yards project.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 17, 2008.

Since developing Q Tonic Water back in 2002 in his Fort Greene yard, Silbert has come a long way. He moved to Prospect Heights, and now his tonic — made with organic agave, Peruvian quinine, lemon juice and triple-purified water, and distributed out of a loft in DUMBO — is up for the “Best New Product” prize at this week’s “Tales of the Cocktail” festival in New Orleans.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 17, 2008.

A two-wheeled marauder swiftly got hold of a lady’s purse on Prospect Place on July 12. The 23-year-old woman told cops that she was near Underhill Avenue at around 2 am after a night on the town. The crook, believed to be 17, simply passed by on his wheels and grabbed her bag, which contained her bank cards, cellphone, and keys.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 16, 2008.

At Newswalk, a 168-unit condominium building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, doormen have for years let residents know they have packages by putting little yellow sticky notes on their mailboxes.

Published by New York Times on July 16, 2008.

Persona Non Grata is rappers Ill-O and Ivo Dinero, both 19, and Heedi Blacc, 18, all of Brownsville, Brooklyn. They are part of a wave of hip hop in which Web-savvy teens with an ear for catchy music can create and control their own fame.

Published by New York Daily News on July 16, 2008.

For the financing plan for the Atlantic Yards housing and sports arena complex in Brooklyn, and for one being considered for the planned middle-income-housing mega-complex at Hunter’s Point South in Queens, the city would need a favorable ruling from the I.R.S. or face substantially higher costs for both projects.

Published by The New York Observer on July 15, 2008.

The 25th District includes parts of the Lower East Side, Alphabet City, the Financial District, Tribeca, Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn. It is home to two of the largest and most controversial development projects in the city: the World Trade Center site and Atlantic Yards.

Published by Gotham Gazette on July 14, 2008.

The return of alternate-side parking in Park Slope allowed Bernadette Morrissey a return to her routine: a short search for parking after driving from Sheepshead Bay to visit her family on Carroll Street (she does this in Brooklyn twice a week).

Published by New York Times on July 14, 2008.

DeBlasio, who represents Park Slope, is running against a field that includes East New York Councilman Charles Barron.

Published by New York Post on July 14, 2008.

This figure ranks the "44" behind only the 75th Precinct, covering East New York, Brooklyn (349 complaints), and the 73rd Precinct, covering Ocean Hill/Brownsville, Brooklyn (280 complaints), according to recently-departed CCRB spokesman Andrew Case.

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 14, 2008.

A 15-year-old boy has been shot to death in Brooklyn and two other teens have been wounded. The gunfire erupted shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday in back of a building on Boyland Street in the Brownsville section.

Published by New York Sun on July 14, 2008.

Opponents of the Atlantic Yards development project in Brooklyn are focusing on a new way to hem in the $4 billion development project: the landmark protection process.

Published by New York Sun on July 14, 2008.

Drivers beware. Starting Monday, alternate side of the street parking rules are back in effect in Park Slope after nearly a month break.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 14, 2008.

This figure ranks the "44" behind only the 75th Precinct, covering East New York, Brooklyn (349 complaints), and the 73rd Precinct, covering Ocean Hill/Brownsville, Brooklyn (280 complaints), according to recently-departed CCRB spokesman Andrew Case.

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 14, 2008.

Park Slope residents await changes to alternate-side parking rules after a two-month hiatus that left its streets littered with newspapers, coffee cups and water bottles.

Published by New York Times on July 14, 2008.

A Republican in the overwhelmingly Democratic 58th Assembly District (Brownsville) would have to garner only 112 signatures, and a candidate hoping to land on the ballot as the Conservative Party's pick there needs merely seven names.

Published by Gotham Gazette on July 14, 2008.

Judges have threatened a work slowdown to protest their salaries, which have been frozen for the last decade. Frustration among legislators regarding their own pay has boiled over to the point of prompting one lawmaker, Eric Adams, a Democrat who represents Park Slope and Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to bellow "Show me the money" on the Senate floor. But the governor's office is one place in Albany where complaints about salary are rarely audible.

Published by New York Sun on July 14, 2008.

A 15-year-old boy was shot to death in Brooklyn and two other teens have been wounded. The gunfire erupted shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday in back of a building on Boyland Street in the Brownsville section.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 13, 2008.