And, Mr. Harding noted, he had already done Times Square and the Brooklyn Bridge in his two previous videos. “It was time to dig a little deeper,” he said. “I wanted to do something that New Yorkers would know and that was a unique fun place and also a fun place where people can gather.” Plus, Bethesda Terrace Arcades was a place for a large group of people to gather without getting to the messy issue of permits.

Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

Gannascoli, an actor who played gay Mafia member Vinny Spatafore on "The Sopranos," will also show off his comparably svelte 270-pound frame at Borough Hall.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

One Pierrepont Plaza is a commerical name for 135 Pierrepont Street, the large office buildng buildng in 1987 at the corner of Cadman Plaza West and Pierrepont.

Published by Brownstoner on July 8, 2008.

Starting Monday, street cleaning rules in parts of Gowanus Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill will be temporarily suspended while 2100 street signs with new parking rules are put in place.

Published by WNBC on July 7, 2008.

The Eagle reports that the Nu hotel on Smith Street near Atlantic is having a "soft opening" this week, with one floor of rooms now welcoming guests...

Published by Brownstoner on July 7, 2008.

Co-op of the Day: 467 Pacific Street

Published by Brownstoner on July 7, 2008.

Starting Monday, street cleaning rules in parts of Gowanus Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill will be temporarily suspended while 2100 street signs with new parking rules are put in place.

Published by WNBC on July 7, 2008.

Muss Development has officially sealed the deal with city for the space in 345 Adams Street that the firm intends to lease out to big-name retailers. Muss paid the Economic...

Published by Brownstoner on July 7, 2008.

Starting Monday, street cleaning rules in parts of Gowanus Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill will be temporarily suspended while 2100 street signs with new parking rules are put in place.

Published by WNBC on July 7, 2008.

...Management planned a soft opening today for its 93-room, four-story Nu Hotel at Smith Street and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. The hotel, occupying the same building as the 75 Smith condominium, has a...

Published by The Real Deal on July 7, 2008.

...seems to be focused on the eastern end of the site, at the corner of Myrtle and Ashland Place, where a sizable hole has been dug and foundation work is presumably underway. As you...

Published by Brownstoner on July 7, 2008.

...Heights Blog - Today's Brooklyn hotel event: The “soft opening” of the Nu Hotel, at 85 Smith St. in Boerum Hill. Some of the suites feature hammocks. Brooklyn Eagle - Ugly Betty will be...

Published by mcbrooklyn on July 7, 2008.

Starting Monday, street cleaning rules in parts of Gowanus Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill will be temporarily suspended while 2100 street signs with new parking rules are put in place.

Published by WNBC on July 7, 2008.

Bloomberg, meanwhile, has been a shameless cheerleader for Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project, which has become an international synonym for a shameless corporate land grab.

Published by New York Daily News on July 6, 2008.

After graduating in 2001, he enrolled at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, where he majored in engineering. He later transferred to City College of New York to study economics, and was thinking about going for a master's in business. In newspaper accounts after he was killed, several of his professors there praised his "analytical mind," and said he could have just done anything he wanted.

Published by SI Live on July 6, 2008.

On June 10, Nina Lalli was mugged as she walked from Fort Greene to her home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, she said in an interview.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

The 88th Precinct, which covers Clinton Hill, has recorded a 26 percent increase in robberies so far this year, from 99 in 2007 to 125, for the period ending on June 29. Robberies are defined as the forcible taking of property from a person.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

The taboo fat was also found in a cannoli at Ferrara's in Little Italy, a chocolate cupcake at Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village, a croissant at Sarabeth's on the upper West Side and a strawberry cheesecake at Junior's in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Daily News on July 5, 2008.

Fireworks explode over the Brooklyn Bridge on July 4, 2007. The city's crackdown on illegal fireworks is a success because injuries, arrests and confiscations are down, Mayor Bloomberg said Thursday.

Published by New York Daily News on July 4, 2008.

This year's show, called "America Dances," will turn that iconic skyline into a dance floor with a dazzling display of color, light and sound all taking place at two locations from barges on the East River between 10th and 24th streets and from barges set in the South Street Seaport-Brooklyn Bridge area.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 4, 2008.

Over in Brooklyn the Gowanus is backed up to Atlantic Avenue with a disabled vehicle in the northbound lanes at Tillary Street. All East River Crossings are doing OK.

Published by SI Live on July 3, 2008.

Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal has long been known as a stinky body of liquid contaminants, but a landscape architecture design firm and community advocates are aiming to transform its shores into a "sponge" park between the Third Street and Carroll Street bridges.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

The Aloft/Sheraton hotelapalooza rising at 222 Duffield Street has made big strides since we checked in back in February. From what we're hearing, though, it's going to be another 18 months or so until this bad boy's open for business. How do you think it's shaping up in the looks department?

Published by Brownstoner on July 3, 2008.

...countdown clock above illustrates, the grand opening of Downtown Brooklyn's TKTS Discount Booth at 1 Metrotech Center (near the Brooklyn Marriott) takes place July 10. (A temporary booth is in operation until...

Published by mcbrooklyn on July 3, 2008.

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.

Out-of-Scale Addition at 524 State Street

Published by Brownstoner on July 3, 2008.

On June 26, several thugs tried to steal merchandise from a store at Tillary and Jay streets, and the 19-year-old employee told them to go away. Then, around 3 pm, the gang returned with a glass bottle and one perp threw it at the employee, cutting open his lip.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Between Remsen and Cranberry Sts. Early birds will get the prime spots at this favorite viewing spot along the East River. But parking is sparse, so the subway may be a better option.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Plymouth St. between Main and Washington Sts. What used to be a parking lot is now a perfect place to get a full view of the fireworks.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

A fancy Ducati motorcycle, valued at $5,000, was taken from in front of a Dean Street house sometime between June 18 and June 23. The owner said he had chained the chopper to the fence at the house, which is between Fourth and Fifth avenues.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

One of former Mayor Giuliani’s top deputies will join the fight against the Bloomberg Administration’s $440-million plan to reopen the Brooklyn House of Detention, promising to work pro bono to take community activists’ case to court.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

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.

In the 3:30 pm incident near the intersection of Smith and Dean streets, the man hit his head on a nearby car and passed out. When he woke up a few hours later at the hospital, he realized his cellphone was gone. He tried to call it several times, and finally a man answered. But instead of being helpful in any way, the man said: “It’s not your phone,” the victim said he was told.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

A woman’s cellphone was stolen out of her purse while she was at a playground on Douglass Street between Third and Fourth avenues at around 5 pm on June 21. She initially thought she had merely misplaced the phone, but later, when she called her number, a man answered and said, “This is Black’s phone now.”

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

According to the Times, the Chocolate Room has opened its doors at 269 Court Street in Cobble Hill... The Times also visits Clover Club and Pomme de Terre and points out the best Greenpoint eateries.

Published by Brownstoner on July 2, 2008.

Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, 26 New Dock St. at Walter St. Grab a blanket and head to this 9-acre spread nestled between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. Picnic tables available, but no pets allowed.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

When a maintenance man discovered the thief around on the Washington Street building’s third floor at around 11:30 pm, the burglar told him, “If you call the [cops], I will kill you.”

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

The man, Henry Piotrowski, was sitting on his property on 94 John St. around 11 a.m. when two male pit bulls ran up to him and attacked him, police said. New York City Animal Care and Control recovered the dogs on nearby Newark Street.

Published by New York Sun on July 2, 2008.

An employee arrived at work just after 11 am the next morning and noticed the broken door, and told cops the security alarm at the office, located at Fourth Avenue and Pacific Street, didn’t work and surveillance footage didn’t show the perp.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

It’s not every day that someone asks if he can propose to his girlfriend in your store — and it’s certainly rare if you own the world’s only all-penguin merchandising outlet.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

The barges will be positioned along the East River, stretching between 10th and 24th streets, and near the Brooklyn Bridge, parallel to South Street Seaport and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. They will release more than 35,000 shells, or about 1,100 every minute, beginning at about 9:25 p.m.

Published by New York Sun on July 1, 2008.

Meanwhile, DOT announced alternate side parking regulations will be temporarily suspended for six to eight weeks, beginning Monday, in parts of Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Gowanus in Community Board 6. The department plans to post 2,100 signs.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

Meanwhile, DOT announced alternate side parking regulations will be temporarily suspended for six to eight weeks, beginning Monday, in parts of Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Gowanus in Community Board 6. The department plans to post 2,100 signs.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

Meanwhile, DOT announced alternate side parking regulations will be temporarily suspended for six to eight weeks, beginning Monday, in parts of Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Gowanus in Community Board 6. The department plans to post 2,100 signs.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

Meanwhile, DOT announced alternate side parking regulations will be temporarily suspended for six to eight weeks, beginning Monday, in parts of Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Gowanus in Community Board 6. The department plans to post 2,100 signs.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

The barges will be positioned along the East River, stretching between 10th and 24th streets, and near the Brooklyn Bridge, parallel to South Street Seaport and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. They will release more than 35,000 shells, or about 1,100 every minute, beginning at about 9:25 p.m.

Published by New York Sun on July 1, 2008.

But, Mr. Hall said, the view from sanctioned locations, including the FDR Drive, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and Empire Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, will be unaffected. Stacey Sherman, a spokeswoman for the Water Taxi Beach, which offers beach access for the show and a three-hour fireworks cruise package, said the barges' relocation would not change the "prime views of the fireworks" from the beach.

Published by New York Sun on July 1, 2008.

Decades of planning will finally culminate in a small, but usable, Brooklyn Bridge Park by the end of 2009 — but state planners admitted on Monday that they don’t know when the rest of the 85-acre open space and condo development will be complete, thanks to a lack of public funding.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 30, 2008.

209 Dean Street GMAP (left)

Published by Brownstoner on June 30, 2008.

At the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 93 percent of the senior class — nearly all collegebound — collected their diplomas on Thursday, far higher than the city’s graduation rate of roughly 50 percent.

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.