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.

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.

In recent months, an old crime has started to reappear near where Ms. Evans lives, on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood by surprise.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

The head of security at Pratt Institute, whose campus is in the neighborhood, said that at least six students had been mugged since April.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 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.

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.

An inquisitive crook stole a man’s laptop, literally from his lap, in a DeKalb Avenue coffee shop on June 27.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

A white man attacked a black teenager — verbally and then physically — on Greene Avenue on June 19.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

Two men hijacked a car that was idling on Cumberland Street on June 29 and also robbed the driver and passenger.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

A civilian captured a man who had just mugged a woman on Lafayette Avenue and held him until police arrived to make the arrest on June 24.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

Cops arrested two thugs — ages 18 and 25 — for beating up a 48-year-old man with a baseball bat on June 28 at the corner of Flatbush and Third avenues.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

Ten or 11 months ago, I was stopped at a light in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn near a bunch of hole-in-the-wall-looking auto garages when I did a double-take at the vehicle that passed me by: a candy-apple red pedicab.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

A woman impersonating a prostitute robbed a man with the help of her accomplices on Carlton Avenue on June 29.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

A burglar broke into a popular DeKalb Avenue restaurant on June 22 and stole cold hard cash.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 2, 2008.

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.

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.

Car owners in a wide swath of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and Gowanus will join their Park Slope counterparts and not have to move their cars as alternate-side-of-the-street parking is suspended for six to eight weeks starting on July 7.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 30, 2008.

275 Adelphi Street GMAP (right)

Published by Brownstoner on June 30, 2008.

Small signs on the piers behind the store tell the story of the Red Hook industrial port, allowing visitors to walk along where huge cranes, which at one time lifted shipping containers from visiting ships, still stand as a testament to Brooklyn's history and culture. Unfortunately, a trip to Ikea might not extend to a trip to say, the Brooklyn Museum, or to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Published by The New York Observer 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.

A rezoning of Downtown Brooklyn has enabled plans for a major expansion of the Fulton Mall, a retail district that business owners say has untapped potential. [Daily News]

Published by New York Times on June 30, 2008.

When they look to the nearby neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble hill, Boerum Hill and Fort Greene, they see growing affluence and a lucrative demographic.

Published by New York Daily News on June 29, 2008.

The development became possible due to a 2004 rezoning of Downtown Brooklyn to allow for taller buildings. The idea was to create a kind of Jersey City, attracting back offices of financial services firms dispersing their operations after 9/11.

Published by New York Daily News on June 29, 2008.

When they look to the nearby neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble hill, Boerum Hill and Fort Greene, they see growing affluence and a lucrative demographic.

Published by New York Daily News on June 29, 2008.

StudioEIS, a sculpture workshop in Dumbo, is fabricating a statue of Abraham Lincoln to stand outside the former president’s historic summer cottage, the Soldiers’ Home in Washington.

Published by New York Times on June 28, 2008.

There’s nothing more exciting about summer in Fort Greene than brownstones and Sweet Action. We’re talking about beer, of course. At three-year-old summer hotspot Habana Outpost, both Brownstone Ale and Sweet Action ale — crafted by the borough’s own Sixpoint Brewery — are available for $2.50 a pint.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Miladin Kovacevic was charged with leaving a 130-pound Binghamton University student, Bryan Steinhauer from Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in a coma.

Published by New York Times on June 27, 2008.

Fort Greene: Organizers might not have a building or even a location yet for the proposed Fort Greene Food Co-op, but, by golly, they’ve got a name.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Earlier this month, DUMBO joined Park Slope, Fort Greene, Carroll Gardens, Borough Park, Downtown Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Flatbush and Williamsburg by getting its very own farmer’s market.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

We are disappointed that the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by 11 slated-to-be-evicted property owners in the Atlantic Yards footprint.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

The Parks Department has fired the electrician rushing to complete the restoration of the Prison Ship Martyrs monument in Fort Greene Park in time for its 100th anniversary in November — and now the agency is scrambling to finish the work on time.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Earlier this month, DUMBO joined Park Slope, Fort Greene, Carroll Gardens, Borough Park, Downtown Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Flatbush and Williamsburg by getting its very own farmer’s market.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Earlier this month, DUMBO joined Park Slope, Fort Greene, Carroll Gardens, Borough Park, Downtown Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Flatbush and Williamsburg by getting its very own farmer’s market.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 27, 2008.

Ugly Planters at 301 Cumberland!

Published by Brownstoner on June 26, 2008.

Playing firefighter, Dennis Leary and his crew were filming the television series “Rescue Me” in Dumbo.

Published by New York Times on June 26, 2008.

"It's outrageous," Steinhauer's father, Richard, said at their Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, home Wednesday.

Published by New York Daily News on June 26, 2008.

Francine Lasantant, 27, of Downtown Brooklyn, said she went into labor on the train as she headed uptown toward Bellevue Hospital at around 3 p.m. Monday

Published by New York Post on June 25, 2008.

Meanwhile, the attorney for the 13 plaintiffs on the appeal said he plans to sue in state court, which could further delay the Atlantic Yards development.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

The United States Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by about a dozen New York City property owners and tenants whose homes and businesses are scheduled to be taken over by the government and demolished to make way for the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

The court declined to hear an an appeal by property owners and tenants whose homes and businesses are scheduled to be taken over to make way for the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

June 24, 2008 -- The US Supreme Court yesterday delivered a major blow to opponents of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, refusing to hear a legal challenge over the use of eminent domain to make way for the $4 billion plan.

Published by New York Post on June 24, 2008.

Now comes the latest entry in the new high-rises that race to the bottom when it comes to wages. It is going up at the corner of Myrtle and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn, just a couple blocks from the Manhattan Bridge, at the entryway to what has long been a poor and working-class stretch of Fort Greene. It is dubbed the "Toren Condo"—a Dutch word, meaning tower. It is designed by the finest of architects: the SOM firm. It is being developed by BFC Partners: Donald Capoccia, principal.

Published by Village Voice on June 24, 2008.

A roadblock to a $4-billion project to reshape downtown Brooklyn fell after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by property owners and tenants who would be evicted during construction, a spokesman for the developer said Monday.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

Now comes the latest entry in the new high-rises that race to the bottom when it comes to wages. It is going up at the corner of Myrtle and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn, just a couple blocks from the Manhattan Bridge, at the entryway to what has long been a poor and working-class stretch of Fort Greene. It is dubbed the "Toren Condo"—a Dutch word, meaning tower. It is designed by the finest of architects: the SOM firm. It is being developed by BFC Partners: Donald Capoccia, principal.

Published by Village Voice on June 24, 2008.

The justices rejected an appeal that was intended to stop development of the Atlantic Yards project. Eleven property owners and tenants said that using the government's power to take the property, called eminent domain, violates the Constitution because the project would primarily benefit the developer, not the public.

Published by WNBC on June 23, 2008.

The justices rejected an appeal that was intended to stop development of the Atlantic Yards project. Eleven property owners and tenants said that using the government's power to take the property, called eminent domain, violates the Constitution because the project would primarily benefit the developer, not the public.

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

The justices rejected an appeal that was intended to stop development of the Atlantic Yards project. Eleven property owners and tenants said that using the government's power to take the property, called eminent domain, violates the Constitution because the project would primarily benefit the developer, not the public.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 23, 2008.

The justices rejected an appeal that was intended to stop development of the Atlantic Yards project. Eleven property owners and tenants said that using the government's power to take the property, called eminent domain, violates the U.S. Constitution because the project would primarily benefit the developer, not the public.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 23, 2008.

The diverse district also includes Park Slope, Greenpoint, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill.

Published by New York Post on June 23, 2008.