The Times has a story exploring whether additional fencing the city is installing on a footbridge connecting the Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene is exacerbating tensions in the neighborhood between poorer residents who live in the projects and well-off... »
Unrepentant, Killer of Four Is Sentenced to 200 Years [NY Times] Charter Middle School Approved in Fort Greene [BK Paper] Bed-Stuy’s Slave Theater Will Become a Church [BK Paper] Elementary School Restricting Bathroom Use [NY Post] Inside Hold Steady F... »
Mary Ann Giordano, an editor who oversaw the Times' recent forays into hyperlocal, talks with Street Fight about her new project SchoolBook, her hopes for Patch, and why the Times is in the hyperlocal game "from a distance." »
Times critic Michael Kimmelman and NYC Planning Director Amanda Burden on a walking tour of the South Bronx last year. Image: NYT The fight to eliminate parking minimums in New York City just went mainstream. As part of a wide-ranging exploration of pa... »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.for The Brooklyn PaperTalk about a year for the record books! Ask anyone and he’ll tell you — 2011 had it all. For Brooklyn, it was the best of times — the city spared Prospect Park’s geese from another lethal gassin... »
In Cab Industry, Shrugs and Concerns Over New Livery Law [NY Times] $335 Million Settlement in Countrywide Bias Suit [NY Times] M.T.A. Sets 2012 Budget With No Cuts [NY Times] Developer Wanted for Affordable Ocean Hill Project [Eagle] Protesters Distur... »
Court of Appeals Rules State Can Seek Full Cleanup of Superfund Sites [NY Times] Mourn for Heights Ad Executive Killed in Elevator Accident [Eagle] Tillie’s Closing in Fort Greene on December 31st [BK Paper] City Jobless Rate Rises, Exceeding the Natio... »
1. Looks like burger fans will have to wait to enjoy Five Guys al-fresco in Fort Greene. With Community Board 2's Transportation Committee recommending 8-3 in favor of a rejection of the fast food restaurant's application for a sidewalk cafe, it seems ... »
