The Montauk Monster Has Competition. Sort Of.

There is a colorful beast of some sort climbing out of the East River. Plus, Harlem's eye-straining new condo, Chinatown's intra-hood Olympics smackdown, and the big-cabbage guy of Staten Island. In our Freedom Friday edition of the daily boroughs report!

Bloggers Quick to Disprove Rite Aid Anti-Gay Policy

A sign went up in a West Village pharmacy telling patrons not to act gay while in the store. But the convenience chain says it had nothing to do with it!

‘Ugly Betty’ Watch Begins!

America and friends come to Dumbo, Betsey Johnson sells her Village penthouse and moves uptown, and the hipsters still haven't taken over the Giglio Feast in W'burg. That and more in our daily boroughs report!

Ikea Buses in Brooklyn: The Battle Is on the Streets and on the Blogs

That story, plus Oprah's bounty in Harlem, shopping-mall smackdown in the Bronx, and a strange beep coming from the South Slope in today's neighborhood notes.

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker: Enablers?

They're both still smokers. Did you know that? We didn't. And they've already piqued the interest of their 5-year-old son, James Wilkie.

The Mayors of West 11th Street and Gramercy Park: A Tale of the Tape

They both hail from tony Manhattan neighborhoods. But in philosophy, they seem to be quite opposite.

Chuck Prince Can't Get Out of the Greenwich Ghetto

The former Citigroup CEO cannot unload his multi-million-dollar mansion. Must be the economy!

The Long Arm of the Law Even Reaches Into Subway Bathrooms

Getting all colonial in Union Square, watching crabs rut in Marine Park, letting go of fancy F-train plans in the Slope, and busting the gays in Forest Hills. All that and more in our week's-end boroughs report.

Ana Marie Cox Comes Full Circle at ‘Radar’

The founding Wonkette editor signs on to do irreverent political coverage for Maer's magazine, another Charles Kushner associate goes down, and Andrew Cuomo noses around Dick Grasso's package, in our daily roundup of news from the worlds of media, real estate, law, and finance.

Bedbugs: A New Reason Not to Camp Out in Union Square

Plus, trouble for UBS, victory for Stephen Colbert, and one or the other for anyone who took the bar last time around, in our daily industry roundup.

Manhattan Mall: Ghost Town?

Less rice in Jackson Heights! Less theater space in the Village! And one less groundhog on Roosevelt Island. All that and more (less?) in today's boroughs report.

Okay, Really, There Will Be Life on the Gowanus?

Even more development on the canal, a grocery store saved, and a new American Apparel parody. What would you do without your daily Neighborhood Watch?

Stuy Town Residents Finally Get to Have Puppies!

Cuddly, scrumptious puppies! The people who live there must be so happy! Or not: "We will now have sidewalks like the rest of the city with puddles of urine and smears of dog poop," grumbles one. All this and more in our daily roundup of neighborhood news.

The City Takes On the Squirrel House

Moynihan Station: Now Only $1 Billion Short!

Bedford-Stuyvesant Not So Sold on the ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’ Parts of This Election