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  1. supertall tales
    Brooklyn Tower Is in Trouble“It’s one thing to pay a premium to be 1,000 feet above Central Park. But 1,000 feet above Trader Joe’s?”
    By Kim Velsey
  2. the housing market
    Settling, in Downtown BrooklynResidents say they traded neighborhood charm for amenitized luxury and never looked back.
    By Kim Velsey
  3. the housing market
    That $8,000 Two-Bedroom Comes With a Week of Summer CampA newish twist in the Brooklyn amenity wars.
    By Kim Velsey
  4. brick & mortar
    The Lidls Are ComingSoon there will be almost a dozen locations of the discount European grocery chain in New York City.
    By Clio Chang
  5. developing
    Brooklyn’s First Supertall Gets a Very Breezy Basketball CourtThe SHoP-designed amenity will be on the tower’s “wind floor” and open to the elements 629 feet up.
    By Clio Chang
  6. downtown brooklyn
    Christian-College Students Got Eviction Notices at Their Luxury DormsKing’s College is reassuring students that tenant protection laws will keep them housed.
    By Clio Chang
  7. openings
    The Brooklyn Takeout Joint That Got Its Start on Thai Tinder“We’re just a little grenjai.”
    By Leah Bhabha
  8. best of new york
    The Absolute Best Restaurants in Downtown BrooklynWhile the area may not yet have much of an identity beyond “new,” it does have some surprising, under-the-radar gems.
    By Alan Sytsma
  9. cityscape
    Will Brooklyn Finally Get a World-Class Skyline?A handful of new projects promise an end to Downtown’s drab-construction boom. 
    By Justin Davidson
  10. Openings
    Ganso Yaki Specializes in Okonomiyaki, Chicken Wings, and More Japanese StreetIt’s now open in downtown Brooklyn.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  11. Rumors
    Ace Hotel Rumored for Downtown BrooklynThe site is close to the Barclays Center.
    By Hugh Merwin
  12. Openings
    Hill Country Opens in Downtown BrooklynBring on the P-cheese sandwiches.
    By Hugh Merwin
  13. Coming Soon
    Danny Meyer Opening Café in Downtown Brooklyn at Shakespeare TheaterIt’s not a Shake Shack!
    By Hugh Merwin
  14. Coming Later
    News of Craft’s Brooklyn Expansion Has Been Greatly ExaggeratedDespite a real-estate rendering, one of ‘wichcraft’s partners says there’s no deal in place for a Brooklyn expansion.
    By Alan Sytsma
  15. inner city life
    Downtown Brooklyn’s Problem: Too Much ParkingAnd too little space.
    By Adam Martin
  16. Closings
    DeKalb Market Will Go Out With a Pig RoastSunday is the last day of DeKalb.
    By Jenny Miller
  17. Openings
    What to Eat at Ganso, Serving Short-Rib Ramen and Japanese Fried Chicken inBrooklyn’s Bond Street has a new noodle shop.
    By Hugh Merwin
  18. The End of the Borough As We Know It
    Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club Headed to BrooklynWe’re guessing this is one place that won’t serve artisanal pickles.
    By Jenny Miller
  19. Empire Building
    Jehangir Mehta Takes On Downtown BrooklynHe joins the BK hotel-restaurant trend.
    By Jenny Miller
  20. Shack Attack
    First Look at Brooklyn’s First Shake Shack, Opening TodayMayor Bloomberg and Marty Markowitz will cut the ribbon on this momentous occasion.
    By Jenny Miller
  21. Shack Attack
    First Look at Brooklyn’s First Shake Shack, Opening TodayMayor Bloomberg and Marty Markowitz will cut the ribbon on this momentous occasion.
  22. Openings
    Two More Restaurants Headed to Downtown BrooklynA bakery and a barbecue joint are moving in at 345 Adams St.
    By Alan Sytsma
  23. Big Deals
    New Nets Stadium Shuns Jones Soda in Favor of CokeEven though Jones had already been announced as the arena’s official beverage provider.
    By Alan Sytsma
  24. The Great Outdoors
    Shackburgers Alfresco a Go for Shake Shack BrooklynThe community board green-lit a 62-spot seating area for the upcoming location.
    By Jenny Miller
  25. Market Watch
    Here’s Your Complete Guide to DeKalb MarketThe shipping-container-housed Brooklyn project opens July 23.
    By Jenny Miller
  26. Empire Building
    Casualties of the ShackBurgerWhat happens when Shake Shack moves in on you?
    By Alex Van Buren
  27. Empire Building
    Shake Shack Said to Be Coming to Fulton Street; No Comment on ConeyIs the Fulton Street Mall in for some gentrification?
    By Daniel Maurer
  28. Openings
    2 Bros. Ventures Into Brooklyn; 5 Napkin Journeys Into QueensPlus, a new location of 2 Bros. opens in midtown today.
    By Daniel Maurer
  29. Neighborhood Watch
    Rock-Star Baristas at Bluebird; Dollar Fried Chicken at Rudy’sPlus: a new roof for a restaurant in Cobble Hill, and Milk Bar keeps the noise down, in our daily roundup of neighborhood news.
  30. Neighborhood Watch
    A Taste of Fatty ‘Cue; New CSAs in Carroll Gardens, DumboPlus: Bushwick’s Free WiFi offers much more, and S’MAC adds salsa picante macaroni and cheese, in our roundup of neighborhood food news.
    By Evan Mulvihill
  31. Openings
    First Look at the Loading Dock, Now Making Tacos in a GalleryFind Mexican fare from a Cali transplant in Downtown Brooklyn.
    By Alexandra Vallis
  32. Neighborhood Watch
    Fondue Party at JakeWalk; Rodent Party at Junior’sPlus: Bat cookies at Bouchon Bakery, and a No. 7 Sub preview, in our regular roundup of neighborhood news.
    By Alexandra Vallis
  33. Openings
    Morton’s Introduces ‘Teledining’ to Downtown BrooklynThe national chain has arrived in the BK.
    By Daniel Maurer
  34. NewsFeed
    ‘Reservoir Dogs’–Style Fro-Yo Standoff in BrooklynThree fro-yo spots compete on the same block.
  35. neighborhood watch
    Yuppies Discouraged From Partying in Tompkins Square ParkPlus plaster nearly falling on East Harlem babies before their souls are insured and a cure for killer staph in the Gowanus Canal. Why wait? Click through today’s boroughs report!
  36. neighborhood watch
    ‘Real Word: Brooklyn’ Will Not Be in BellTel Lofts After AllBut it will still be in Brooklyn — plus the much-mocked Prudential broker of Bushwick and the new urban prairies of Clinton Hill, all in our Friday boroughs wrap-up!
  37. neighborhood watch
    Staten Island Has a Turkey Overpopulation ProblemEdward Albee is being used to market a condo, a cat-beating sicko lurks the streets of Queens, and Staten Island turkeys are being given mandatory abortions. The city’s gone mad, in our daily boroughs report.
  38. neighborhood watch
    Would You Want to Live in the Same Building As the Cast of ‘The Real World’?The Belltel lofts marketing plan sputters, things get ugly in Forest Hills, and folks are backed up in Red Hook. That and more in our boroughs-report week-capper.
  39. neighborhood watch
    Heather Mills Is Moving to the West VillagePaul McCartney’s ex drops some of his dime on a New York pad, well-meaning yuppie scum set up shop in the East Village, Enrique Norten gets a second chance in downtown Brooklyn, and more, in this week’s kickoff to our daily boroughs wrap-up!
  40. neighborhood watch
    Landlords to Battery Park Tenants: Get Mad at Us, Not at the WallsPenny-pinchers (well, pickers) in Soho, possibly anger-based graffiti in Battery Park City, and the pitiable buyers at the Novo in Park Slope — that and more in today’s boroughs report.
  41. gossipmonger
    Sean Combs and Cameron Diaz, We Did Not See That One ComingAll the morning’s gossip columns, distilled for your pleasure.
  42. neighborhood watch
    Coney Island 2008: The ‘Summer of Hope’Wrap up your week wetly, with a dead raccoon on the Upper East Side, a tiny woman on Coney, David Byrne way downtown, and some big breasts in the meatpacking district. All in today’s boroughs report!
  43. Neighborhood Watch
    Self-serve Model for Frozen Yogurt Causes Stir in the East Village; Junior’sWhere to have barbecue brunch in the Flatiron, and meet singles who like wine, in today’s neighborhood food news.
  44. neighborhood watch
    Queens Children Face Giant ‘Dagger’Bronx-ites don’t like their hoods, a councilman doesn’t like plans for a power plant in Astoria, and everyone, it seems, doesn’t like the Chelsea Hotel’s manager, so they’re glad he’s leaving. Even more acrimony in our full daily boroughs report!
  45. neighborhood watch
    Don’t Fear the River, Lower East Siders!Escalator vigilantes in Union Square, riverside Ping-Pong for the LES, and (gasp) a “sick” dog run in the Slope. Yep, it’s Freaky Friday in our daily boroughs report.
  46. neighborhood watch
    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.
  47. neighborhood watch
    John Varvatos’s CBGB Store Mildly ProtestedThought you knew all of New York’s quirky neighborhood names? What about New Dorp? We thought not.
  48. neighborhood watch
    Tompkins Square Park Faces Off Against the QuietWho’s stealing the big bronze bells of Woodside? That and other burning questions in our daily report from the hoods.
  49. neighborhood watch
    First Crane Raising Since Midtown Disaster Draws a CrowdHelp Moby get a buyer of his Upper West Side penthouse past his co-op board and you may win $75,000! That and more in today’s reports from hoods around town.
  50. Neighborhood Watch
    Amy Ruth’s Taking Her Sweet Time in Brooklyn; Adour? OkayDowntown Brooklyn: So much for a Valentine’s Day debut: Amy Ruth’s at the Fulton Mall isn’t even open yet. [Lost City] Hamptons: Restaurant Week begins March 20. Bargain meals at close to 70 participating restaurants seems like a good excuse to take advantage of any lodging bargains before warm weather sets in. [Restaurant Girl] Meatpacking District: Florent plans to give up the ghost on a high note, on Gay Pride Day at the end of June. [NYP] Midtown East: Citysearch calls Ducasse’s food at Adour “comme ci, comme ça.” [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch] West Village: The Beatrice team might expand to L.A. [Down by the Hipster]
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