Stories from Brooklyn Paper

Prospect Park activists say last week's GoogaMooga music festival destroyed the park's Nethermead. Now, promoters of the event say they will pay to clean the mess. Read more.

Our drinking illustrator shares his thoughts on a new spot named Saint Catherine. Read more.

More than 150 people protested the lack of affordable housing in Williamsburg and Greenpoint at a rally outside East River State Park Read more.

Not content to bring bacon soup only to the people of Williamsburg, a Williamsburg chef has rented a commercial kitchen in Bedford-Stuyvesant and partnered with an online food seller to bring his delectable dishes borough-wide. Read more.

Might "swarmaggedon" - the oft-reported cicada orgy coming to the northeast for the first time in 17 years miss Brooklyn entirely? Read more.

These freaks will do anything for a good Schwinn. Read more.

The fate of the Cobble Hill hospital lies in the hands of one person - Gov. Cuomo - says our reporter. Read more.

Neighbors along 92nd Street are infuriated that, after 10 months of non-stop construction, the city will only resurface the center strip of the road - instead of the entire street. Read more.

She's the Swedish pop star you didn't know you missed. Read more.

The annual Viking Fest and the Norwegian Independence Day Parade both thrust onward through wet weather last weekend like a mighty Norse longship against the tide. Read more.

This week, our fearless mom seeks your help in making the world a better place. Read more.

Mother Nature wiped out thefinal day of the controversial Great GoogaMooga in Prospect Park, and some fsay they took a hit because of it. Read more.

The Force was with a Jedi from Bedford-Styvesant who's weapon was stolen from him while he was out at a cantina. Read more.

Mother Nature wiped out thefinal day of the controversial Great GoogaMooga in Prospect Park, and some fsay they took a hit because of it. Read more.

The beach will be ready - but the bathrooms won't! Read more.

Members of a Bay Ridge panel who attacked a plan by the city to slow down traffic along dangerous Fourth Avenue got rear-ended by one of the group's traffic experts, who claimed the nay-sayers are most likely part of the problem on the strip. Read more.

About 22,000 joggers - including New Zealand Olympian Kim Smith - pounded 13-plus miles of pavement between Prospect Park and Coney Island on May 18, wrapping up in front of Ruby's Bar on the Boardwalk. It was all part of the Brooklyn Half, an increasingly popular run designed to boost business in the most populous borough...

Plus all the other crime from Park Slope's 78th Precinct blotter. Read more.

Plus all the other dastardly news from Williamsburg's 90th Precinct. Read more.

Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint's 94th Precinct. Read more.