BROOKLYN PAPER: THEY’VE GOT A BRAND NEW BAG

I got this exciting note in my in box today from Gersh Kuntzman, the editor-in-chief of the Brooklyn Paper. Got that? Brooklyn Paper—singular.

Last week, we unveiled a stunning Web site. This week, it’s jam packed with action. Here goes:

1. 94 year old guy EVICTED! He’ll be homeless by next week. Says he’ll sleep in his Buick. Only in New York, kids, only in New York:
2.
The Stoop: The Paper’s NEW neighborhood feature, which (for now) only
appears as a concise unit in our five separately zoned editions (it’s
GORGEOUS; I hope you’ll check it out). For now, here are the separate
links from each page (man, it’s a lot of news and features, so hold
onto your mice!):
 a) Fort Greene: Liquors gives up the ghost: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02liquors.html
 b) Bay Ridge: The PLO on the move? http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02plo.html
 c) South Slope: A war of words, and more, on 16th St: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02condowar.html
 d) Park Slope: Rev. Liz speaks about the sale of her church garden: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02gethsemane.html
 e) Red Hook: Inside the Revere Sugar factory (no, really, inside!): http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02sugarplant.html
 f) Fort Greene: The Baby invasion spreads: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02babies.html
 g) Brooklyn Heights: A wild charge of anti-Semitism at a Kosher restaurant: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02bagel.html
 h) Bay Ridge: Al Gore teaches our columnist’s babysitter a thing or two: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02algore.html
 i) Brooklyn Heights: Housing Works to open Montague Street thrift store: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/2/30_02fishseddy.html
3. The Rushkoff mugging: Our take:
4. Smartmom weighs in on people who leave Brooklyn:
5. Payback isn’t always a bitch: Andrews lands job with Spitzer:
6. Global warming in Brooklyn: Our editorial cartoonist’s take:
7. Editorial: The Paper calls it like it sees it: Brooklyn Bridge Park is still no park.