The Ride: …and sometimes it rains. Comment

DUMBO: Some preservationists are crying foul over a city scheme to remove and reshape historic Belgian blocks from Dumbo and Vinegar Hill streets as part of a plan to make changes to a plaza that they said neighbors don’t even want — and never signed off on in the first place. Comments (13)

Fuzzy Brooklyn: The owner of a lost chicken was reunited with her missing bird on Wednesday with help from a so-called animal-rights activist, who returned the fowl to its Ditmas Park home and the care of its hen mother — only after conducting a tour of the place to ensure it was no poultry plant. Comments (1)

Theater: A couple of German tourists were granted lifetime passes to the Coney Island Circus Sideshow after one of them bought the one-millionth ticket to one of the city’s longest-running off-Broadway shows. Comment

Williamsburg: State Sen. Martin Dilan doubled down on his verbal assault on the Florida immigrant to Brooklyn who is challenging him for his seat in Albany on the latest edition of Brooklyn Paper Radio. Comments (3)

The Ride: Down 1–0 in the 10th thanks to a dumb new rule that puts a runner on second base at the start of any extra inning, the Cyclones came back, scoring their automatic runner — and then a real runner — to win the game. Comment

Event: The summer sun turns every day into a sauna, so there is just one solution — go out at night! Brooklyn has plenty of outdoor activities that you can do once the day-star has gone away, and we have rounded up some of the best. Comment

Editor’s Picks: This week we’ve got the Beach Boys, the Battle of Brooklyn, sand sculpting, and much more! Brooklyn is the place to be! Comment

Awesome: The native son serves fellow officers — and his country — while stationed aboard a guided-missle destroyer in Spain. Comments (1)