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The G Train Goes Dark for Six Weekends. The Shuttle Buses Have a Plan This Time.

Signal work will shut the G between Greenpoint Avenue and Bedford-Nostrand for six weekends starting Friday night. The MTA is promising dedicated bus lanes, countdown signs, and 60 buses, a direct response to the chaos of the 2024 shutdown.

Riders study a service-change poster at Nassau Avenue ahead of Friday’s first weekend shutdown.

Iris Delacroix for The Prospect Times

Sunset Park’s Rec Center Chess Club Just Beat Everybody

The Knight Owls, a teen chess club that meets in a repurposed storage room, won the citywide Five Borough Team Championship on Sunday, taking the title on a tiebreak. Their coach is a retired doorman who never made it past club player himself.

NYC Ferry Sets a Summer Record, and Brooklyn Docks Lead the Way

The ferry system carried 1.4 million riders in July, its best month ever, with the biggest gains at Bay Ridge, Dumbo, and Red Hook. Officials credit new shade canopies, better bus connections, and the heat.

The Case for a Car-Free Prospect Park West

Morning cyclists pass parked cars on Prospect Park West, space our columnist says the park should reclaim.

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Culture

Yara Mendoza and her apprentices finish the harbor section of the 39th Street underpass mural.

Under the BQE, a Gray Wall Becomes a 300-Foot Love Letter to Sunset Park

Members of the Brighton Beach Icebreakers wade into a calm Atlantic at 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

The Icebreakers Don’t Take Summers Off

A period-dressed corner of Kent Street, complete with working phone booth, during filming of “The Last Payphone.”

Greenpoint Turns Back the Clock to 1977 as a Film Crew Takes Kent Street

Renee Doran-Whitley holds a 1971 reel from her grandfather’s recordings of the Blue Door Lounge.

A Crown Heights Basement Held 40 Years of Jazz. Now You Can Hear It.

Brooklyn

Biscuit defends the lottery machine at Golden Deli on Nostrand Avenue, hours after his tournament victory.

Biscuit of Nostrand Avenue Is Officially Brooklyn’s Best Bodega Cat

After a 64-cat bracket and more than 12,000 votes, the orange tabby who naps on the lottery machine at Golden Deli has won an Instagram tournament for borough bragging rights. His owner is taking it in stride. Biscuit is not.

Business

Trays of bagels at a Midwood shop where the bacon-egg-and-cheese recently crossed $6.75.

The Bagel Index: Breakfast in Brooklyn Costs 7 Percent More This Year

FROM METRO BUSINESS DESK

Priscilla Nunes stands in the former laundromat that will become Marigold Books’ children’s annex.

Against the Odds, a Cortelyou Road Bookstore Doubles Its Footprint

Brought to you by the fresh and fruity lobby

Opinion

It’s Time to Stop Treating the G Train Like a Punchline

Your Stoop Is the Best Seat in New York

In Defense of the Pigeon